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Functional content — think rain noises, whale sounds, recordings of wind rustling the leaves and the like — will be significantly devalued under Spotify’s new royalty system: Plays of this audio will ...

Chill out and silence the sounds of your environment with the sounds of rain, the ocean and more. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac/W.carter/Wikimedia Commons Working in an office or in the city, ...

On the Background Sounds page on the iPhone, you can choose from eight different sounds, including bright noise, dark noise, ocean, rain, stream, night and fire. Jim Rossman / TNS I work in a place ...

The world has come a long way from the tranquility of nature. However, for better or worse, humans haven’t evolved to prefer the noise and frequency we surround ourselves with now. Thankfully though, ...

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(CNN) -- Spotify's new royalty system means so-called functional noises like the sound of rainfall will earn significantly less than traditional music files. (CNN) — Spotify’s new royalty system means ...

(CNN) — Spotify’s new royalty system means so-called functional noises like the sound of rainfall will earn significantly less than traditional music files. In an attempt to crack down on “bad actors” ...