Spotify - anyone heard of it?

https://ifttt.com/recipes/313128-archive-spotify-discover-weekly-tracks

I use this for auto archive of discovery list

Pretty sweet. I'm gonna try it.

Spotify are now archiving all Spotify Fresh Finds on this mega playlist

https://open.spotify.com/user/predict0/playlist/6Rz1nHuFleZtPxcdy9rFlB

527 tracks so far

I didn't get an updated DW today

what time zone are you? in the UK it arrived later than normal

East coast US

ok got it now

Really really poor stuff when it comes to the updates undoing/reverting your settings every time. Does this happen for everyone? If so they could at least include an alert message suggesting we check settings on launch.

as with iTunes, I will update this program only when forced to

really getting tired of locating and re-setting the "please don't start this program when I start my computer" setting. I mean resetting that is just rude.

forilz

"Enjoy a relaxing evening."

Thanks Spotify, I will. Just after my 2 minutes hate, when I am ready for peaceable recreation.

my desktop app won't boot up anymore :/

the ultimate flag post from glenn

Spotify Support is another really good thing for which I can take absolutely no credit. They can fix you.

The Android version is better than the it's in that the hamburger gives you the full menu. Including search. So you don't have to go all the way back.

*ios

I'm not sure how to report this, but Suicide's second album has a track mix-up. Track 5, "Touch Me," has the audio for track 6, "Harlem," and vice-versa: http://open.spotify.com/album/4X26FOEhz57Q7y6xKF9MrO

"Spotify is like a villainous cabal of major labels. The business is built from the ground up as a way to circumvent the idea of paying their artists."

http://pitchfork.com/news/61661-joanna-newsom-spotify-is-the-banana-of-the-music-industry-it-just-gives-off-a-fume/

new username up for grabs with that link headline...someone should snap that up.

original interview:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-joanna-newsom-spotify-villainous-cabal-garbage-system-20151015-story.html

http://wiki.godvillegame.com/images/thumb/b/bf/Banana_Head.jpg/175px-Banana_Head.jpg

related issue re songwriting royalties
http://www.wsj.com/articles/songwriters-lose-out-on-royalties-1444864895

i'd have a lot more sympathy for spotify's "look we gave billions to Rights Holders, whaddyawant" stance if they were more transparent about their relationship with certain Rights Holders. you can't claim you're pro-artist & that the majors are the swindlers while in a collusive relationship with the majors.

http://assets0.thefourohfive.com/data/6920/feature/Gaz-Coombes-April-2012.jpg?1337666628

spotify just decides not to connect like 30% of the time for me now, regardless what device i'm using. endless spinning circles.

Whats w nv imagebombing every thread

Gaz Coombes

Yes i know who it is who cares

Gaaaaz Coooooooombes

Are you okay?

Gz Cmbs

gaz coombes?

Gaz. Coombes.

Gaz it.

Pretty damning to be compared to a nutritious, healthy food.

Also is she shaming crust punks here? Dumpster diving is an excellent way to reduce waste.

overripe bananas have a lot of use.

in simile, for example

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/ripe-banana-old-mushy-ugly-but-so-sweet-and-great-for-dessert-yes_n_5715925.html

These all look pretty good.

that link is stinkin up the thread

Noticed this change on Spotify UK, Biography on Artist profiles has been replaced with About

new meta information on Spotify artist profiles on the spotify Windows desktop app: About

the number of monthly listeners (for popular artists you can see their current global ranking, e.g Chvrches are ranked 214th)

Where people listen - top 5 cities

Discovered on: lists the top 5 current playlists where the artist was discovered on. Useful feature for discovering playlists.

About tab is great, I didn't realise, for example, how popular Dave Edmunds is in Sweden

lol, just went to check that and it's twue, it's twue. Just listened to "I Hear You Knocking" and now "Girls Talk."

Pretty much every artist I click on is most popular in London - are there just more people using Spotify there than anywhere else?

geographical population stats, bigger population, larger user base, therefore more likely to dominate top lists.

Yes, these are based on straight counts, not anything fancy.

Glenn,

Couple questions maybe you can shine some light on...

Any chance of adding AllMusic album reviews, in addition to artist profiles?
Any chance of adding user reviews and comments to tracks/artists/albums (either generated from within Spotify or from an external source like AllMusic?) This will probably be controversial but I often find it difficult to find discussion of a certain track, for example.

No, sorry, I don't have any insight on those.

(I'm not personally a big fan of attaching discussions to individual pieces of music like that. I think discussions work better at a higher level...)

http://thetrichordist.com/2015/10/20/spotify-has-apparently-failed-to-license-account-and-pay-on-more-than-150-cracker-and-camper-van-beethoven-songs/

Well it seems like they'll have to pay those twenty five bucks in royalties to them then.