heh, was just thinking about how glitches (presumably due to updates) in DW results in the same "discovery" turning up again and again
like a deja vu in the Matrix o_O
― niels, Friday, 18 August 2017 08:04 (six years ago) link
It's shocking how many artists have posted public playlists! Most of my recent music discovery has come this way. I think there has been a kind of cultural shift among pop musicians to allow it, though. In the past, a lot of musicians seemed pretty cagey about reporting the music they listened to (in interviews, for example), preferring to make it seem as though their own genius had arisen completely sui generis. I'm happy so many are willing to share nowadays.
btw, am I missing something about how Daily Mixes work? You can "heart or hate" each individual track, which results in the disliked ones being dropped from the list, but since the liked tracks remain in the mix, and there is apparently no shuffle function, you end up listening to the same tracks over and over unless you scroll down the playlist far enough that unfamiliar tracks start appearing. Is the intended user behavior to just "prune" the list of disliked tracks and then listen to the remaining tracks in the same order over and over again?
― Dan I., Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
artist playlists are often done by the label, same as artists tweeting about tracks
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
(I mean, if it helps you discover music, that's great; it's just not a "cultural shift" so much as cross-promotion moving to a new platform)
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
Aw, I should have thought of that. Sure seems like some of them have the personal touch, though.
― Dan I., Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
No interest in Spotify, but the Samuel Jackson ad is funny. (Because it's Samuel Jackson--there's nothing beyond that.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 24 August 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Daily Mixes change as you listen to them?
― niels, Thursday, 24 August 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
That is, all you need for them to change is listen to them
― niels, Thursday, 24 August 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
But I listen to them and when I go back later it seems to be almost all the same songs (minus the ones that I actively disliked)? Not in exactly the same order though, I was mistaken above. It looks like some new songs are added, but it's mostly all stuff that was in there to begin with. Do they get a big overhaul once per week like discover and radar?
― Dan I., Thursday, 24 August 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
Just feel like maybe I'm using it wrong or am mistaken about what it's supposed to be
― Dan I., Thursday, 24 August 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
there seems to be an issue in the android app with the queue. When I select items in the queue and then scroll around, they get un-selected.
― Moodles, Friday, 25 August 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
In the iPhone app, when I scroll to the bottom of a daily mix list, there's an option to load more songs.
― Brad C., Friday, 25 August 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
xp re daily mix
― Brad C., Friday, 25 August 2017 00:43 (six years ago) link
Glenn, just noticed that a bunch of Pharoah Sanders' classic albums are listed under Singles instead of Albums
― Moodles, Friday, 25 August 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
Dan, that sound annoying - I don't rate the songs but ime once you start listening and it loads more songs the list changesalso if my listening habits change I get different kinds of lists
― niels, Friday, 25 August 2017 06:10 (six years ago) link
It's shocking how many artists have posted public playlists!
spotify & artist managers encourage artists to do this - and it's fun and people really enjoy it. easy to fall behind though.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 25 August 2017 11:23 (six years ago) link
got the wrong KING in my release radar this am
https://open.spotify.com/track/6YvyrLlTVMW7B9vllp11Af
also got the wrong stevie b in there a few weeks ago
https://open.spotify.com/album/7dm56Ix8VsU3wxjGWWYpBf
― maura, Friday, 25 August 2017 13:48 (six years ago) link
there's a weird glitch in the elf kid artist entry too, an (awesome) unrelated malian band's latest record
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 25 August 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
xp
Ha, I listened to that King track very briefly, was fairly confused about their new direction.
― Moodles, Friday, 25 August 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
Ha! Just came here to post the KING fiasco.
but there's this in my Release Radar! Not sure what it is but it sure ain't ABRA:https://open.spotify.com/album/1waSktqN636A1pwqhnuUMZ
― Jeff W, Friday, 25 August 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
Glenn can you cook up a "here are playlists by artists you dig" feature real quick, thanks
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 25 August 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
Just to say that not being able to 'add to queue' in the web player is a very strange UX decision.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 14 September 2017 11:38 (six years ago) link
As is making users watch a spinning circle of dots for 15 minutes when they click on a playlist
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 15 September 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
That's ok, the roku app just got rid of playlists altogether
― Moodles, Friday, 15 September 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
Two spinners no less! One over the other but offset slightly. I do have six billion playlists tho.
― nashwan, Friday, 15 September 2017 08:47 (six years ago) link
can't search by label anymore :(
― brimstead, Saturday, 16 September 2017 04:27 (six years ago) link
Rhythm & Sound - S/T
noticed this today as well.
― beard papa, Saturday, 16 September 2017 06:37 (six years ago) link
Worked for me just now...?
― DJI, Saturday, 16 September 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
whoop me too!
― brimstead, Saturday, 16 September 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
So my paid-for-a-year subscription ran out about two months ago, I've not renewed yet, and what has amazed me ever since is the complete lack of anything-near-intelligent ads. I mean, I get execrable ads for "lazy Sunday" playlists, or for fucking Avicii's new ep. Both couldn't be farther from what I listen to. It's so completely off the money, pumping "LISTEN TO AVICII" to someone with my listening habits. It's off the chain. Yeah, I just listened to Liars, Microphones and Daisuke Miyakami, I *really* need some Avicii now...
Two options, here, really:
A) The ads are such abhorrent misfires because Spotify hopes to annoy me into a new subscriptionB) The "algorithm" hasn't a clue, is not used with ads at all, and is clueless.
I'm guessing it's the latter. "Lazy Sunday" lol.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 17 September 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link
Would love a dedicated portable Spotify device, I wonder if such a thing exists. There's the Mighty, but that seems pretty buggy/flawed https://bemighty.com/products/mighty
― stet, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
I'm considering getting a Bluetooth/Wi-Fi streaming box for my stereo so I can play spotify on my stereo without having to connect my phone directly to it. Of course, I wouldn't need to waste money on this if the roku app weren't completely hosed
― Moodles, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
I use a Gramafon (https://gramofon.com) to connect to my existing amp+speakers. It works great.
Before that I had a Rocki (http://www.myrocki.com), which worked like crap and eventually exploded.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
ooh yeah, I'd forgotten about little streamers. I wonder if there's one I can use entirely without a smartphone (part of the goal here is to get apps out of my bedroom)
― stet, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
We really should poll the most entitled posts in this thread
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Meaning what exactly? I've been a premium subscriber since day 1, and I've watched the quality of once good apps steadily deteriorate. I really want to support spotify because I think it's great, but I'm frustrated th at the many elements of it that I've put time into are now broken.
― Moodles, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
Gramofon looks interesting although it gets mixed reviews. How is the sound and connection quality?
If I'm reading the details correctly, I think stet could use it to stream from the desktop app.
― Moodles, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:09 (six years ago) link
The Gramofon sounds fine, and stays connected. (The Rocki constantly disconnected from WiFi and had to be rebooted, even before exploding.)
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
if Airplay worked properly on my Airport Express I'd use that, but :(
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 September 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
plenty of cheap bluetooth dongles on the market, quality varies but I know this one is decent so you needn't pay morehttp://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Logitech-Bluetooth-Audio-Adapter-for-Speakers-980-000910-/301357217458?epid=2173091400&hash=item462a4a36b2:g:UuEAAOSwDN1UQVWZ
if you're looking for a cheap wifi dongle I doubt anything beats the chromecast audio, but I'm sure the gramofon thing is cool
Would love a dedicated portable Spotify deviceyou can buy a cheap Android phone (a Motorola G4 or smth) and use it without a sim, DAC is sure to be better than the tiny iPod shuffle thingy, if you want it to only be able to use the Spotify app I imagine you can do that with a custom launcher or a kiosk app
― niels, Monday, 18 September 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
Chromecast Audios hooked up to my upstairs and downstairs stereo receivers are doing a good job playing Spotify as synchronized multi-room audio.
― Brad C., Monday, 18 September 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
Amazon Echo works great for Spotify! I have a Dot hooked up to some speakers in my kids' room.
― DJI, Monday, 18 September 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
Does gramofon allow you to stream local files or only files in spotify library?
― Moodles, Monday, 18 September 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
You can play local files, but you have to use their oddball player to do it. It works, but I don't do it much.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:46 (six years ago) link
what's the oddball player? my big goal is to stream from spotify on either my PC or phone to my stereo, including local files, what is a good device for that?
― Moodles, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 03:23 (six years ago) link
I use Apple TV and it works pretty well. Very much wish that I could also connect Spotify on my PC to the Apple TV but haven't found a good way to do that.
― tobo73, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
I've been using a Cambridge Audio DAC for Bluetooth Spotify streaming for many years. The sound quality is vastly better than using the headphone jack, and barely discernible from CD. https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/hifi-and-home-cinema/dacmagic-100
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 08:15 (six years ago) link
Chromecast Audio will do this, no?
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
I think maybe it would work if casting from the phone overall instead of specifically from spotify, but I'm not sure. From what I understand, spotify connect does not support local files.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
It's definitely confusing