19 votes

Use Song.link when possible to give everyone the link to their favorite music provider

Posted by tumbzilla (edited )
Tags: suggestions

Hey everyone!

I was recently exposed to a new website called Song.Link. You can search for songs, albums, or artists that you like, and generate a link that provides access to the music you found in all of the major music streaming services.

Song.Link

I think it'd be great if we could make it standard to post a song.link when possible!

Edit: learning to markdown

13 comments

  1. [3]
    Deimos
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    Ideally I eventually hope to have this kind of functionality built into Tildes itself, so that we could do something like have links to the same song/album/whatever on all the different services...

    Ideally I eventually hope to have this kind of functionality built into Tildes itself, so that we could do something like have links to the same song/album/whatever on all the different services available in the sidebar of music submissions. I think there's a huge amount of potential for taking advantage of metadata like this that other link-aggregator-ish sites really haven't done.

    16 votes
    1. [2]
      tumbzilla
      Link Parent
      A feature like that would make ~music one of the best places on the internet to search for new music. It'd also be cool if the links in each subgroup were aggregated into a playlist. Edit for clarity

      A feature like that would make ~music one of the best places on the internet to search for new music. It'd also be cool if the links in each subgroup were aggregated into a playlist.

      Edit for clarity

      5 votes
  2. [2]
    J-Senior
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    Protip: Either remove the brackets from the link or format it as [text](url) to make it clickable

    Protip: Either remove the brackets from the link or format it as [text](url) to make it clickable

    5 votes
    1. tumbzilla
      Link Parent
      Oops, thanks! Still getting a hang of the markdown

      Oops, thanks! Still getting a hang of the markdown

      2 votes
  3. [5]
    Lazarus
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    So...how is this better than going to a service I am already subscribed to and searching there? If I have Spotify, I don’t care too much if an artist or group is on Apple Music or Pandora.

    So...how is this better than going to a service I am already subscribed to and searching there? If I have Spotify, I don’t care too much if an artist or group is on Apple Music or Pandora.

    1 vote
    1. [2]
      jogo
      Link Parent
      I think it's less about searching for music and more about sharing music with those that might not use the same music platform as you. This service makes it so if I want to share a cool song on...

      I think it's less about searching for music and more about sharing music with those that might not use the same music platform as you. This service makes it so if I want to share a cool song on the internet anyone can get a link to the platform they use.

      11 votes
      1. Lazarus
        Link Parent
        Aha! Now this makes more sense.

        Aha!

        Now this makes more sense.

        1 vote
    2. Shamu
      Link Parent
      The idea is that if you want to share that song with other people they might not all have Spotify and this link will still work for them.

      The idea is that if you want to share that song with other people they might not all have Spotify and this link will still work for them.

      2 votes
    3. tumbzilla
      Link Parent
      It's free to use! It simply generates the links to the album or song in question for all music streaming services. So for example, if I use Spotify, and want a share a song, I could use Song.Link...

      It's free to use! It simply generates the links to the album or song in question for all music streaming services.

      So for example, if I use Spotify, and want a share a song, I could use Song.Link to share it on Tilde. Then, if you use Google Play, you will be able to get a link to the same album in Google Play without having to go search it up - it'll automatically take you there when you click on the link I posted to Tilde.

      Below is an example link for Daft Punk:

      Random Access Memories

      2 votes
  4. [2]
    Rnway
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    Hm... First Opera gave me a certificate warning. If I ignore that, my office has it blocked for "camoflaging its identity". The concept sounds great, but it seems like this is a sketchy...

    Hm... First Opera gave me a certificate warning. If I ignore that, my office has it blocked for "camoflaging its identity".

    The concept sounds great, but it seems like this is a sketchy implementation.

    1 vote
    1. tumbzilla
      Link Parent
      Hmmm, strange. I've never seen this issues before. I'll bring it up with the devs over there. I love the idea, though. Too often, I get links from people sharing new music, and it's often a link...

      Hmmm, strange. I've never seen this issues before. I'll bring it up with the devs over there.

      I love the idea, though. Too often, I get links from people sharing new music, and it's often a link to a service I'm not subscribed to.

      1 vote
  5. ourari
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    Sounds like a great service! Unfortunately, it's pretty hard to get the site to load correctly without whitelisting a bunch of third-party trackers.

    Sounds like a great service! Unfortunately, it's pretty hard to get the site to load correctly without whitelisting a bunch of third-party trackers.

    1 vote