Create with Riverside in Spotify for Podcasters

Riverside offers advanced audio and video podcast recording and editing, right inside Spotify for Podcasters.
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[@bigdanmcdon]

Dear Spotify, this is a mess....a big mess. You just flipped the bird to podcasters who do purely mobile editing and those who do music + talk. I assume you considered the numbers and decided we arent worth it. Hmmm

[@karaleighgarrison]

This is absolutely devastating, please don’t get rid of mobile editing!!!

[@jackofalltrades7858]

It's mad isn't it!

[@karaleighgarrison]

@@jackofalltrades7858I’m just beside myself 😢 I run two podcasts, produce 8 episodes a week, all with three special needs kids, and it’s all possible because of mobile editing. I teach podcasting and what I teach is how incredible mobile editing is!!

[@RazorO2Productions]

Or mobile recording

[@theravenmagick]

Right!!! Like wtf

[@ellieatthejewishfamilyinst837]

Agreed it sucks. Riverside is clunky and annoying to use

[@yuki1996]

I love music + talk. I'm disappointed we can no longer use it.

[@ShakeetaTorres]

me too! I like the older way much better.

[@moodkillers]

Agree with you. I did learn you can upload podcast segments or talk breaks individually (maybe a on a sub-channel) and add them to a public playlist. Not the same but very similar results.

[@MinaSoto]

Such a horrible move. My show and many others are now going to need to pivot and figure a way to relay episodes without music. Not everything needs to be implemented with AI, Spotify. Musicians as guests on my show loved the fact that we had an interactive format and now it's leaving. You've totally squashed the uniqueness of what you offered for creatives. My podcast is no longer exclusive to Spotify.

[@moodkillers]

Your drag and drop editing feature is the most innovative technology we've ever seen for podcasting. This is a devastating blow. Back to using Adobe Audition to create single file mixidowns.

[@Dopazo92]

Discontinuong music+talk represents the end of my podcast. It is a shame that money and company interests can crush so many music lovers’ dreams. Just shameful.

[@JWOUTLAW13]

You killed my podcast and others like it. Spotify effectively killed an entire genre of Music + Talk podcasts because there is no solution that provides what you were providing for anyone who just wanted to create content. Not everyone can afford a blanket music license, and desktop and app editing made it a lot better. I'm still looking for a way to continue what I did, but I doubt I will find it in the format I had that I really loved.

[@jeffhochman2069]

Dear Spotify for Podcasters. Please reconsider!

[@terrancehenry73]

I don’t understand why would you get rid of the mobile feature it’s a reason that we have it so we can travel and it works very well not everybody wants to be seen on TV

[@jeffhochman2069]

100% agree!

[@bluesdjben]

Music + Talk is a wonderful feature. Please don't take it away! I don't know if it's Spotify or the record labels that never allowed it to grow. This is such a great and natural way for people to share and learn about music while the artists get compensated for their music being used. It is shameful that this type of podcast has never been allowed to flourish on the internet. Also, it's terrible dropping this on us with no advance warning. I had no indication this was happening two weeks ago when I posted my last episode. I have one episode that I'm trying to post today and another for the 28th that is my most time intensive of the year that I've already put about 20 hours into.

[@philiptaggart]

My ChillDaBeats Podcast is now dead due to you taking away Music and Talk. I brought 100s of new subscribers from other platforms, the show was nominated for multiple industry awards and i will now lose a lot of income and my listeners a show they enjoy. This a very stupid move

[@aliciab5557]

This is devastating news for my podcast

[@MinaSoto]

Same

[@AleAndAudio]

You’ve made a mess of this one Spotify. Lots of music + talk shows now doomed to end or left having to find an alternative platform, taking the listeners with them (many of who possibly subscribed to your premium service because of these podcasts). You really haven’t thought about this one. Hope you rethink it.

[@LilianStockBonzi]

Please reconsider continuing music + talk. I was starting to create a podcast and now it's already dead. No other place could provide this service except creating playlist for each program, which is not a practical thing for creators and listeners. Please. 😢

[@jackofalltrades7858]

What the hell? I'm on to support now hoping this is just a poorly worded press release, why would you get rid of adding music from your library so we can do music and talk podcasts? And why would you condemn mobile editing as its well known most people don't have desktops! This if im reading it as the above is a huge backwards step. From what was a great little setup

[@RazorO2Productions]

Right? I’m so pissed

[@lunawolf7724]

I am so upset I love recording with Spotify and adding background music. this is so sad you just don't understand why you would get rid of these features will new features be added and do u realize that you will loose some some patrons. I still think you guys should come out about this more in depth as the video is only a min long.

[@blackteavibes5932]

I agree. I loved using the background music that they had available and I don't want to be on video. I like audio only. I just started on my podcasting journey and this was a gut punch. Greedy corporate interests seem to have won again since whatever the customers want seems to have no bearing on this decision. Based on the comment section, most people are very unhappy about this decision.

[@RazorO2Productions]

What absolute bullshit. I can’t even do my podcast anymore and I just started out. How can I record if I CANNOT RECORD?!? What absolute bullshit Spotify

[@WasteOfWebSpaceJS]

This needs rethinking Spotify, removing the Music + Talk feature is going to stop dead so many podcasts. The Riverside integration looks neat but not everybody wants it or needs it, removing the music + talk feature is the big killer here. I for one subscribed to premium Spotify (moving from Amazon) just to listen to these shows full tracks. Without these shows I won’t require the premium subscription anymore.

[@Ginormous76]

“Record and edit your podcast” yeah, I can already do that. Tech companies can’t leave working stuff alone.

[@blackteavibes5932]

Exactly. Always "tweaking" stuff and usually making it worse.

[@chanecak]

Why would they fuck up like this? This is a bad move Spotify!!

[@jjopification]

Damn... I'm doing a music+talk show and it looks like there'll be no option to add in music, is this right? I hope I'm wrong...

[@jackofalltrades7858]

I'm on to support now as in same place. Literally a huge backwards step!! If you find a way of doing music talk let me know and I'll let you know here too.

[@RazorO2Productions]

@@jackofalltrades7858 same here please

[@MinaSoto]

It's true. Very pissed about it.

[@jjopification]

@@jackofalltrades7858 The only option thats somehow realistic is KZbin, since many people have that App anyway. There, you could upload one big video that has music and talk in it. Yes, there wont be monetisation, but it seems like KZbin wouldn't take this down either. Or you do playlists for each episode, upload the talk parts (unlisted) and embed them in the playlists with music/musicvideos from the original sources. Might be more clunky, but you could monetise it. And you would be able to publish single talk parts as "essays" or whatever, which could gain traction by themselves.

[@alanfindlayviewfromtherock6200]

@@jjopificationThis won’t work I’m afraid. Too clunky and simply does not in anyway have the functionality of Music+Talk. And on YT there are copyright issues. This is a huge mess.

[@majestikmoose9]

This is truly devastating to my podcast, which has relied on the Music + Talk functionality. I wish you would reconsider this, Spotify. This move will cripple or outright kill many great podcasts.

[@alanfindlayviewfromtherock6200]

Removing the Music+Talk feature is a retrograde step. It’s a unique “selling” point for this platform and at a stroke many creators who have invested many hours of their time into developing content are being blown off. Time to reflect and reconsider.

[@blackteavibes5932]

I loved using the background music that they had available and I don't want to be on video. I like audio only. I just started on my podcasting journey and this was such a gut punch. Greedy corporate interests seem to have won again since whatever the customers want seems to have no bearing on this decision. Based on the comment section, most people are very unhappy about this but I guess they won't care unless it hits their bottomline.

[@teosiriosica]

PLEASE, your App was already the best! I do 99% of my Spotify Podcasts on the go from my IPhone!

[@Christadelphians]

So we can no longer use the auto-ducking feature from your audio collection and upload more than one file at once? this is now not suitable for our material we will have to look else where - very very disappointed!

[@prestongaylor1232]

Yes, not cool indeed the three podcast that I help upload we do mobile editing, now we might have to go elsewhere. 0:54

[@letstalkgospelmusicgold6578]

We Podcasters NEED to have editing capabilities! This feature keeps us compliant when a guest may say something that needs editing (example: a guest starts dropping f bombs and the show is marked no explicit language…then a podcaster would have to…). Why take away those capabilities?

[@logologo732]

I can't edit any of my episodes

[@themsonlaguerre9413]

good evening, my name is themson. I am currently in Germany and I have seen your update and also your partnership with Riverside. I would like to know if my audio library will remain or if I need to find a solution.

[@DouglasDousay]

This kills part of our show. We can no longer do our music episodes but will I be able to record with Riverside through my phone?

[@Figure4LegRock]

Absolutely gutted by this news. Music + Talk was a real unique selling point for Spotify for Podcasters, as well as mobile recording/editing. So many shows are going to die as a result of this, including mine.

[@jjopification]

Consider moving to KZbin. You’d have to download and the songs and edit them with your talk parts to one video, but maybe that’s the way. Monetization will be off the table though.

Noooooo, why😢

[@actorbrian]

This definitely sucks ! It's perfect just the way it is !

[@kunle3911]

so i liked the music transition feature that the spotify for podcasters had, will that be going away as well or there is something similar on riversideÉ

[@twomasta]

Time to leave . Migrating mine today

[@GuyEinhoren]

You just killed my Music podcast wtf 😳

[@treblesgarcia]

The mobile editing was the source for my pod. I’ve tried riverside and it’s a tragic software. How would this help Spotify for podcasters grow?

[@IberianGeek]

So cool!

[@mandycurnow623]

Can I use in Australia (or is this just for US users)?? I am interviewing tomorrow… I did publish a couple of series using Anchor in the past and didn’t realise Anchor no longer exists. Can anyone answer this? 😊

[@_s827]

Everyone should learn about the concept of 'internet enshittification'- there's a wikipedia entry for it that'll tell you more. This is what Spotify just did.

[@_s827]

Time to bring your music podcasts to Mixcloud

[@alanfindlayviewfromtherock6200]

One of the challenges of other platforms is music collections. One of the benefits of music and talk episodes is the ability to have access to lots of tracks.

[@_s827]

definitely. I"m trying to figure out how the Mixcloud DJs do it. some of them are just show archives from terrestrial radio. Some of them are just DJ sets , including people spinning their own vinyl. I think there might be multiple tiers for how Mixcloud handles the rightsholder stuff but I'm pretty sure you have to own the music somehow to begin with . I listen to several different kinds of shows on there ranging from podcasty music shows to stuff that's coming straight from terrestrial indie radio. @@alanfindlayviewfromtherock6200

[@sg-oz7qg]

@@alanfindlayviewfromtherock6200 They do have ways to handle it. I think you have to own the music (as in have purchased, not as in be the artist yourself) and there are several kinds of shows there where people are playing full tracks but with the licensing handled by the platform.

[@sg-oz7qg]

they don't host music to begin with like spotify does though. I listen to a lot of shows there and you can probably reach out to their hosts to see how they're handling shows similar to yours.

[@alanfindlayviewfromtherock6200]

@@sg-oz7qg On Mixcloud you can record a radio style show using your own methods and upload to the platform for a monthly subscription. I’ve had a trial run at it and the streaming quality is good, however the platform is just a host. There are no creator features.

[@letstalkgospelmusicgold6578]

This does NOT seem user friendly At All! And what is this we have to download any episodes we want to keep? Are we not going to be able to have all of out content available for listeners for past episodes?

[@MyLatinLife]

Interesting!

[@ShakeetaTorres]

I do not like these new features at all, please reconsider your approach. I don't see many people staying with you all if these changes are implemented.

[@alanfindlayviewfromtherock6200]

Spotify don’t care. They know that the changes they are making affects a tiny proportion of their customer base.

[@solinspired4428]

Where else can we go for audio podcasts and mobile only?

[@aplusdoktor6209]

Ben onlarca doktorla podcast çektim bir sürü değerli doktorla. Neler oluyor da sistem değişiyor. Her klinikten çekim yaptım şimdi ne yapacağız

[@jomarsformusic]

More clicks than before and only for PCs, and more complicated than before 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼 very bad Spotify 😞😞😞😞

[@mirdoubrava]

začalo to propouštěním zaměstnanců. Lákání na 3 měsíce předplatného zdarma. Čekal jsem tuto ránu. Dejte si výpověď ve vedení společnosti. Jen hlupák může udělat takový sebevražedný krok. Pokud však nejde jen o udržení managmentu, který bude ve vatě. A jen připomínka. Je lživé tvrzení, že Riverside je zdarma = $15 / month. Je čas milý Spotify skončit. Za hlupáctví se platí. Samozřejmě svým posluchačům doporučím odchod od nedůvěryhodné značky Spotify.

[@fratello234]

Só falta traduzir a página do Riverside para o português e outras línguas. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@MyLatinLife]

Free?

[@lk_1524]

Way to ruin something that actually worked, good job

[@jomarsformusic]

Before it was less clicks than now and from any mobile device, but now it is more than 20 clicks to make a podcast and only for PC and in English Spotify 👎🏼👎🏼😞😞😞

[@teosiriosica]

Dear Spotify, we love YOU, not Riverside. 100% of my Podcasts was recorded and streamed via Spotify for Podcasters App. We never requested AI tools because YOUR App was already excellent! Please, reconsider. I have just tried Riverside and I, on behalf of a large number of creators, beg you to part with Riverside and rekindle the full functionality of the Spotify for Podcasters App. If we had to pay someone for extra/ advanced tools, we'd rather pay you. Many thanks.

[@WillingBeaver]

Riverside is not free, it cost $180 annually. Sad news for my podcast, please reconsider

[@theravenmagick]

This is the worst business decision I’ve ever witnessed

[@teosiriosica]

❤ Please, reconsider ❤ Like this comment a million times.

[@mandyhotte4142]

Spotify, this is a massive disappointment and a real F U to your users who flocked to your program to do music + talk podcasts / radio shows. I have been planning and working on my show for years and was thrilled to finally have it off the ground/have regular listeners and because of this update you are killing so many shows and creators who bring business to your company and promote artists. This is incredibly disappointing and disheartening. reconsider DEAR GOD

[@mufitor23]

Outrageous, they want to look like KZbin at the expense of the creators, they say they listen to their community and all they do is complicate their lives and make them go through necessary procedures. Go back to put MUSIC + TALK!!!!

[@NickAlbano253]

This is so stupid. I don't like to use Riverside for recording audio it is a nightmare to use if you don't have a good webcam or don't want to record a video. For podcast stuff, I like to only record audio with my Blue Yeti mic in the Spotify for Pod-casters app. Why rip this away from anybody?

[@GoldenGraham25]

Welp! I just started recording April 2024 and will be leaving April 2024. Good riddance, Spotify!

[@solinspired4428]

This is horrible totally horrible!!!! I do not want to do video podcasting! You all have destroyed my ability to do mobile and audio only! This totally devastating!!!!!!!

[@Codenameprada]

Why did I register with this stupid company in the first place I don’t want video podcast how can u force it on us

[@LatestTalks]

Wow Spotify X Riverside, this is huge!

[@nazzy101]

STOP THIS PLEASE. NO WE DONT LIKE THIS

[@TheYanaH]

Amazing news!!! Love Riverside

[@bigdanmcdon]

Dear Spotify, this is a mess....a big mess. You just flipped the bird to podcasters who do purely mobile editing and those who do music + talk. I assume you considered the numbers and decided we arent worth it. Hmmm