Spotify - anyone heard of it?

yeah i’m guessing that’s what it is (despite me actively using it on premium for weeks), but i can’t see that written anywhere. i’ve just unfollowed it to see if that kickstarts anything.

someone posted on this thread a few months ago about the albums saved to their library would now only display in the order they were added, rather than a-z by artist

the same thing happened to me, so I guess this is an across the board thing - does anyone know if there's a way to change this?

this is on apple watches now

can people with the free version of Spotify search for playlists? i'm assuming they can, but it's been awhile. i want to share a "mix" with a friend, and the easiest way i can think of to do it is to make a spotify playlist, but he doesn't have the paid version.

If you right click on the playlist you can copy the link and send it to him via text/mail.

sweet, thanks!

canned this. got three months of amazon music unlimited for au$1 and it's already better.

amazon has less music in the US. I use it for sonos moana soundtrack kid time though

amazon is good at ops and nothing else. imo you won't be happier with it.

yeah i'm pretty sure i won't be happier with it, but for a dollar i'll get in a load of streaming until february and then just cancel. between apple and google i'm well sorted.

(off-topic, sorry)

Spotify excitingly now losing local files it has been able to play for months or years

King currently being listed as We Are King ?

hmmm.. my 'Spotify Wrapped' thing isn't working very well - I'm getting a blank screen with an arrow that does nothing at the bottom. Still, nice to see a playlist of my most listened to songs

What are Tastebreakers?

it's "a playlist of artists and songs from genres and artists you don't normally explore" which is a bit strange as there are artists and albums shared with my "your top songs 2018" playlist and it's almost entirely stuff that is exactly like what I would listen to and sometimes definitely have already.

so disappointed that glenn's micro music genres were not used in 2018 wrapped analysis - instead we get broad generic clusters: indie, pop, dance / electronic, rock, metal. (Just like the recent reorganized Spotify Android App, top genres)

whatever happened to the likes of vapor soul and vapor twitch. Instead my top genre was "indie"

Then on the 2018 spotify wrapped one of my top tracks listed of the 5 - doesn't even feature in the top 100 tracks !

Spotify Wrapped was so much better a few years back, circa 2014 and 2015. Even last year the analysis stated how many micro genres you listened to, i think mine was 73. This year no idea !

The project manager of Spotify Wrapped needs to be replaced with Glenn next year.

otm

also i read on reddit that the analysis only covers up to October 31st, so all the listening stats in November are missing.

yeah the tastebreaker thing isn't too convincing but I mean the stuff in there looks like stuff I already like and listen to so I'll give it a go

Anybody who is willing to have their 2018 microgenre list shared in this thread, state your Spotify username and I'll look it up.

According to it one of my top 5 artists and tracks is by someone called Jess & Gabriel, which according to last.fm I've never played. Weird as the rest of the top 100 seems spot on.

There's a Momus track on my Tastebreakers list that recycles a gag from Flight of the Conchords. Just thought I'd share this important information.

I got that track too!?

mine has a bunch of stuff that i've not only listened to this year but have saved.

and a fucking momus song

Glenn - I'm sb0ut0n on Spotify, feel free to share

Glenn, please share w1nt3rmut3 thanks!

(also I invite everyone to contemplate with me how a username one thought was clever when one was 12 does not in fact age like a fine wine and yet is very difficult to make oneself stop using)

i find "tastebreakers" weird and scolding. why is it spotify's business if i want to continue listening to the same genres.

how can i tell what my username is?

You can get your username by going to your Profile page, clicking the "..." button and picking Share -> Copy Profile Link. It's the bit between "/user/" and "?".

sb0ut0n, yours just says "art pop".

w1nt3rmut3: funk, rock, soul, neo-psychedelic, indietronica, art pop, freak folk, dance rock, indie pop, art rock, alternative rock, quiet storm, dream pop, soft rock, motown, indie rock, new wave, chillwave, folk-pop, classic rock, folk rock, noise pop, modern rock, preverb, disco, permanent wave, afrobeat, mellow gold, electronic, nu gaze, alternative dance, new wave pop, new romantic, new rave, psychedelic rock, world, lo-fi, folk, classic soul, chamber pop, melancholia, jazz funk, ambient, deep funk, indie r&b, fourth world, afropop, indie psych-rock, album rock, indie folk, experimental rock, roots rock, protopunk

https://open.spotify.com/user/mordys?si=BlMuMaWYRgyF6CJHSg_eLQ

Glenn, any idea why a track by an artist I've never played is #1 on my top 100?

Thanks Glenn!

126112611 for microgenres thank you glenn. Fascinated by this data even as i put up resistance outwardly.

bradcahoon, thx Glenn

sb0ut0n, yours just says "art pop".

lol, thanks, I must be doing something wrong with my listening but that's OK

Glenn, any idea why a track by an artist I've never played is #1 on my top 100?
https://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2000_Me__Myself___Irene/000MMI_Jim_Carrey_057.jpg

I'm jones68.

Oh boy, Shawn Mendes looms large in my 2018 favourites. Curse you, younger daughter! Apparently Rio Part III by Keith Jarrett was the first thing I listened to this year. I have no memory of that.

mordys: folk-pop, modern rock, art pop, indie pop, chamber pop, indie rock, freak folk, indie folk, rock, indie r&b, indietronica, emo, electropop, jazz, contemporary jazz, contemporary post-bop, pop, vocal jazz, pop rock, bebop, classical piano, classical performance, stomp and holler, escape room, chamber psych, cool jazz, hard bop, folk, free jazz, new americana, indie jazz, folk rock, jazz fusion, singer-songwriter, alternative emo, soul jazz, funk, jazz funk, dance pop, preverb, neo-psychedelic, avant-garde jazz, afropop, classic rock, mellow gold, world, pop punk, classical, alternative rock, art rock, roots rock, afrobeat, rap, melancholia, permanent wave, experimental, indie punk, jazz saxophone, brill building pop, traditional folk, mande pop, free improvisation

Treeship: modern rock, indie rock, indie pop, rock, folk-pop, chamber pop, permanent wave, art pop, alternative rock, freak folk, neo-psychedelic, rap, indie folk, pop rap, dance rock, new wave, lo-fi, indietronica, stomp and holler, pop rock, art rock, noise pop, dream pop, pop, anti-folk, preverb, new wave pop, garage rock, slow core, melancholia, new romantic, hip hop, classic rock, singer-songwriter, brooklyn indie, indie r&b, dance pop, electronic, new rave, uk post-punk, garage psych, chillwave, folk rock, alternative dance, escape room, post-punk, metropopolis, electropop, twee pop, trap music, mellow gold, dance-punk, album rock, chamber psych, roots rock, folk, fourth world, shimmer pop, new americana, trip hop, microhouse, no wave, southern hip hop, psychedelic rock, nu gaze, shoegaze, c86, experimental rock, new weird america, indie psych-rock, experimental, noise rock, experimental pop

bradcahoon: jazz, bebop, contemporary post-bop, cool jazz, rock, art rock, classic rock, psychedelic rock, hard bop, vocal jazz, fourth world, jazz fusion, folk rock, soul jazz, album rock, blues-rock, swing, stride, contemporary jazz, neo-psychedelic, big band, mellow gold, roots rock, dance rock, jazz saxophone, new wave, freak folk, jazz piano, free jazz, space rock, art pop, alternative rock, jazz funk, soft rock, post-punk, dark jazz, adult standards, avant-garde jazz, uk post-punk, hard rock, ambient, protopunk, jazz guitar, southern rock, folk, dream pop, permanent wave, indie rock, folk-pop, noise pop, funk, new weird america, new romantic, chamber psych, experimental, experimental rock, norwegian jazz, garage rock, canterbury scene, soul, new wave pop, compositional ambient, electric blues, british blues, country rock, power pop, symphonic rock, krautrock, pub rock, jazz trumpet, no wave, drone, singer-songwriter, stoner metal, stoner rock, indietronica, freakbeat, electronic, psychedelic doom, lo-fi, industrial, british invasion, modern rock, zolo, chillwave, chamber pop, dance-punk, punk, indie pop, slow core, melancholia, lounge, blues, indie jazz, cabaret, merseybeat, jangle pop, punk blues, retro metal, bubblegum pop, drift, glam rock, shoegaze, indie folk, intelligent dance music, classic garage rock, classic soul, noise rock, progressive rock, traditional blues, deep funk, heartland rock, hauntology, jazz blues, mandible, microhouse, southern soul, fluxwork, classical performance, doom metal, afrobeat, warm drone, vintage jazz, sludge metal, japanese jazz, motown, ragtime, free improvisation, dixieland, memphis soul, brill building pop, post-doom metal

jones68: art rock, new wave, dance rock, rock, art pop, new wave pop, fourth world, alternative rock, electronic, post-punk, new romantic, uk post-punk, permanent wave, chamber psych, dream pop, synthpop, neo-psychedelic, indie rock, ambient, melancholia, shoegaze, noise pop, trip hop, folk-pop, psychedelic rock, compositional ambient, britpop, drone, chamber pop, pop rock, slow core, dance-punk, dance pop, glam rock, garage rock, experimental, modern rock, mellow gold, freak folk, pop, classic rock, experimental rock, folk rock, soft rock, lo-fi, album rock

Dan Worsley, the usual reason would be that your account is being used in some context you aren't thinking about, like connected to a TV or a Google Home or something.

i am lumpygravy

“Permanent wave”!

lumpygravy: art pop, fluxwork, outsider house, fourth world, float house, microhouse, art rock, dance rock, ambient, new wave, chamber psych, freak folk, dub techno, mandible, experimental, minimal techno, uk post-punk, drone, post-punk, noise pop, dream pop, experimental rock, intelligent dance music, neo-psychedelic, new romantic, new wave pop, detroit techno, compositional ambient, indietronica, bass music, electronic, techno, indie rock, no wave, indie r&b, electra, rock, chillwave, mellow gold, experimental pop, acid house, soft rock, industrial, alternative rock, escape room, deep house, preverb, classic rock, slow core, warm drone, chicago house, modern rock, vaporwave, future garage, tech house, lo-fi, folk-pop, shoegaze, gothic rock, new weird america, nu gaze, chamber pop, canterbury scene, dance-punk, indie pop, electropop, synthpop, album rock, electro, hauntology, dark jazz, psychedelic rock, garage psych, blues-rock, scottish new wave, alternative dance, noise rock, folk rock, sound art, new rave, drift, grave wave, funk, industrial rock, deep soul house, krautrock, wonky, space rock, punk, garage rock, roots rock, permanent wave, melancholia, minimal tech house, lo-fi house, free jazz, neo soul, trip hop, r&b, post-rock, contemporary post-bop, urban contemporary, british experimental, soul, neue deutsche welle, minimal, minimal wave, rap, folk, symphonic rock, ninja, cool jazz, jazz, post-hardcore, pop rock, alternative pop, free improvisation, hip hop, drill and bass, progressive rock, singer-songwriter, focus, afropop, world, dark post-punk, jazz fusion, zolo, dark wave, disco, jazz funk, scottish rock, gbvfi

someone posted on this thread a few months ago about the albums saved to their library would now only display in the order they were added, rather than a-z by artist

the same thing happened to me, so I guess this is an across the board thing - does anyone know if there's a way to change this?

― soref, Sunday, 11 November 2018 18:16 (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

pretty sure I answered this at the time – pull down the albums list at the top to reveal an arrow-type thingy which you can use to sort your albums by artist or title.

Gah, I'm pretty narrow. (Thanks!) All that ECM didn't count for much, eh? Andras Schiff is apparently in my top three after all.

haha, nice - thank you glenn! xps

"permanent wave" is my excellent name for bands that were once "new wave" but people are still listening to them long afterwards, like U2 and REM.

Haha! Love it

lol @ gbvfi