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Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by Alupis »

andruc wrote: post #450
Alupis wrote: post #447

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't realize Pandora was region locked - what a bummer! The rest of the comment still stands for all US based users, however.

I last used Pandora's radio in Canada around 2005. I'm questioning what it is they're "working on" for so long.

Probably license agreements with the labels... but that's pure speculation. Spotify seems to have solved that problem by throwing tons of cash at them.

You can see here[1] that Spotify has made agreements with specific labels for international rights. What a thing... only licensed to stream a song in some select set of countries... absurd in 2020/2021 and being an internet based service - but that's record labels for you.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/1/21203324/spotify-warner-ag...

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by renjimen »

nineumbrellas wrote: post #137
bitexploder wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their recommendation engine is really bad IMO. I was hoping for a futuristic machine learning + listening based recommendation engine that could find similar songs based on what they actually sound like. Mostly they just find songs based on what other playlists your song exists in. It's really boring and not good at finding new music for me. It does OKAY and it isn't why I use Spotify, but I can't help but feel like…

Check out SAGE from the guy at Hate5six. It's more punk/metal based, but if you're into that, you'll definitely find some new music. https://hate5six.com/sage

Pretty good! I tried it with some random cross-genre combinations of stuff I like and it found a bunch of other fairly niche bands I like. Looking forward to trying out the other recommendations. Works fine for genres other than punk & metal btw.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by abalashov »

triangleman wrote: post #311
abalashov wrote: post #280

That was funny. However, I'm one of those people with a bona fide, DRM-free MP3 collection[1] But I only use Spotify a) in the car and b) while riding my bike/bike trainer. I have an actual DRM-free MP3 collection[1] for the important stuff--which has a little overlap with Spotify, but not too much. [1] Small - only about 20 GB - and has been contiguously curated, over five distinct "generations" in my life, since I…

What are your feelings about AAC 128kbps?

Undefined value. :)

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by airstrike »

ugh123 wrote: post #426
t0mbstone wrote: post #252

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…

My "philosophy" with listening to music while programming has been that if I can tell I like the song, then i'm probably focusing too much on it rather than the task at hand.

+1 I do something similar. As a general rule, I prefer to listen to songs I don't already know while working. If I'm humming or singing along, I'm doing it wrong.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by gravelc »

kome wrote: post #332
etherio wrote: post #7

This is hilarious... > You are 26% basic. You're trying to be cool with Kapitan Korsakov, but your favorites are the same as everybody else's.. > Your spotify was please-read-my-manuscript-walmart-hawaiian-shirt-sitting-alone-in-the-cafeteria bad. Ouch. Really interesting project by all means. I hope they release the source - I'm curious about how it was built. Edit: This same link was posted 11 hours ago https://new…

i'm 1% basic, i'm clearly the coolest in da room

I'm guessing 1% is actually common. Mine:

"You are 1% basic. Oh wow Penelope Trappes and Titi Robin! Your taste is so obscure that's so cool I bet you're super interesting..

You're too trendy for your own good. You only listen to music made in the last year."

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by renjimen »

nineumbrellas wrote: post #137
bitexploder wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their recommendation engine is really bad IMO. I was hoping for a futuristic machine learning + listening based recommendation engine that could find similar songs based on what they actually sound like. Mostly they just find songs based on what other playlists your song exists in. It's really boring and not good at finding new music for me. It does OKAY and it isn't why I use Spotify, but I can't help but feel like…

Check out SAGE from the guy at Hate5six. It's more punk/metal based, but if you're into that, you'll definitely find some new music. https://hate5six.com/sage

Blog post below on how the hate5six creator made this algorithm. Boils down to using the lyrics and community listening habits from last.fm to build a similarity graph for artists, then community detection to group similar artists.

https://medium.com/@hate5six/sage-an-artificially-intelligen...

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by dvirsky »

tetha wrote: post #207
etherio wrote: post #7

This is hilarious... > You are 26% basic. You're trying to be cool with Kapitan Korsakov, but your favorites are the same as everybody else's.. > Your spotify was please-read-my-manuscript-walmart-hawaiian-shirt-sitting-alone-in-the-cafeteria bad. Ouch. Really interesting project by all means. I hope they release the source - I'm curious about how it was built. Edit: This same link was posted 11 hours ago https://new…

Curious, I learned something. > You're stuck in the early 2010s. For you, music's been all downhill since Orden Ogan made The Things We Believe In. Now I wonder if this is because my account is old, or if I really listen to that much old stuff, or if my favorite bands just don't release that much. Weird. But I'm entirely fine with the other assments: > Your spotify was renaissance-faire -too-much-power metal bad. > T…

Interestingly most of the examples it gave me for being stuck in the early 2010s were from the second half of the decade.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by MivLives »

johnwyles wrote: post #417
t0mbstone wrote: post #252

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…

Anyone here remember turntable.fm? I do. Sad. JQBX.fm isn't the same either. That was a great way to get a higher "hit" ratio though.

I miss it so much. Nothing else has come close. I'm surprised Spotify hasn't added a feature like it.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by 0bsolete »

martin_a wrote: post #312
teddyfrozevelt wrote: post #292

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It only works on certain playlists, I think only Discover Weekly and Release Radar. It shows up next to the like button for me.

Exactly this. Only works on auto-generated recommendation lists.

I wish they'd extend the option to the Daily Mixes. Sometimes they throw in a random song into an otherwise perfect Daily Mix.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

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Post by aroman »

humanistbot wrote: post #348
Peskier wrote: post #91

Anyone that wants to revoke the access this (or any previously used) app had to your spotify account, you can revoke access here: https://www.spotify.com/uk/account/apps/

Yeah, the absolute lack of any privacy statements makes me wary. They get access to my entire music history and personal info, and just say that they won't post anything? Pass.

To be clear, it looks like the oauth scope they're requesting only allows read-only access to your account. So it's not like they could actually post on your behalf without additional express permissions, barring a Spotify API bug (as far as I understand).

That said of course I agree they should have an explicit privacy policy regardless.

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