> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Legibility - URL: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/legibility/ - Published: 2022-06-30T13:00:43.000Z - Updated: 2025-12-10T22:38:19.000Z - Description: It's not wrong or a waste of time to care about this stuff - Author: Will Chernoff - Tags: Subscriber Fridays Tomorrow, I'm going to hear Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio with Matt Mitchell and Jim Black late at night, at Ironworks. The new album by this group, *Boiling Point*, hit the [Earshot charts](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/tag/earshot-jazz-charts) this week – which led me down a rabbit hole. On the streaming platforms, do you know how many different artist profiles Gord has? Take a wild guess... The answer is **10**. ## Ten different artist profiles 1. [Gordon Grdina](https://open.spotify.com/artist/58mDlG4YjO9yofAGWpNLPj?si=4e92a23b3f514d46&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 2. [Gordon Grdina's Haram](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5lBZLb8mTgpxGDt2ysd3Pl?si=25ef22b4e7484f86&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 3. [Gordon Grdina Septet](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6z7E5athcmaj4zR4L6ep6q?si=fb819916b7d14408&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 4. [Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3l0UqcvsoUL2ZvGrjL2Q9c?si=62d90d9438bf48fb&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 5. [Gordon Grdina Quartet](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2GwrSHY7FrfemM4WCIb4TF?si=e0bcc842a49e4e75&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 6. [Gordon Grdina's The Marrow](https://open.spotify.com/artist/4M2Muaj3ytnrJ2v6FZRmHo?si=a99a6f5b73b7438f&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 7. [Gordon Grdina's Square Peg](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ZWr4J9QECkSryAfmM9NQi?si=861aa2aaa6d545b8&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 8. [Gordon Grdina Mark Helias Matthew Shipp](https://open.spotify.com/artist/31YzZEDMauabm0juHNFk2B?si=7831df7520d44eb8&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 9. [Gordon Grdina's East Van Strings](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1cNRowesdHO56n9bEbwn5J?si=8e576585246e4d42&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) 10. [Gordon Grdina, Gary Peacock, & Paul Motian](https://open.spotify.com/artist/47hOdQb4sNVHFV1ckqokhD?si=ba18d36f34f44323&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) ### A quick rundown of why this is bad - **Hard for fans to discover all the music.** Following only one of these profiles? You won't find the music of the other nine. - **Nightmare for the artist/team.** Whoever is releasing and promoting the music has ten profiles to monitor, can't cross-reference all the listeners when pitching a new release to editorial, and probably pays $100 to $500 more for distribution than is necessary. - **Missing out on thousands of new listeners**. Taking number 10 as an example, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian each have 10,000+ Followers on Spotify today; and if the album was properly released under Gordon Grdina (profile #1) *featuring* Gary & Paul, the many Followers of Gary & Paul would find the music. It looks like Gord's team doesn't know or care about this situation. Three of the ten profiles – the Septet, the Square Peg, and the one for the album below – are unverified, meaning not claimed on Spotify for Artists yet. ### Pathways by Gordon Grdina, Mark Helias & Matthew Shipp ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/1.jpg) [Bandcamp](https://gordongrdina.bandcamp.com/album/pathways?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/31YzZEDMauabm0juHNFk2B?si=R2F8OEUTQSWLAFHRjVeVmA&ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Label: AttaBoyGirl Records [is Gord's vanity label](https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/gordon-grdina-launches-new-label-attaboygirl-with-two-incredibly-different-recordings?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) This is not just Spotify: there will be ten profiles on Apple Music, ten YouTube Music channels, *et al.* ### Disclaimers I respect Gord a lot as a leading jazz artist and innovator, I've published [a review](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/winter-jazz-gordon-grdina/) of his music before which led to my "Very cool" testimonial from Coastal Jazz... And for those artists who might say they don't have time to care about this stuff because: - "Nobody listens to me on Spotify anyway" - "I don't make any money on streaming anyway / streaming is bad" - "My focus is only on making/selling CDs and performing" - "The label should do it: not my problem" I get all these arguments, to varying extents. And I'm not claiming that Gord would say these things. ### But... To have *ten* profiles' worth of unorganized albums on streaming is not good, and there *are* listeners out there who will enjoy less of Gord's work because of it. **Also, it's not just streaming**. Even on Bandcamp the *Boiling Point* album has duplicate listings: ### Boiling Point by Gordon Grdina Nomad Trio [Boiling Point, by Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio6 track album![](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0448638626_3.jpg)Gordon Grdinatomunderground![](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0448638626_5.jpg)](https://gordongrdina.bandcamp.com/album/boiling-point?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) [Nomad Trio feat. Matt Mitchell & Jim Black - Boiling Point, by Gordon Grdina6 track album![](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1647427713_3.jpg)Gordon GrdinaJimmy Wunts![](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1647427713_5.jpg)](https://asgrdinablack.bandcamp.com/album/nomad-trio-feat-matt-mitchell-jim-black-boiling-point?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) *yes those are different* | *no Spotify* | Label: [Astral Spirits](https://astralspirits.bandcamp.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) **Somebody needs to work on the artist's *legibility.*** If the artist can't or won't do it, for whatever reason, then somebody (even if funded by a grant) needs to be contracted to work on this area. But hey, I'm looking forward to Friday night's concert! ## PS. two other albums that entered the Earshot jazz charts ### Mediumistic Methodology by Devin Brahja Waldman & Hamid Drake ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/3.jpg) [Bandcamp](https://waldmandrake.bandcamp.com/album/mediumistic-methodology?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | *no Spotify* | Label: Astral Spirits ### The Path by The Cookers Quintet ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/2022/06/4.jpg) [(upcoming release date August 5, 2022)](https://sirenrecords.com/UPC/5050580782884?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) | Label: [Do Right Music](https://dorightmusic.bandcamp.com/?ref=rhythmchanges.ca), from Toronto, happened to put out Dawn Pemberton's album *Say Something* among other crossover stuff.