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8 votes
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Can Sweden keep its edge in the music industry? Stockholm has spawned both some of the world's most successful musicians and music tech companies.
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EU fines Apple €1.8bn over App Store restrictions on music streaming
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Danish man on trial over accusations he fraudulently made more than £502,000 in royalties on music streaming sites
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Spotify has signed a new multiyear agreement with Joe Rogan, the host of one of the most popular and polarizing podcasts in the US
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Spotify's push into audiobooks sparks concern among authors
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Spotify cancels industry-favorite podcasts Heavyweight and Stolen
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Spotify is the world's biggest music streamer but rarely turns a profit and just cut 17% of its workforce – its business model looks increasingly precarious
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It sure looks like a hacking campaign messed up people's Spotify Wrapped
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Spotify has added audiobooks to its subscription model – reaching millions of people, it may revolutionise the already booming audiobooks business
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Spotify doesn't care about musicians
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Should I switch to Apple Music or stick with Spotify?
Spotify recently increased their price, making it the same price as Apple's service. I've had Spotify since 2016 (started with the free version), and got premium in 2018 when they had the college...
Spotify recently increased their price, making it the same price as Apple's service. I've had Spotify since 2016 (started with the free version), and got premium in 2018 when they had the college student deal where you would get that and Hulu for only five bucks a month. I've been an off and on Premium subscriber since 2019. Only re-subscribing to it when Spotify would send me offers to sign up for three months for the price of one. This is actually the first year that I've consistently had Spotify all year since I was in college.
But now that they're the same price I was wondering if I should switch over. I don't want to get into the whole quality thing and lossless (I don't even know what that is) but I haven't been happy with Spotify's algorithm for a while. Streaming services have always been how I discovered new music, going back to me using Pandora while I was in high school. But now Spotify keeps suggesting the same songs whenever it's on smart shuffle. For example, if I play a song from the late 60s or early 70s, I know the next song Spotify plays is going to be Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Whenever I play an indie pop song, like a Lana Del Rey song or something, I know that the next song is going to be Borderline by Tame Impala.
I'm kind of sick of it at this point, and I feel like it's limiting the scope of what I'm listening to. I'm not sure what Apple Music's algorithm is like, I've heard mixed things with some saying it's better than Spotify and others saying it's worse.
I'm also happy taking recommendations on other things to do or try with Spotify to correct this.
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Spotify (with OpenAI) is going to clone podcasters’ voices — and translate them to other languages
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Daniel Ek says Spotify has no plans to completely ban content created by artificial intelligence from the music streaming platform
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Would y'all mind if I post playlists here?
I make playlists every so often because I hear such cool music and compile it into playlists not freely based on genre but rather on feeling and also similarity. Tastemaking, more or less. The...
I make playlists every so often because I hear such cool music and compile it into playlists not freely based on genre but rather on feeling and also similarity. Tastemaking, more or less.
The problem is... these playlists are promotional, to promote the music of my band. You can listen to these playlists without the context of that, but I think it's important as I don't want to self-promo any more than I have to.
So yeah. Is it ok if I post playlists here, and... would y'all be fine with that?
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Spotify is pulling select advertising privileges for white noise podcasts in a bid to boost the audio streaming company's annual profits
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TikTok’s plan to take on Spotify and Apple Music
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Spotify is raising the price of its single-account premium plan for the first time since 2011 and hiking other services as well
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Spotify music shows
Hello Tildes! Short term lurker, first time poster here. Please let me know if I did anything incorrect. Also, not sure if this is the best place to post this question but.... Recently, I stumbled...
Hello Tildes!
Short term lurker, first time poster here. Please let me know if I did anything incorrect. Also, not sure if this is the best place to post this question but....
Recently, I stumbled across a really slick Spotify music show called DnB All-Stars Radio (https://open.spotify.com/show/4WiHEU7mnT5n6uYRyTnWtv?si=5qFaxyvvRuSsO_tq3KPZFw) that I really enjoy. It's basically a DJ mix for Drum and Bass music. This type of show is easy to find on SoundCloud and other various websites but I really love the format Spotify has created. It's a nice mashup of audiobook, podcast, and music playlist.
Does anyone know how to find more content like this on Spotify? Given DnB is generally a nieche genre of bass music, I'm feeling like there should be more shows like this. I've looked under podcasts, audiobooks and artists, but I can't seem to find anything similar.
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Spotify’s podcast plan is going off the rails
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Spotify fined in Sweden over GDPR data access complaint – coming more than four years after a complaint was lodged by noyb
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In addition to fake music, artificial intelligence has created a big new problem for Spotify – fake listeners
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Streaming sites urged to stop AI from cloning pop stars
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Spotify breaks down the mapping tech behind its algorithm | The Tech Behind
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Spotify is shutting down Heardle, the Wordle-like music guessing game it bought last year – will sunset on May 5 as it aims to focus on music discovery
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Testing Spotify's virtual radio host – the service curates a stream of songs I've heard before. Do I really need this?
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Spotify said Monday that it will cut 6% of its workforce to reduce costs – CEO Daniel Ek took full responsibility for the job cuts, which he called “difficult but necessary”
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Spotify is openly lashing out at Apple over a dispute that centers on the 30% App Store fee they charge for in-app digital services transactions
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Discover the hidden gems on Spotify that would never normally get surfaced with their algorithms
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Does anyone know of alternative Spotify client options to reduce the algorithmic clutter
I've been slowly more frustrated by the Spotify client updates particularly on android and short of getting all my music offline which I'd like to do eventually I want an alternative client that...
I've been slowly more frustrated by the Spotify client updates particularly on android and short of getting all my music offline which I'd like to do eventually I want an alternative client that isn't going to change the layout constantly and make listening to the music I want to listen to any more difficult than it should be.
I'd also like to filter out podcasts if possible because I have my way of listening to podcasts and spotify filling my home screen with them isn't going to make me any more likely to use them.
Especially if they keep fucking pushing podcast episodes featuring deceased family members just to ruin my morning.7 votes -
Spotify and EasyJet to use music preferences to suggest holiday destinations
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The woes of being addicted to streaming
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Lilja Alfreðsdóttir will meet with the CEO of Spotify this week to discuss the proliferation of “fake artists” posing as Icelandic musicians on the music streaming platform
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Why podcasts are becoming Netflix
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The economics of Spotify
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Neil Young pulls his music from Spotify after his ultimatum regarding Joe Rogan and ‘fake information about vaccines’
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Spotify Wrapped 2021
Spotify Wrapped seems to be rolling out to users today. I haven't received my slideshow but can see the playlist. I figured a thread for us to talk about our listening habits over the past year...
Spotify Wrapped seems to be rolling out to users today. I haven't received my slideshow but can see the playlist. I figured a thread for us to talk about our listening habits over the past year would be fun!
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Spotify finally rolls out real-time lyrics to global users
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Joe Rogan spread anti-vaccine misinformation. Spotify's CEO redirects and refuses to address problematic behavior.
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The case for music.gov
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Announcements from today's Spotify "Stream On" event - Launching in eighty new regions, lossless quality coming to Premium in some markets, podcast updates, and more
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New Spotify patent involves monitoring users’ speech to recommend music
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Spotify claims it’s dominating the podcasting market because of a million-plus tiny podcasts
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Why is the obscure B-side “Harness Your Hopes” Pavement’s top song on Spotify? It’s complicated.
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Spotify announces that artists and labels will be able to select specific tracks for its algorithms to prioritize in exchange for being paid a lower royalty rate
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Exercise montage music
I'm building a playlist with that classic exercise montage aesthetic. Right now it's a bunch of new retro wave, montage tracks from Rocky, Top Gun, Rad, Karate Kid, etc. Temporary playlist track...
I'm building a playlist with that classic exercise montage aesthetic. Right now it's a bunch of new retro wave, montage tracks from Rocky, Top Gun, Rad, Karate Kid, etc.
track listing
- Robert Parker - Hardbody
- Flash Arnold - Flash Workout
- Frank Harris - Training Sequence - Orig '85
- Wishing On A Star on - Montage (From "Team America: World Police")
- Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero - From "Footloose" Soundtrack
- King Kobra - Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)
- Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now
- Carlos Knight & the Bay City Boys - Champion of My Heart
- Dennie Christian - Push It to the Limit (Scarface)
- Vince DiCola on - Training Montage - From "Rocky IV" Soundtrack
- Europe - The Final Countdown
- Cheap Trick on - Mighty Wings - From "Top Gun" Original Soundtrack
- Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
- John Farnham - Break The Ice
- Robots With Rayguns - Sweat It Out
- Craig Wedren, Theodore Shapiro on - Higher and Higher / Wind
- Joe "Bean" Esposito - You're The Best
- Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone - From "Top Gun" Original Soundtrack
- The Midnight - The Equaliser (Not Alone)
- SilverHawk - Pumping Iron
- John Farnham - Thunder in Your Heart
- Muscle - Feel The Steel
- Mitch Murder - Guile's Theme
- Vincenzo Salvia - Extreme Pizza Power
- Flash Arnold - The Final Chase
If you have any suggestions for tracks that maintain this aesthetic, it'd be appreciated.
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A tale of two ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify and the wide-open future
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Spotify CEO talks Covid-19, artist incomes and podcasting
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A music library covering more than two hundred genres
This submission showed up on /r/listentothis a couple of weeks ago. I'm reposting it here because it is the finest and most on-point collection of music I have ever encountered. The original post...
This submission showed up on /r/listentothis a couple of weeks ago. I'm reposting it here because it is the finest and most on-point collection of music I have ever encountered. The original post from /u/theamazingsounds is included below.
Hello again fellow music enthusiasts!
1 year ago, I made a post about my ongoing project to create a collection with as many genres as possible, aiming to give listeners a convenient way to discover new music. It got many interested and since then more than 50 genres have been added, as well as descriptions for every genre.
I'm making this post to thank those following already, and am once again open for suggestions and ideas. I also made a subreddit called r/TheAmazingSounds where you can post about music that you want to share with others. It is currently empty but I will try to keep it active and reply often.
You can find everything on Spotify. It is synced with other services but doesn't convert all songs.
Spotify | Deezer | Soundcloud | YouTube
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The Joe Rogan Experience podcast will be exclusive to Spotify later this year, with a multi-year deal
17 votes