Spotify - anyone heard of it?

I was making playlists by artist if they had more than like two albums I wanted to save

the rest I throw into bigger group playlists by genre

also have a playlist called Mobile that's only the stuff I want on my phone. checking and unchecking all the other individual playlists to mark them as offline or online got to be a pain so I found it easier just to drag stuff on and off one list that's always marked for offline.

Yeah, I have a "Spotify Offline" playlist I usually put all the stuff I want to take with me as well.

I like the "Not in Spotify" playlist idea where you drag all the stuff from your iTunes it doesn't have. One of the reasons I was asking about smart playlists is that I stopped syncing my iTunes manually a while ago with the idea that I could use smart playlists to sync the newest stuff, stuff I rate highly but haven't played enough, etc. But as of now, Spotify won't import those.

So I'm still using both Spotify and iTunes, which may not be the worst thing -- but I like the idea of doing it all in one place. It also means that if I rip a disc for the express purpose of putting in a Spotify playlist, I have it on my phone twice.

I have my lists organized to an insane degree, probably need to pare it down a lot. I mostly listen to the Spotify Only folder when online, and the Offline Lists folder when offline. My Lists would be my music collection overall.

DJ Mixes
My Lists
|- iTunes A-J (in Spotify lib.)
|- iTunes K-Z (in Spotify lib.)
|- iTunes, not in Spotify
|- Spotify Only
|-Disco
|-R&B
|-Electronic
|-DnB
|-Ghost Box
|-Dubstep
|-Electro
|-Techno
|-Rock
|-60s
|-80s
|-Indie
|-Lux and Ivy's Favorites
|-120 minutes
|-70s
|-Prog and Metal
|-Jazz
|-ILM Jazz Album Top 250
|-Sun Ra
|-New Jazz
|-classical
|- Hip Hop
|-ILM all time rap albums 1-50
|-ILM all time rap albums 51-100
|-Stoned
Offline Lists
|-Electronic
|-My Favorites (itunes)
|-Classical
|-Rock
|-70s
|-Indie
|-60s
|-Lux and Ivy's Favorites
|-Jazz
|-2011 Music

ok, that came out crazy without all the formatting and indenting that I expected

Awesome. So have you ditched iTunes altogether?

i throw everything i'm unfamiliar with into one big playlist folder (recommendations I get from ppl, bands I want to check out) and listen to it randomly on shuffle when I feel like it. This is because I'm horrible at actively listening to songs that are recommended -- they usually have to sneak up on me when I'm not expecting it. When I hear a song I like, I star it, which is the only offline playlist I have. And usually the 3 or 4 bands I'm really into at the moment get their own playlists.

I've found that since I got spotify, I hardly use itunes for anything but podcasts.

Besides specialised playlists like my disco compendium I have:

- a list of things I want to listen to but haven't made up my mind about yet
- lists of my favourite albums/tracks of the year (useful come EOY time)
- a big list of jazzy/spacey/droney/percussive music for working to

That plus Outloud covers most of my listening these days.

people probably know about this, but my computer has a mute button, and if i mute my computer while spotify is running an ad, it pauses the ad until i unmute my computer! it's so obnoxious!

So far, with the new ipod, I haven't loaded anything to itunes, just to spotify. I hope that I won't have to use itunes, but it is too soon to tell.

I'll probably still use itunes on my computer if I get new CDs or mp3s as it does a good job of organizing my hard drive, but then I'll bump that all to spotify for listening.

people probably know about this, but my computer has a mute button, and if i mute my computer while spotify is running an ad, it pauses the ad until i unmute my computer! it's so obnoxious!

that is diabolical

smash your speakers -- it won't notice

when i use spotify i usually hook it up to my receiver and speakers, and then when the ads come on it doesn't notice if the receiver is muted. it does notice when the computer is muted, yep, and it truly is diabolical.

BONOBOS

all my ads are for bonobos now

your pants must sag. me too.

you deserve to look fantastic

is anyone else having problems connecting to spotify today?

yeah it's been weird for the past two days for me

it says i'm in offline mode.

i want to be in online mode.

yeah i just had to quit/restart and if that failed try again later

ok word that worked.

still being a little weird but i am "online"

right now i'm online but cant see my friends/facebook ppl

i thought it was my connection! interesting that other people are experiencing the same.

- a big list of jazzy/spacey/droney/percussive music for working to

Link? :)

404 cant log in /:

nvm i was just entering the wrong password ):

that'll do it.

it's a lil fucked up right now, yes

what happened to "top tracks" and "top albums"? i was enjoying that feature.

they're under Top Lists, in the Apps section in the left-side menu

should be under the 'apps' section of the sidebar

the new version is a lot better at doing recommendations on the opening What's New screen. two things just popped up on there that I'll definitely listen to today (Todd Terje's EP and the new GBV record)

I meant the top tracks and top albums that I listen to... I don't really care about everyone's top tracks/albums. I wish they would keep track of the number of listens in a way that was easier to retrieve.

That was one of the only features on iTunes that I really liked.

Etta James memorial playlist on Share My Playlist, which find helpful when I want to put an hour or two of songs on. Who Sampled Whom is also fun if you like hip-hop based playlists!

I meant the top tracks and top albums that I listen to...

you go under top lists in the app section and then where it says "Everywhere" or "In the U.S." you change the drop-down to "For Me"

the back/fwd buttons are greyed out on the desktop app I'm running at work. I even have a pay account. what gives? anyone else have this problem?

The greyed out buttons are a bug with the last release. I only get it when I queue tracks using 'Right Click + Queue.' The buttons work fine if I play an entire playlist or album without queuing it.

The bug was reported a month ago, but they don't seem to be doing anything about it. it's annoying as hell.

huh I don't have that bug at all

I get it both on my PC at work and my Mac at home. it's easy enough to just click on the next track to skip something, but it would still be nice to see it fixed. judging by the number of people who have reported it, I must be in the minority.

The greyed out buttons are a bug with the last release. I only get it when I queue tracks using 'Right Click + Queue.' The buttons work fine if I play an entire playlist or album without queuing it.

ah, yes. I mostly queue big playlists that I work through over the course of the day, so that's why I didn't even realize that the buttons appear when you don't queue. it IS annoying as hell!

thanks for the info!

this weird thing where Spotify recommendations turn into Facebook messages is kind of creeping me out

I still don't quite get how Facebook and Spotify work together. Like, there are obvious and easy ways to control and group what posts on Facebook -- but right now, it seems like every single thing you play gets posted as a status update...or nothing does. Or at least, I think that's how it works -- because I can't really figure out how to track it.

I'll tell you tho: Spotify should just go out and buy Last.FM. Those two technologies are perfect for each other.

oo good point

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16755449

Singers and bands who withhold their albums from music streaming services, such as Spotify, are in danger of alienating their fans, an executive from record label Universal has said.

Acts including Adele and Coldplay kept their latest albums off Spotify, which is seen by some as damaging sales.

But Francis Keeling, vice president of digital at Universal Music, said such acts risk "alienating their fanbases".

Universal is the world's most successful record label.

Adele's track Rolling In The Deep was the most-played single of 2011 on Spotify UK, but the star has withheld the complete album, 21 - released by the XL label - from the service.

Coldplay's manager Dave Holmes recently told Bloomberg Businessweek that the band's Mylo Xyloto, released on EMI, would be on Spotify eventually.

But he said: "I am very concerned. Spotify competes with download stores."

The Black Keys and Tom Waits are among the other high-profile acts who have kept their latest releases off streaming services.

Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach told Billboard magazine that the royalties from streaming services were "so minuscule it's laughable".

"It's a cool thing to have if you're in a new band and you want to be heard," he said. "But if you are a bigger band that's already known and you rely on record sales for a living, then it's really no place to be."

Universal has said its research proved that Spotify did not cannibalise sales, and Mr Keeling said the label negotiated with artists on a case-by-case basis.

"Over time, we're trying to convince our artists that streaming services are the right thing to do and these services should be supported," he said, according to PaidContent.

Mr Keeling was speaking at the label's Investors' Open Day in London, where Spotify announced that it now had three million paying subscribers, with approximately 12 million more using its free service.

and coldplay,black keys etc wonder why people download their stuff for free

I can see their point, if the royalties are as bad as people say, can't you?

People download all sorts of stuff for free, regardless of whether or not it's popular or available on Spotify.

is there a differentiation to be made he about records you'd like to hear and records you'd like to own? casual fans vs hardcore fans? or is owning stuff something you did in the past?

*made here*

Spotify is such a ridiculously good thing, not having classic rockers and such can be annoying (especially those re-recordings)...but people would have chopped off their right arm to have this kind of access twenty years ago!

Used and discounted CDs are cool for me right now, just upload the thing and you can mix it with Spotify...