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I think the microtonal stuff I listen to is probably too unpopular to even have reviews to go on.
It picked out Brendan Byrnes as one of my obscure artists, though he is probably one of the more popular microtonal artists. It was able to pick out my own band as one of my "obscure artists", so I don't think "too unpopular" is a thing for it, haha.
you ok?
[lol, jk.] [yeah, why?]
Is anyone fed up with seeing a song in their Release Radar, getting excited about your favourite artists releasing a new album, then being disappointed that the artist has decided to only drop one song from the album, which you will likely get sick of before the album releases?
I thought it was a fluke at first but it has happened now with about 4-5 artists.
My biggest issue with spotify is that when a playlist is played to completion, it alternates randomly between a set of 20 or so recommendations. However I usually don't notice right away, and this ends up polluting the recommendation system at large, to the point that my most-played song of 2020 is one that I now absolutely hate, by it keeps on coming back.
Truth...
As someone who listens to spotify all day while programming, here's my secret to success: I create a playlist to fit a mood (for example, ambient electronic music with a good beat and no words), and I seed it with at least 10 songs. Then, I go down to the "Recommended Songs" section and I just play whatever it recommends. If I don't like a song, I hit the skip button on my keyboard. The vast majority of what it recom…
As someone who listens to spotify all day while programming, here's my secret to success: I create a playlist to fit a mood (for example, ambient electronic music with a good beat and no words), and I seed it with at least 10 songs. Then, I go down to the "Recommended Songs" section and I just play whatever it recommends. If I don't like a song, I hit the skip button on my keyboard. The vast majority of what it recom…
In addition I have several playlists, as a song might suit the current playlist, and another song might fit playlist B instead. So any playlist might be seeding several other playlists at a time.
Sometimes I go through many, many recommendations, listen to a song in short pieces quickly by skipping most of it. It sounds weird but that way I can pretty accurately tell if the song is shit or not (read: if I end up liking it). If the song passes my filter, I put it to some playlist. I just do this quickly and finally go back and listen to the new ones.
As for "dislike", there isn't one per song but there is a "Don't play this" per artist. I sometimes play children's songs or pop as requested, and after some time the recommendations include music I truly never want to hear again in any recommendations (Marcus & Martinus I'm looking at you).
Also, it feels like only the first songs in a playlist actually matter for the recommendations. I don't know if this is really the case. I'd hope the recommendation engine took a random sampling of the entire playlist and recommended based on those.
Edit: there's a "hide" for a track.
Is anyone fed up with seeing a song in their Release Radar, getting excited about your favourite artists releasing a new album, then being disappointed that the artist has decided to only drop one song from the album, which you will likely get sick of before the album releases?
I’m tired of having subscribed to one of my favorite artists, then release radar gives me a horrible song by an artist who apparently took their name. Then when I hit dislike every single week and unsubscribe it still keeps giving me their garbage. I thought it was a fluke at first but it has happened now with about 4-5 artists.
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Wait wait wait, Spotify notifies my friends of what I am listening to (not a user, so honest question)?
No no, but in the UI you can see what your friends are listening to (if you're added as friends). Example I found online (the right bar is the friends feed): https://miro.medium.com/max/3836/1*C_ImLXQdMOGljMRhLcV-Yw.jp...