Nebula strikes deal with Spotify to stream video content

If it funnels some more money towards Nebula creators I'm all for it, but I really can't understand who wants to watch videos in the already bloated Spotify app.

On the one hand Spotify isn't great (app/service/company), on the other hand YouTube needs an actual competitor and Spotify might be large enough to actually be such if dipping their toe into the waters with Nebula is a sign of future moves in that direction.

FD Signifier has become a regular name in the video essay community within a few short years for good reason. He's an elder Black millenial with a sociological background and used to be a children's educator, so he brings unique takes from an underserved community and experience to cover subjects in ways nobody else is. His videos on Black figures like Dave Chappelle, Kanye, and Will Smith are unique because he covers them with lenses nobody else is (or can use). But he also covers subjects that I've never seen anyone else cover, like Black love, the normalized sexual abuse of young Black boys, how the NFL is not serving Black communities like it should, and more.

He's been getting and making guest appearances with all kinds of other big names in the scene already, including getting a rare Lindsay Ellis contribution. And he seems to know he's a gateway Black creator for many people as the algorithm does not serve marginalized creators as much, so he always refers to and elevates other creators in that space.

Game Makers Toolkit is a wonderful channel. If you have any interest in video games and what goes into designing them I recommend it.

Adam Neely does great work on the intersections between music theory, business (and occasionally law), and culture and history

I've watched a few by Todd in the Shadows lately. He does a lot of ~15 minute videos about one hit wonders and ~25 minute videos on artists who had a successful career halted by a poorly received album.
I think they're informative, sometimes funny, and they don't tend run on any longer than they have to. They're good to have on in the background while I work on something else.
I'm not sure why I'd watch his videos on Spotify though. I'm not seeing the advantage of this over YouTube or Nebula itself.

I’ve watched most if not all Adam Neely videos that have come out in the past few years. He’s a really excellent musician (check out his band Sungazer’s full album, Perihelion, too!), and he has some really thoughtful and good takes on music copyright, systemic racism and ethnocentricity in music analysis and education, and what it means to make music. But he also has loads of fun videos that are just well done music analysis of interesting songs or pieces of music, that even my wife (not a musician, no musical training) has watched mearly all of, and has gotten quite a lot out of!

Unfortunately now probably isn’t the best time to get into Adam Neely’s video content, as he has all but retired from the format, and is much more invested in his music at the moment/going forward. I expect he’ll still make the occasional high quality video, but it won’t be the regular output that he had for years prior.

I have Hello Future ME and Tale Foundry on my feeds. I don't watch everything they put out but I'll catch a video here and there.

Game Makers Toolkit was on my list but I removed it at some point, I think just because I found it a little redundant.

I really like Charles Cornell’s videos on YouTube. They’re a little bit clickbaity but he does a good job breaking down compositions and explaining the music theory behind them. I didn’t even realize he’s also on Nebula and I’m not sure how his content on there differs.

Thank you for the list!

I personally regularly watch Game Makers ToolKit and FD Signifier. I've been meaning to binge Kat Blaque's content as well. I've seen some Todd in the Shadows vids, but it's been a long time.

I'm pretty excited for this. I hope Spotify fills their pockets, they deserve it. I'd love to see YouTube have some competition, even if it is just another big corp. Nebula has a bunch of great creators, here's hoping more of them are brought on by Spotify.

I watch:

Tale Foundry and Hello Future me because I'm into stories and writing (also world building of my DnD campaigns)
And Game Makers Toolkit plus CinemaWins for some extra fun on the side.

Spotify sent us a list of the folks they wanted for the first wave. Every single creator on the list said yes. The list wasn't about value or quality or anything. I think it was just about what they felt would appeal most to the audience they currently have. Steps.

From Dave Wiskus on the Nebula Subreddit

I have to hope that the creators currently on board chose to be. Personally, if I was a creator I would absolutely want my videos on the Spotify app. They already get plenty of toxic derogatory comments on YouTube. They make videos because they love it in spite of that shit. Besides, Spotify doesn't have a comment section lol.