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Old 27-08-2012, 10:12
JasonWatkins
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I'm slowly finding my way in to Spotify and I was wondering if any regular users had any tips for general use ?

By that, I mean listening habits, how you find new music, stuff like that. Not in the practical sense of course, as i know how to use the search facility

I've just added the "Any Decent Music?" app to my list which seems quite good.

And what's the premium 'offline' mode like ?. Do you get to keep the tracks ?

All useful stuff most welcome, thankyou
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Old 27-08-2012, 11:25
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The offline mode basically means any tracks that you synced, you can listen to without being connected to the Internet, since they're synced to your phone or something. So depending on what your phone's or house's Internet cost is, it could be a good idea. It's also useful for when you're out and about, since it saves the problem of the song suddenly stopping when you get into an area with low Internet access.

As for searching for new music, just if I hear a song I like, I search for it, and if I like enough songs from an artist or producer, I listen to the rest of their discography. If I'm ever looking for a random set of songs of a certain genre to listen to, I usually just find a compilation album or playlist.

The only thing that annoys me is how some artists don't have their songs on there. Like I'm a massive fan of Wretch 32, but none of his songs are on Spotify. But you can download them from an external source and still add them to Spotify playlists I think.
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Old 27-08-2012, 11:32
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I don't use it myself, but I think the premium mode allows you to listen to music without those adverts in between, and also I think you can log on the same account in multiple locations (not sure if this is a feature on the normal version)

What I do to find music is go on Amazon and see reviews of artists/songs that I like then on the side, there's normally playlists and stuff from people recommending other artists who like the one that I do.
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Old 27-08-2012, 11:47
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The offline mode basically means any tracks that you synced, you can listen to without being connected to the Internet, since they're synced to your phone or something. So depending on what your phone's or house's Internet cost is, it could be a good idea. It's also useful for when you're out and about, since it saves the problem of the song suddenly stopping when you get into an area with low Internet access.

As for searching for new music, just if I hear a song I like, I search for it, and if I like enough songs from an artist or producer, I listen to the rest of their discography. If I'm ever looking for a random set of songs of a certain genre to listen to, I usually just find a compilation album or playlist.

The only thing that annoys me is how some artists don't have their songs on there. Like I'm a massive fan of Wretch 32, but none of his songs are on Spotify. But you can download them from an external source and still add them to Spotify playlists I think.
Going o/t slightly, but Wretch 32 isn't on spotify because he's on the ministry of sound label which doesn't allow their music to be streamed, same for Example who's on the label
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Old 27-08-2012, 12:02
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I spend hours every week searching for new releases from various sources, then I'll combine them into a weekly playlist. I'll combine that into a folder with playlists from the previous two weeks then - and this is where the offline mode comes into its own - sync them to my generic MP3 player and listen to them at work. It means I've stopped using the radio as my primary source of new music discovery.

This is what I'm listening to at the moment: a 194 track, 12 hour playlist of new stuff from the last three weeks: http://open.spotify.com/user/gareth8...oWVgpxH1gfg4Um

Should mention that some of them may be a bit older than the last three weeks; got a bit of a backlog I'm working through at the moment. Knock yourself out!
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Old 27-08-2012, 12:06
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It means I've stopped using the radio as my primary source of new music discovery.
Me too. And I even like mainstream music, just the only stations I can get are Heart, Capital, Radio 1, and so on. Radio 1 is good, but there's too much talking on the day-time shows. Capital used to be good when I was younger, but now it only plays dance-pop, and it's far too repetitive, and I listen to it now and it's basically playing the same songs as it was in February (Starships, etc.). Heart FM is even worse.

The only stations I can cope with listening to anymore are stuff like Radio 1Xtra, Rinse FM, etc. and I can only get those when I'm at home. So now it's Spotify when I'm out. Radio is making itself irrelevent tbh.
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Old 27-08-2012, 15:22
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I spend hours every week searching for new releases from various sources, then I'll combine them into a weekly playlist.
This is what I do too. I use Last.fm and music forums/blogs for music recommendations, then I find the songs on Spotify and make a big playlist.

I don't think Spotify by itself is the best place to find new music, although I might occasionally discover something through the 'related artists' section or one of the apps.
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Old 27-08-2012, 16:04
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An online friend of mine has a spotify blog, and he blogs about the lesser known new releases, worth checking out

http://spotinews.wordpress.com/
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Old 27-08-2012, 16:57
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nice, thanks for all the replies.

i find i use the radioplayer app a hell of a lot as well while i'm online, so i'm skipping around between 6 Music, XFM, Radio 1, Choice, Chill and a few more. I actually have to remind myself to load Spotify before the Radioplayer app half the time ..

I do like the "Any Decent Music?" app - it apparently amalgamates data from "50 sources" and works out the highest average review of each album and lists them accordingly. got a few albums cued up to listen to from that.

even aiden grimshaw's

(which is surprisingly good !)
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Old 27-08-2012, 18:36
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Download it. Keep it for six months. Delete it. Start new account.

Unlimited unlimitedness...
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