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Re: SomaFM

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Post by gigama »

netsharc wrote: post #47
W-Stool wrote: post #28

I've been donating to SomaFM for many years, and it is my music provider of choice in my home office (Space Station Soma for me). Some years ago I had an afternoon to kill while visiting San Francisco and Rusty was kind enough to let me stop by and say hello. A quick 10 minute visit turned into one of the most interesting two hours I've spent in my entire life. Rusty gave me the whole tour of the software interface t…

Did you meet Big Url too?

Well, I've known Url since he was just a little Perl script.

Re: SomaFM

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Post by deekayw0n »

SomaFM has been the soundtrack to about half of my life. In fact one of my daughters was pseudo-named after one of the DJ's. Thanks Elise for being so consistently awesome for so long and clearly an inspiration!

Additionally, I've been meaning to simplify adding SomaFM tracks that I like to Spotify playlists. This post inspired some real-time action... one click in the SomaFM app would be peachy, but I can deal with a keyboard combo.

It's a bit difficult to be get the exact song without the DJ's providing the Spotify song id but the metadata SomaFM does provide in their icecast streams [or sqlite db or www song history] is good enough to formulate a pretty good Spotify search (e.g. `spotify:search:artist:Brazilian%20Girls+track:Homme`).

You can easily associate the following code to a keyboard shortcut via Automator and have it search for the LIKELY song in the Spotify app.

I present somafmToSpotify.js: https://gist.github.com/deekayw0n/ab96a596c16371e3968b7eea48...

Hope it helps with your #life-hacking

Re: SomaFM

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Post by fziz »

Thanks for sharing. Didn't know about SomaFM.

I've been listening to plusfm.net for more than 15 years now which is in some ways similar. Just want to give David (running Plus FM) a shout out.

Re: SomaFM

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Post by havblue »

I volunteered to DJ my jazz college radio station back in the day and gave up quickly. The reason being was that my knowledge of the genre was so shallow that I didn't know where to start, especially when it came to putting music on for a dedicated radio program.

So I kind of wonder about that when listening to indie music. Maybe there isn't a goal of getting a comprehensive view on a genre, simply enjoying music that's not overproduced and the same thing you hear all the time? I suppose that's what I get hung up on: that when I listen to music I think I have a goal of understanding a genre from the top down.

This isn't a criticism of course. The likely response is that I should just listen and "enjoy the music" without expectations of gaining a deep knowledge of the craft. It's still something I struggle to wrap my head around though.

Re: SomaFM

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Post by nop_slide »

drorwolmer wrote: post #39

I created https://wfh.dj so I can listen to new music from my subscriptions (>20m) without the youtube procrastination rabbit hole. Mostly House, Electronic, Jazz (Stuff me and the team like to listen to while we work).

This is rad. I've been getting to House since I started working from home (no pun intended).

Check out mood:indigo, might make a good additions to your playlists!

https://soundcloud.com/moodindigo72

Re: SomaFM

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Post by dleslie »

kdmccormick wrote: post #146
dleslie wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's generally only true if you listen to Top 40 and major labels. Basically anything else isn't on major streaming services.

source, please? Being on streaming services seems like it's table stakes for new artists these days. All the friends of mine who seriously create music make sure to release it on Spotify. Those of us who make music less seriously still release it for free on Soundcloud. No, none of us are signed to major labels.

Proof by example: you won't find most self published albums from before the Internet.

One of my favorites, by a deceased Quebecois street musician, is definitely not on Spotify. I have the CD, however.

Re: SomaFM

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Post by michaelcampbell »

damontal wrote: post #136
hfourm wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest, Pandora has served that role for me over the years. I am always amazed to look back at my Pandora station history to see how it has evolved into different streams/genres, all stimulated from hearing new music through a Pandora channel, and then starting a new station after I liked it. This has created a web of new music I wouldn't have sought out otherwise. Obviously, I do think that a human DJ may perf…

Pandora can be maddening. Create a station for Pixies. Some Bowie song plays. Ok that’s cool. Create a station for Velvet Underground. Same Bowie song plays. Ok. I guess that makes sense. Create a station for Warren Zevon. Same goddamned Bowie song plays!

I'm a 70's-90's metal fan and once heard Ronnie James Dio 3 times in a row... all on different bands. Solo, Sabbath, and Rainbow =D Was fun but weird at the same time.
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