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Vulfpeck gamed Spotify with a silent album and funded a free concert tour

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 29, 2026
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In March 2014, the funk band Vulfpeck released Sleepify — ten tracks of silence, each just over 30 seconds long. The band encouraged fans to stream it on a loop overnight. Every play earned about $0.007 in Spotify royalties; The Guardian estimated that seven hours of overnight streaming per device would accumulate …

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