The Spotify Thread - cause it's not 2011 anymore (1 Viewer)

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Well since about 2pm I haven't got a lick of work done unless you include making spotify playlists work.

'Happy' work, or have you been banging your head against the keyboard since you are having trouble?

Happy Work . I am absolutely shocked that it seems EVERYTHING is available. I found a live version of Holiday Road by Lindsey Buckingham. I had no idea it was even out there or that I wanted to have it on a playlist but there it is and now I do.

Great, I'm glad it's Happy Work!! Sometimes you just never know when trying something new!

Any suggested lists etc? I notice the radio stations are quite repetitive

XPN's 885 greatest songs of the new Millennium: link

Thank you sir. Now how would one come across something like this?

Duh! You ask people on an internet site!

Asking for more!

 

[Jaysus]

Any suggested lists etc? I notice the radio stations are quite repetitive

XPN's 885 greatest songs of the new Millennium: link

Thank you sir. Now how would one come across something like this?

The radio station was pimping it during the actual countdown.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Anyone have a good list or station for new hard rock?

 

[matuski]

help a noob out.. how do i download the song for play when off line?

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

help a noob out.. how do i download the song for play when off line?

Android UI

 

[Brony]

help a noob out.. how do i download the song for play when off line?

I haven't found a way to download a single song per se. I created a playlist called Portable and then just sync that playlist as an offline playlist. If I want to listen to a new album on the way home, I dump that album into the Portable playlist before I leave work.

I've found that managing playlists is much easier on the desktop application.

 

[Brony]

Anyone have a good list or station for new hard rock?

Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but Songpickr has a best of 2014 playlist that they keep adding to. I use that to quickly see what's good in the last week/month.

 

[Amused to Death]

I'm still sticking with google play as I already have everything up there, but maybe some day.

I've been using Google Play for a few years now with over 13,000 songs uploaded. However I've been using Spotify for albums I never bought. Getting used to setting up my playlists, saving artists and songs and have been using it more lately.

I can add songs to my play lists that are stored on my hard drive. Those songs are just grayed out if I'm at work.

 

[Mr. Ected]

help a noob out.. how do i download the song for play when off line?

I haven't found a way to download a single song per se. I created a playlist called Portable and then just sync that playlist as an offline playlist. If I want to listen to a new album on the way home, I dump that album into the Portable playlist before I leave work.

I've found that managing playlists is much easier on the desktop application.

The idea behind Spotify is the fact that you CAN'T take the song off Spotify in order to play somewhere else. You always need to use Spotify, either the Web, desktop, or app version. You'd think that someday someone would figure out a way to make an mp3 from a Spotify song, just like now you can make audio and video files from YouTube pages.

 

[Brony]

help a noob out.. how do i download the song for play when off line?

I haven't found a way to download a single song per se. I created a playlist called Portable and then just sync that playlist as an offline playlist. If I want to listen to a new album on the way home, I dump that album into the Portable playlist before I leave work.

I've found that managing playlists is much easier on the desktop application.

The idea behind Spotify is the fact that you CAN'T take the song off Spotify in order to play somewhere else. You always need to use Spotify, either the Web, desktop, or app version. You'd think that someday someone would figure out a way to make an mp3 from a Spotify song, just like now you can make audio and video files from YouTube pages.

I thought the question was about how to have a song available to listen via Spotify while offline (which while doable, is not that intuitive). I never considered that the question was related to creating an MP3

The other way to listen to a single song offline is to add it to your "Songs". On the mobile app, you have to allow your Songs list to be available offline. Similar idea to Playlists.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Turns out the wife cant listen to spotify offline when I am listening online :(

 

[Mr. Ected]

help a noob out.. how do i download the song for play when off line?

I haven't found a way to download a single song per se. I created a playlist called Portable and then just sync that playlist as an offline playlist. If I want to listen to a new album on the way home, I dump that album into the Portable playlist before I leave work.

I've found that managing playlists is much easier on the desktop application.

The idea behind Spotify is the fact that you CAN'T take the song off Spotify in order to play somewhere else. You always need to use Spotify, either the Web, desktop, or app version. You'd think that someday someone would figure out a way to make an mp3 from a Spotify song, just like now you can make audio and video files from YouTube pages.

I thought the question was about how to have a song available to listen via Spotify while offline (which while doable, is not that intuitive). I never considered that the question was related to creating an MP3

The other way to listen to a single song offline is to add it to your "Songs". On the mobile app, you have to allow your Songs list to be available offline. Similar idea to Playlists.

Was unsure, but figured I would cover all bases!

 

[E-Z Glider]

Just create a playlist and then click click the switch that says "Available Offline". Not sure how it could be any easier?

 

[Bogart]

I pay for Slacker ($10 a month) and love it. Unlimited plays, tons of different stations and My Vibe which I think they pretty much stole from Songza. You put in what you are doing/time of day and they suggest playlists.

Anyone jump from Slacker to Spotify? Paying is not the issue, but wondering if losing my history/favorites is worth changing over.

 

[Jaysus]

Turns out the wife cant listen to spotify offline when I am listening online :(

if you make a playlist with Account A1, she should be able to log on with separate Account B2 and subscribe (or follow?) that playlist. I believe that there is even an option to allow her to add to that playlist.

ETA: if I am understanding correctly, that will accomplish what you are trying to do.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Turns out the wife cant listen to spotify offline when I am listening online :(

if you make a playlist with Account A1, she should be able to log on with separate Account B2 and subscribe (or follow?) that playlist. I believe that there is even an option to allow her to add to that playlist.

ETA: if I am understanding correctly, that will accomplish what you are trying to do.

Gotcha. I went premium and was hoping she could avoid the commercials, if not I am sure I would hear about it and how I always give her the shaft.

 

[Jaysus]

Turns out the wife cant listen to spotify offline when I am listening online :(

if you make a playlist with Account A1, she should be able to log on with separate Account B2 and subscribe (or follow?) that playlist. I believe that there is even an option to allow her to add to that playlist.

ETA: if I am understanding correctly, that will accomplish what you are trying to do.

Gotcha. I went premium and was hoping she could avoid the commercials, if not I am sure I would hear about it and how I always give her the shaft.

Oh, lol - good luck with that

 

[Quez]

I'm still sticking with google play as I already have everything up there, but maybe some day.

I've been using Google Play for a few years now with over 13,000 songs uploaded. However I've been using Spotify for albums I never bought. Getting used to setting up my playlists, saving artists and songs and have been using it more lately.I can add songs to my play lists that are stored on my hard drive. Those songs are just grayed out if I'm at work.

Why use Spotify and google play? You can pay for google play radio and it is the same thing. You can mix new stuff with the stuff you own just like Spotify.

I would use Spotify for everything if I had an iPhone or in my case Google play for everything since I am on android.

 

[Amused to Death]

I'm still sticking with google play as I already have everything up there, but maybe some day.

I've been using Google Play for a few years now with over 13,000 songs uploaded. However I've been using Spotify for albums I never bought. Getting used to setting up my playlists, saving artists and songs and have been using it more lately.I can add songs to my play lists that are stored on my hard drive. Those songs are just grayed out if I'm at work.

Why use Spotify and google play? You can pay for google play radio and it is the same thing. You can mix new stuff with the stuff you own just like Spotify.

I would use Spotify for everything if I had an iPhone or in my case Google play for everything since I am on android.

I'm not paying for Spotify. I primarily use my Google play. Occasionally I want to browse Spotify for something new I haven't bought. I tolerate the Spotify commercials. Is there a way with Google to listen to albums/songs of my choice that I don't own or is it similar to Pandora?

 

[Jaysus]

I'm still sticking with google play as I already have everything up there, but maybe some day.

I've been using Google Play for a few years now with over 13,000 songs uploaded. However I've been using Spotify for albums I never bought. Getting used to setting up my playlists, saving artists and songs and have been using it more lately.I can add songs to my play lists that are stored on my hard drive. Those songs are just grayed out if I'm at work.

Why use Spotify and google play? You can pay for google play radio and it is the same thing. You can mix new stuff with the stuff you own just like Spotify.

I would use Spotify for everything if I had an iPhone or in my case Google play for everything since I am on android.

I'm not paying for Spotify. I primarily use my Google play. Occasionally I want to browse Spotify for something new I haven't bought. I tolerate the Spotify commercials. Is there a way with Google to listen to albums/songs of my choice that I don't own or is it similar to Pandora?

If you subscribe to the All Access service, you can listen to whatever you want.

 

[Amused to Death]

I'm not paying for Spotify. I primarily use my Google play. Occasionally I want to browse Spotify for something new I haven't bought. I tolerate the Spotify commercials. Is there a way with Google to listen to albums/songs of my choice that I don't own or is it similar to Pandora?

If you subscribe to the All Access service, you can listen to whatever you want.

Yeah but that's strictly with a subscription, correct? Or do they have a commercial-sponsored option like Spotify? I'm all about the free.

 

[Jaysus]

I'm not paying for Spotify. I primarily use my Google play. Occasionally I want to browse Spotify for something new I haven't bought. I tolerate the Spotify commercials. Is there a way with Google to listen to albums/songs of my choice that I don't own or is it similar to Pandora?

If you subscribe to the All Access service, you can listen to whatever you want.

Yeah but that's strictly with a subscription, correct? Or do they have a commercial-sponsored option like Spotify? I'm all about the free.

The free service involves you uploading your own library and only being able to listen to that

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Turns out the wife cant listen to spotify offline when I am listening online :(

if you make a playlist with Account A1, she should be able to log on with separate Account B2 and subscribe (or follow?) that playlist. I believe that there is even an option to allow her to add to that playlist.

ETA: if I am understanding correctly, that will accomplish what you are trying to do.

Gotcha. I went premium and was hoping she could avoid the commercials, if not I am sure I would hear about it and how I always give her the shaft.

Oh, lol - good luck with that

Last night I grabbed an old Galaxy Nexus (no service), dropped Spotify on it, down loaded all the songs via wifi, then turned off wifi and I was able to get Spotify to play on two different devices without getting knocked off with the "spotify was paused due to being played in another location" message

 

[El Floppo]

If I ever decide put $120/year into this, I'll do my best to remember this thread because I'll never remember.... something. What?

 

[El Floppo]

Is there anything stopping my wife from downloading Spotify on her computer and having her own account (rather than using mine from my computer, which means I can't use it at work)? Does Spotify recognize IP addresses?

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Is there anything stopping my wife from downloading Spotify on her computer and having her own account (rather than using mine from my computer, which means I can't use it at work)? Does Spotify recognize IP addresses?

No you should be fine. I wanted to share the account with my wife because I plan on paying the $10 a month.

 

[El Floppo]

Is there anything stopping my wife from downloading Spotify on her computer and having her own account (rather than using mine from my computer, which means I can't use it at work)? Does Spotify recognize IP addresses?

No you should be fine. I wanted to share the account with my wife because I plan on paying the $10 a month.

Are you sure about this?

 

[Ilov80s]

Is there anything stopping my wife from downloading Spotify on her computer and having her own account (rather than using mine from my computer, which means I can't use it at work)? Does Spotify recognize IP addresses?

No you should be fine. I wanted to share the account with my wife because I plan on paying the $10 a month.

Are you sure about this?

She can have a separate account. My wife and I both have accounts and have used them at home simultaneously.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Still looking for shared play lists!

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Is there anything stopping my wife from downloading Spotify on her computer and having her own account (rather than using mine from my computer, which means I can't use it at work)? Does Spotify recognize IP addresses?

No you should be fine. I wanted to share the account with my wife because I plan on paying the $10 a month.

Are you sure about this?

Yep, switched to sharing my account when I signed up for premium.

 

[El Floppo]

thanks guys... sorry for doubting you buddy- I just wasn't sure the newbie was going to have the right answer here.

 

[Jaysus]

Still looking for shared play lists!

I like this one: https://play.spotify.com/user/dogfishbeer/playlist/06GVvVqnf9dFooMcrZntm5

 

[Ilov80s]

Still looking for shared play lists!

You know you can search by playlist? Try searching keywords you like. Also, there is an option in the menu called "browse". There are tons of categories by genre like classical, country and by moods like workout or relax. In those there are tons of playlists. Also, if you are searching, there are playlists for Rolling Stone, NME, Pitchfork, etc. So if you want Pitchforks best songs of 2013, there is playlist. Rolling Stone's 500 best records of all time, there is a playlist. If you like the music from a tv show, there will be a playlist with almost all the music used on it.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Still looking for shared play lists!

You know you can search by playlist? Try searching keywords you like. Also, there is an option in the menu called "browse". There are tons of categories by genre like classical, country and by moods like workout or relax. In those there are tons of playlists. Also, if you are searching, there are playlists for Rolling Stone, NME, Pitchfork, etc. So if you want Pitchforks best songs of 2013, there is playlist. Rolling Stone's 500 best records of all time, there is a playlist. If you like the music from a tv show, there will be a playlist with almost all the music used on it.

Oh yeah. I just like finding stuff that I wouldnt normally listen to. I know the FFA is full of music snobs so I am hoping they bless me with their fine musical suggestions.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Still looking for shared play lists!

You know there is this thread. Haven't looked thru it completely, but...

 

[Ilov80s]

Still looking for shared play lists!

You know you can search by playlist? Try searching keywords you like. Also, there is an option in the menu called "browse". There are tons of categories by genre like classical, country and by moods like workout or relax. In those there are tons of playlists. Also, if you are searching, there are playlists for Rolling Stone, NME, Pitchfork, etc. So if you want Pitchforks best songs of 2013, there is playlist. Rolling Stone's 500 best records of all time, there is a playlist. If you like the music from a tv show, there will be a playlist with almost all the music used on it.

Oh yeah. I just like finding stuff that I wouldnt normally listen to. I know the FFA is full of music snobs so I am hoping they bless me with their fine musical suggestions.

Go to any Pitchfork playlist and you will find the latest most elitist music around.

Here is my 2014 mix, it's 2 songs for every album I like. Just a warning, it's all over the place.

http://open.spotify.com/user/mcilheda/playlist/3NxjREbUjJNA3g5aGoIXDy

2013

http://open.spotify.com/user/mcilheda/playlist/3ruKge5yd5pCSQHF8W1NC1

2012

http://open.spotify.com/user/mcilheda/playlist/53NxD1P9eFFbN5mljTj3tH

 

[Brony]

Still looking for shared play lists!

You know you can search by playlist? Try searching keywords you like. Also, there is an option in the menu called "browse". There are tons of categories by genre like classical, country and by moods like workout or relax. In those there are tons of playlists. Also, if you are searching, there are playlists for Rolling Stone, NME, Pitchfork, etc. So if you want Pitchforks best songs of 2013, there is playlist. Rolling Stone's 500 best records of all time, there is a playlist. If you like the music from a tv show, there will be a playlist with almost all the music used on it.

I subscribe to this approach too. Having a wine and cheese party at your house, search for 'wine party'. Want some music for a hungover Sunday morning, search for 'Sunday Hangover'.

If I stumble on a new song, I'll click through to the album.

If you want FFA lists, search for threads with album or song draft in the thread title and those will have plenty of curated lists. FFA lists are great, but they are the tip of the iceberg.

 

[JZilla]

Not sure if this was mentioned but Spotify doesn't have the Beatles, but if you have the Beatles on your ITunes you can sync it to your mobile Spotify and boom you have the Beatles on Spotify on your mobile device.

One of the things about the Beatles, vs say Zeppelin or to a lesser extent Floyd when they weren't on there, is there are so many good covers of Beatles tunes. Feel free to peruse

 

[Alonzo Mosely]

Also, being able to download to your own device for offline playing is awesome. I'm on a 6 hour flight cross country and have hundreds of songs with me.

didn't know you could do this. thought it was just streaming. what can you download to, and how?

You can download (listen offline) your playlists. But not to "keep" - if you stop paying the $10 a month, it won't work.

Well worth it - For $120 a year, I can carry around music that would have cost thousands on iTunes.

Great if you have kids as you can DL to 3 devices.

 

[dal_boys_phan]

Absolutely love Spotify. Best $10 I spent each month (wish I caught the Target deal a few months back where you could buy 12 one month access cards for around $80 out of pocket). Love that all of my devices (Android phone, iPad, laptop) stay in sync - make a playlist change on one and it changes on the others. But had to disable the link back to my rather large catalog of songs because linking back to 30,000+ tracks every time I started Spotify on my computer always bogged down my laptop.

Here is my shark Spotify tip:

Create your playlists in a folder (can only create a folder on the computer app - not sure how to do it on the mobile apps [Android phone, iPad] - but once the folder is created, you can then nest any newly created playlist from the computer OR the mobile app into the folder you create). I have genre specific playlists in a folder (see below) so that I can shuffle a specific genre or shuffle across all of these playlists. Yes, that super shuffle across the genres makes for some strange bedfellows when you go from Luke Bryan to Jay-Z to Springsteen to Duran Duran, but I'm fine with that some days.

Here are my favorite song playlists that I have in a folder called "Favorites" and add to every once in awhile:

Classic Rock - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/2cxon0v3gn6Lr3f70sJcit

Country - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/0Yt6Ayh8qS48DdLfpsWQoT

Hard Rock - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/1TnoMGJVpMCqLnBkO4DhgG

Rock (more modern stuff) - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/5LT9YyA2qjERRy8kD4pf0V

Other Songs (rap, pop, etc.) - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/1QNDkYJKXsgtaJTKqQYsaJ

Live Songs (all genres) - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/0EVQ72QQpW4jlFeEXDceMZ

Also have a few playlists for albums in 2013 and 2014, but they are not complete and cover all genres

2014 - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/009008Nij8uMszynwFaWJe

2013 - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/7BbjzhBMwD9MrYG5WwuxsV

 

[whitem0nkey]

Absolutely love Spotify. ..................................

Rock (more modern stuff) - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/5LT9YyA2qjERRy8kD4pf0V

the cars, sugar ray, the go-gos, wang chung, the fix, gin blossoms......

 

[dal_boys_phan]

Absolutely love Spotify. ..................................

Rock (more modern stuff) - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/5LT9YyA2qjERRy8kD4pf0V

the cars, sugar ray, the go-gos, wang chung, the fix, gin blossoms......

Gaslight, Hold Steady, Paramore, Imagine Dragons.....

Yeah, that playlist is where I stick stuff that doesn't fit any of the other "rock" playlists. But, wanted to point out where I stick the newer discoveries like Dave Hause and Vintage Trouble.

 

[whitem0nkey]

Absolutely love Spotify. ..................................

Rock (more modern stuff) - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/5LT9YyA2qjERRy8kD4pf0V

the cars, sugar ray, the go-gos, wang chung, the fix, gin blossoms......

Gaslight, Hold Steady, Paramore, Imagine Dragons.....

Yeah, that playlist is where I stick stuff that doesn't fit any of the other "rock" playlists. But, wanted to point out where I stick the newer discoveries like Dave Hause and Vintage Trouble.

Do you have a less modern folder one with more classics?

 

[dmac37]

I'm currently using the free spotify and love it but it seems like the shuffle does not cruise through most of the songs on my playlist before repeating. I have around 200 songs on each playlist but I seem to hear some all the time and others rarely.

Anyone else notice this? Does the premium do a better job on shuffle?

 

[Mr. Ected]

When I a shuffling through playlists on iOS devices, it randomly stops playing after a couple songs. Anyone else experiencing this?

I have the most current iOS and Spotify. I have also tried turning the app off, logging out and uninstalling, to no avail. The Spotify community offers no help.

Any thoughts?

TIA

 

[TxBuckeye]

Hard Rock - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/1TnoMGJVpMCqLnBkO4DhgG

How do I find this on my phone? I searched "My Hard Rock Playlist" and it came up empty.

 

[Ilov80s]

Hard Rock - http://open.spotify.com/user/12725433/playlist/1TnoMGJVpMCqLnBkO4DhgG

How do I find this on my phone? I searched "My Hard Rock Playlist" and it came up empty.

Click on the link?

 

[TxBuckeye]

Brings it up in Chrome, but not in Spotify.

 

[whitem0nkey]

Is there a good playlist for a fantasy football draft?

 

[Ilov80s]

Brings it up in Chrome, but not in Spotify.

If you click on the play button it will open Spotify and play it.