Spotify - anyone heard of it?

If you use the This Is My Jam app, you can click on songs and see all the people who've jammed that song (and thereby see a playlist of all the other songs they've jammed). Not quite the same, but good.

I wish you could browse by label

You can do this by entering "label:________" in the search field. It's not perfect.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d195/richhunt35/harveysidfasterspotifylol.jpg

Easy ROFLs are too be had. I'm not complaining too much, if you like dicking around with databases, it's fun.

I want a search based on song length.

While I'm working, I try to listen to a big mix so the next song surprises me enough to listen and keep me wondering what will come on next. That said, If the next song is eight minutes long and I don't like it, it's not fun anymore obviously.

I came up with this playlist of 26 songs all around 2:18 or so, which is 12 seconds short of an hour. Not every song on that list is a winner, but it doesn't ever drag on you either.

I'd like to make more lists like that. I'm also aware that there are 36 matches on the floor, 36 matches.

Do a search for every song that begins with the letter "T" in it and save all of the 2:18 ones. Repeat with every letter of the alphabet.

You can do this by entering "label:________" in the search field. It's not perfect.

I notice you can do this with genres as well. I know nothing of Boolean searches, so this is all new to me. Where do you find how stuff is catalogued by Spotify?

Here's their list of genres https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=psnjFY3R2itsqjinSs9hkZw

Disappointed by the lack of coverage in "genre:yodeling". Only three albums!

the genres aren't so great. a bunch more yodeling albums come up (for instance) just searching for 'yodeling' than going thru genre

http://mashable.com/2012/10/05/spotify-revenues/
http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spotify-revenue.jpg

Well they need to sack some people.

Uh oh, I have a job interview with these guys. Am I asking for trouble?

Tell them to fix their damn iOS app.

I have a whole list of things they could work on, although the specific job I'm going for may not be one that would have much say over such stuff

I hope you looked at their job listings... when you're not at work.

Worried I was slacking off?

I may be paraphrasing it wrong... seems like I hear their house ad "Why don't you come work for us? Check our website now... or maybe when you're not at work." (she says with a grin.) every five minutes.

Thank goodness I'm a subscriber and don't have to hear their terrible ads anymore.

Still, it's odd that they are making such a big hiring push when they are so deep in the hole. I hope that means they have a clear plan on how to turn the corner.

i think their (correct) plan is to be in the hole for four years until they have a generation that thinks of them as netflix for music, puts it on their credit card and forgets they're even paying anyone

already happened for me

I hope that works, but unlimited free play kind of makes that more difficult

I was doing that until I had to close my bank account for reasons that are TMI... Unlimited free play is nice but it means I have to hear those damn condom ads every 4 songs.

I just compiled the "Scorpio Rising" soundtrack -- apparently no one had done this yet!

http://open.spotify.com/user/1245064873/playlist/4Wz7H3L5x0xR9rnp9c4p0W

which site does everyone use for good/interesting playlists? there always seems to be hundreds.

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=41

My Spotify playlists, let me show you them

There's a lot of really bad playlists here (http://sharemyplaylists.com/), but you can find great big ones to at least filter some chaff out of.

guys if I am skipping through an album, are the Spotify + Facebook timelines spammed with EVERY SINGLE TRACK that I skip through?

it doesnt usually post every track. I think if you play 5 tracks from the same album it makes that post. (unless its changed today)

nothing from you has appeared to me fwiw

but i am fairly new to fb and dont really understand it fully

does spotify still stream while online w/playlists marked offline?

http://spoti.fi/UB5foW

is it fucked up for anyone else? i can play off my playlists but if i try to search it just says "browsing failed - please try again" over and over

Been listening all day with no problems.

Yes! I have heard of it. Some guy was talking about it the other day.

is it fucked up for anyone else? i can play off my playlists but if i try to search it just says "browsing failed - please try again" over and over

that happened to me when I tried to go to an artist page from a search; I got around it by clicking on the specific album I was looking for in the search results

spotify has finally arrived in ireland!

not even bothered now

comhghairdeas!

is there playlists for all that music that was on the ILX "Rough trade to...." thread?

Welcome to unlimited listening pleasure, you swarthy papist celts!!

A few of the rough guides are linked from here:

My Spotify playlists, let me show you them

Also a non-zero number of Spotify links in

The ILM Fan-made BEST OF/ANTHOLOGY Compilation project -- POST Tracklists, Cover Art, Liner notes, editorials, spotify links and/or otherwise LEGALLY obtained streaming album lists HERE!

Welcome to unlimited listening pleasure, you swarthy papist celts!!

^ new blog post i hope

New support page if anyones having problems
http://spoti.fi/Wa8zIy

Anyone tried new look updated and improved Soundrop app yet?

Just noticed that Zeppelin isn't on there anymore. The whole Zep catalogue used to be on Spotify, and now NOTHING. I'm sad. ;_;

I don't remember the Zeppelin catalog ever being there.

Oh shit, you might be right. I was probably thinking of the Stones.