Discovery is what Spotify has been all about for me. I’m finding musicians and music that I’ve not heard before or music that I thought I would never hear again.
Listening to Joe Cuba brings visions and memories of Hunts Point Palace, in the Bronx, where both Latin and Jazz bands performed almost every weekend. For 3 to 4 dollars we got to dance and listen to Coltrane, Miles, Tito Puente live like they were our neighbors and friends.
Music and Musicians where so accessible, they didn’t have an entourage or handlers, they weren’t rock stars. Spotify has made the world a better place.