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Why Spotify Wrapped left us feeling unsatisfied
By: Amrutha Palaniyappan
Tags: Product, Spotify, Design, UX, Product Design

Around the start of the holiday season, several companies release their highly anticipated holiday themed products, features, and accessories. We see companies embrace the holidays as we buy our Starbucks coffee in decorative cups, watch Christmas themed commercials as Hulu subscribers, and of course, unwrap our musical journey for the year with Spotify Wrapped.

This year however, Spotify Wrapped fell a little short. It incorporated new features that were aimed at making users feel better about the rather disappointing year they’ve endured. Spotify Wrapped also made use of a humorous tone to inject comedy into a stressful time and used a multimedia presentation of users’ favorite songs and artists complete with audio, flashy graphics, and bright colors.

Here’s why it didn’t work.

The use of self deprecating humor simply didn’t hit.

While Spotify used a consistent tone in this year’s Wrapped that conveyed a keen perception of the state of the world, the exact messaging felt a bit too depressing.

They used phrases like “The song that helped you get through it all”, “Feel free to show this to your exes”, and “Who was at your side besides your houseplants” that showed great situational awareness but ended up making users feel worse about their lives instead of better.

For example the messaging “2 years from now, you’ll remember this as the song that helped you get through 2020”, offers both situational awareness AND hope & optimism. As a feel good feature that releases once a year, Spotify Wrapped should be focused on more than “keeping it real”; they should be trying to make their users — well — feel good.
Spotify 2020 Wrapped has arrived — and it has a few new features
Tags: Spotifycurators, Spotify, Spotify Playlist

Yes, that time of the year has come again: Spotify 2020 Wrapped. Do you live under a rock? let me help you.

Spotify Wrapped is a feature where the company gives you a personal breakdown of your listening habits throughout the year.

Is it absolutely ridiculous to introduce this feature at the beginning of December? How long is technically a month out of the year left? 44,640 minutes of potential listening (if you are not asleep)?

of course not. how dare you. Sagittarius for Spotify 2020 wrapped, Falah.

Despite this cognitive dissonance, I still liked the job a little. You can go here to test it, see what the world is listening to here, or just open the Spotify app on your phone.

What’s new in Spotify 2020 Wrapped?

There are some additions to the feature this year. First of all, there is a test built into the app. In my work, I was asked to choose the artist I thought I would listen to the most.

You can also follow your story with your most played song, which is something I found not very interesting, but here we go. Presumably, there is also a feature that gives you a breakdown of the podcasts you listen to on Spotify, but I use a different app so it doesn’t show up on my account.

The company has also filed badges with Spotify 2020 Wrapped. I can’t say giving arbitrary prizes is really overrated for me, but you can take advantage of it, so there is no judgment here.

There are some other new features, but they are understated. If you really care, you can learn more here — but I’m not sure why you would do it yourself.

What do you think of Spotify 2020 Wrapped?

It’s okay I think. It’s colorful and well designed, but I have a personal issue: I tend to use Spotify for music while I’m working and do most of the active listening with my MP3 library. This means my Spotify 2020 file is basically meaningless.

Luckily, I keep tracking most of my enjoyments using Last.FM, and at the end of the year, it’s giving me a more interesting breakdown of my musical habits. No, it doesn’t have a fancy graphic design or story-style interface, but it does contain data. And that’s all I really want. Discover 2019

What I’m saying is Spotify 2020 Wrapped is awesome, but you should create a Last.FM account and start using it too. Of course, it’s very likely that you are using Spotify as your primary music playback software, in which case I guess you’re okay?

I don’t know, the social media-friendly design and sharing features make me feel like Spotify 2020 Wrapped is for people with terrible musical tastes posting things like “TYPICAL ME”, “NO SHOCK HERE” or “Are you smiling?” Just like their listening habits.

Either way, it was me who did — head over here if you want to know what Spotify thinks about you. Or go here if you want to see what the world is listening to. But what’s the point of that when we’re still in 2020?

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Spotify’s Top Holiday Playlists to Get You Through This Holiday Season
By: Brian Berner Spotify
Tags: Spotify, Streaming, Brian Berner Spotify, Holidays, Music

For a lot of people, the holiday season is their favorite time of year. Every family has their own unique traditions, from cutting down their own Christmas trees to baking cookies with the family. While everyone’s holidays may look different from one house to the next, there is one thing that unites us all: holiday music.

Some people start listening to Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving. Others have their favorite holiday songs playing in the background while they work from home. And other people wait to share their playlists until they have people over. Sadly, Christmas for so many of us may look a bit different this year because of the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean that you have to sacrifice everything that makes this time of year so great.

However you choose to celebrate the holidays this year, whether it’s with your immediate family or just your significant other and you, Spotify’s top holiday playlists will keep you in a festive mood. Here are some of our most popular to-gos for holiday lovers:

Christmas Classics

Just as the name implies, this playlist features the Christmas songs we know and love from childhood all the way through adulthood. From ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ to ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’, these songs are from the likes of notable singers like Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole. Find it here.

The Ultimate Holiday Playlist

Maybe you prefer the classics. Maybe you prefer more modern holiday songs. Or perhaps you want a good mix of both. This playlist has songs from Frank Sinatra all the way to The Goo Goo Dolls, and even features songs from kid-friendly artists as well. But that’s not even the best part. This playlist features over five hours of music, making it a perfect work soundtrack or something you can throw on as you unwind after a long day. Find it here.

Christmas Coffeehouse

With many coffee shops only offering take-out options because of COVID-19 restrictions, you might not be able to sit in your local coffeehouse for hours and enjoy the stripped-down songs that make the perfect relaxation soundtrack, but you can have the next big thing: a mix of classic and modern Christmas songs that bring the coffee shop vibes to you. Find it here.

Hanukkah

Not everyone celebrates Christmas, so Spotify wanted to create a Hanukkah playlist that features the classics and funny favorites from Marc Cohen, Sufjan Stevens, and Matisyahu. You can find it here, and there’s also a Hanukkah Kids playlist as well to keep your little ones entertained.

These playlists — and many more — will ensure you enjoy the happiest time of the year. Pick of a favorite you can revisit through the end of the year, or you can even create your own public playlist for other listeners to enjoy.

Originally published at BrianBernerSpotify.com on December 15, 2020.
Find your Podcast Pals (Spotify only for now)
By: David Tran
Tags: Spotify, Podcast, Podcasting

My co-founder Ricky wrote about why he switched over to Spotify for podcasts. I initially was reluctant to switch over to Spotify for podcasts because they seemed like an afterthought/second-class media there. There’s also all the usual arguments in favor of keeping things open, but I can see the power of a closed ecosystem being able to improve the experience for both podcast listeners and hosts. With the RSS spec, hosts can at most know how many times their episodes were downloaded, which just isn’t very useful.

The recent addition of mixed music + podcasts playlists to Spotify, including the personalized The Get Up morning show, shows some of the potential of having podcasts side-by-side with music. I’m excited for Spotify to recommend podcasts to me, but I’d also like to know which episodes of specific podcasts my friends love! So we built just that! Think of it as a more social and more in-depth Wrapped for Podcasts!

Compare your podcasts to mine using this fun project that Ricky and I made for discovering new Podcasts from friends!

Oh, and if you don’t yet use Spotify, I actually also wrote a utility for “importing” an OPML file and following all those shows for you on Spotify! Let me know if that sounds interesting to you!
Cafe Allegro
By: Deniz Konuk
Tags: Music, Podcast, Spotify

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Designing Data Science Tools at Spotify
By: Spotify Design
Tags: Behind The Scenes, Design, Data Science, Spotify

First, they need to collect the right data.

Then they need to process that data.

Only when it has been processed can it be analyzed and explored.

Existing landscape

When we started thinking about how to do this at Spotify, there were already some tools in use:

BigQuery

This is a Google data warehouse product with a web user interface where data scientists can store and process data. They can write queries here to make sure they have the right dataset for their question.

Jupyter Notebooks

Often simply called “notebooks.” Notebooks are an open-source interactive workspace for running code in blocks mixed with prose.

After Data Scientists use the BigQuery UI to validate their dataset, they use local notebooks to find insights, create visualizations, which explain the findings and share their work (among other tasks).

ScienceBox

This is an internal Spotify command-line interface tool to help speed up the way Data Scientists use notebooks. It’s commonly used as a way to organize files into projects, pre-install data science libraries, and create a standardized and reproducible data analysis workflow.

These tools worked well for small datasets, but as data scientists were expected to work with bigger and bigger datasets, however, they had to wait longer to see the results of their code. If we expect data scientists at Spotify to find high-impact insights from the huge amounts of data we collect every day, they need tools to help create high-quality insights at high speeds.

Our design challenge

By the time I got involved in the project, the basic framework for the plan had already been established. ScienceBox was going to be rebuilt with a UI in the cloud, allowing us to unlock cloud computing benefits such as scalability, high-speed processing, and infrastructure flexibility.

We hypothesized that improving this tool by adding processing power, scaling discoverability, and using cloud infrastructure, we could help data scientists analyze data more efficiently, improve collaboration, and reduce the time to find insights in data.

To start off, I caught up on all the research conducted so far, and mapped out the existing workflow so we could clearly see the changes we needed to make. With the help of a visual workflow, we saw that we could group the type of work into two main types — “ad hoc querying” (i.e. quickly querying data to find immediate answers), and “long-term investigations” (structured projects with month-long timelines).

I then segmented our users into targeted groups so we could make user-informed design decisions for the workflows we identified. Below is a sample flow for a data scientist running an ad hoc analysis.
Written By William Bergess
By: R Mitchell
Tags: Spotify, Hiphopnews, Marvel, Viral, Music

Written By William Bergess

“Rarely will you ever see millions of people so excited about a hip hop album. Hip Hop artist FUGIMANIA has managed to create the ultimate buzz for his up and coming album

‘ A covid Christmas Story" set to release December 31st” https://link.medium.com/vmzlIMCW9bb

When this project is released it will be one of the most anticipated music Works of 2021.
Is that a Spotify icon in YouTube?
By: Volkan Akın Pasa
Tags: Chrome Extension, YouTube, Spotify

The short answer is “Yes!” It’s called Paradify(YouTube to Spotify).

The long answer is that It’s a Chrome extension. The idea behind of it is pretty simple. You listen a song or watch video clip on YouTube, you like it, you desire to add it in your Spotify playlist in one click.

How does it work?

Once you installed Paradify, open a video clip on YouTube.

You will see a Spotify icon inside the YouTube player.

Click on the icon and it will be added to your Spotify playlist immediately.

That’s it!

Chrome Extension link to download

Paradify Home Page

Github Open Source Project

(Video) — How to use Paradify
Kid Cudi Is Back With ‘MOTMIII’
By: Ash Hernandez
Tags: Apple Music, Spotify, Artist Spotlight, New Music, Kid Cudi

Photo Credit: Complex News

Over 10 years later, rapper Kid Cudi drops his most anticipated album, Man on the Moon III: The Chosen. This album release is a monumental moment for Cudi’s career and fans.

I first discovered Cudi in high school, and he became someone I predominately listened to, even through college. He has this unique beat, lyrical flow, and infamous hum that no other artist can mimic. I can still envision myself listening to his music in high school parking lots and my college apartment. Times were a lot simpler then. Now years later, I’m listening to his new music with a more mature mindset. He spoke to me then, and he still does to this day. His music is universal and timeless.

Cudi still raps about sadness, overthinking, and depression but in a different light. He shares how he’s overcome the darkness before and now he’s fighting the pain once again. Cudi’s been making people not feel alone since he hit the scene, and that’s why he remains one of my favorite artists. He’s been open about mental health and has helped a generation of kids.

I watched Cudi’s new music video, “She Knows This,” before I had a listening party of one. Because social distancing, duh. The beginning of the video opens up with Will Smith’s infamous The Pursuit of Happyness speech when he’s lecturing his son about not letting anyone tell him he can’t do something. The speech has a slight twist as Will Smith starts talking to Cudi. Then Cudi yells, “It is my destiny, Will Smith!” And the music drops. The video is iconic, so I knew this album would be great.

I felt like I was back in 2009 when I played the first song on his album. “Beautiful Trip,” just 37 seconds long, takes listeners into an alternate universe. With that intro, you know you’re in for a ride. Why do the shortest songs on the album always end up the greatest and leave you wanting more? Every piece flows seamlessly to the next as Cudi tells his story through the songs. I’ve listened to the tracks from start to finish five times already. Just like his previous MOTM records, I didn’t skip a song. I just let it play until the end. His MOTM trilogies deliver a unique message and different vibe, yet all connect with one another. His timing is impeccable with this album release. It feels like a holiday present to me, and I’m sure other fans. And the art cover is the chef’s kiss to this project. I think Cudi has more in store for fans as he ends his album with his daughter whispering, “To be continued.” Does this mean we’ll get another MOTM in the future? Guess we’ll have to wait and see. Till then, I’ll be listening to this album on repeat. I have no doubt the MOTM trilogy will go down in history as the greatest.

See Cudi talk about what he’s been up to and the making of MOTMIII in his interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe here. Hear his familiar melody fans love on all streaming platforms now! If you’re not a fan, this album will convert you to one.

“I told myself I cannot grow without loving me.” — Scott Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi.
Spotify Redesign: Making Playlist Curation Seamless
By: Gautam Nagwekar
Tags: Spotify, Design, UI, UX, User Experience

Takeaway and Next Steps

After letting users test our “final” design iteration, we found that the creation and adjustment of playlists was definitely made easier and more efficient. We got lots of positive feedback letting us know that this method of creating playlists is way less tedious than the system in place. Some people loved the fact that they didn’t have to select songs to add one by one anymore, as well as having the option to add multiple songs from existing playlists/albums to a different playlist. As a whole, it seems this feature would do an admirable job of making playlist curation more enjoyable and user-friendly.

Since Spotify is such a popular app, it’s constantly being updated to reflect user’s wants and needs. It‘s super important to highlight what features should be improved upon for the future version of the app. Based on our research, some future features/additions that might provide a better user experience include: shuffling music from different playlists at once, more diverse music recommendations, more customization on the mobile app, a deeper dive into “social” features, and finally, bringing back the beloved “lyrics” feature.

In regards to our research, I definitely want to find out how different the results of our research might be. There are some features that exist in Spotify that are more popular in older demographics, podcasts for example, which really weren’t mentioned at all when we conducted our research. When building a better user experience, I want to make sure that I can make the experience pleasant for everybody.

Brief Reflection:

Thanks for reading! This was my second case study that I’ve done and I definitely feel super proud of the progress I’ve made. UI UX/Product Design is definitely a field that I want to develop in and I can’t wait to begin my career in the field. I’d also like to thank everyone at Rutgers Blueprint providing feedback and helping us conduct our research throughout the semester in such a troubling time. I’d love to hear some more feedback on this case study so feel free to leave a comment or shoot me a message! Thanks!
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By: Burcu Naz Kalkan
Tags: Oyun, Podcast, Games, Spotify

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Liner Notes: Spotify Wrapped 2020
By: Jody Muhammad Ezananda
Tags: Music, Spotify

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Crypto as a mode of payment? Spotify may be warming up to the idea.
By: Xcelpay Wallet
Tags: Spotify, Blockchain, Facebook, Xcelpay, Digital Asset

A recent job opening for the position of the Associate Director for payment, associate strategy, and innovation team suggests that the global digital music streaming platform, which gives music lovers access to millions of songs, might just be warming up to the idea of including crypto as a mode of payment.

According to the job listing at Spotify, the company is “looking for someone who can analyze and implement digital payments strategy.”The job description of the company details that the Associate Director of Payments should “look for an emerging ecosystem of distributed ledger technology (DLT), blockchains, cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, Central bank currencies (CBCs) and other digital assets.”

It is quite interesting to see the growing interest of streaming services in cryptocurrency. Along with Spotify, another live-streaming service company Twitch has encouraged its users to make payments in crypto, the company has even offered special discounts to those who make their payments in crypto!

Reportedly, Bitcoin is acting as a better hedge than gold, institutional investors are adding crypto investment in their portfolio and Big-Tech companies like Facebook are introducing their own cryptos like Libra. The use cases for cryptos is certainly increasing and the future looks exciting for wider crypto community. It’s essential that you keep your crypto asset safe! Xcelpay is cold storage universal crypto wallet for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoincash, and XcelToken Plus. A universal wallet that QR enabled for safety and simplicity. Download the best crypto wallet from both AppStore and Playstore.
Music Discovery XO
By: Music Discovery Xo
Tags: Apple Music, Spotify, Music Business, Music Discovery Xo, Music

Music Discovery XO helps you discover the world's next big music stars, whether you are a music lover or a mainstream or indie record label, A&R or publisher
Is Spotify ready for video Content?
By: Alon Zubina
Tags: YouTube, Spotify, Videos, Jre, Streaming

Is Spotify ready for video Content?

One of the most popular podcasts in the world, “The Joe Rogan Experience” JRE is short had become a Spotify exclusive in the last week or so, most of JRE episodes had taken down from YouTube and migrated to Spotify, Spotify reportedly dropped $100 million on that deal.

The big news here whether Spotify likes it or not, is that they are no longer only a music streaming platform, they have entered the realm of video Content platforms, and the competition is fierce.

Well for me personally I mostly consume podcasts over desktop app and this is the focus of this article. Can Spotify deliver a good watching experience? Let’s compare Spotify to its biggest rival YouTube.

Log in and start watching Content:

YouTube:

Go to youtube.com Done

(ready to watch content whether you have a user or not, and whether you are logged in or not)

Spotify:

Go to Spotify.com 2.Create a user. Go back to the home screen. Find “Launch web player” button Click and go to the web player

“Launch web player”

For some reason Spotify sometimes does not remember that you are logged in so you need to log in again and again.

(- 3 points to Spotify)

Content recommendation:

YouTube:

Big and well presented thumbnails.

Views counter and upload date. (+1)

Mouse over thumbnail preview. (+1)

8 suggestion per page (The paradox of choice). (+1)

Content tailored to the viewer. (+1)

Tags of the suggested videos (More transparency). (+1)

Not transparent enough. (-1)

Spotify:

Small thumbnails. (-1)

No Views counter or upload date. (-1)

No Mouse over thumbnail preview. (-1)

12–16 suggestions per page (Too much). (-1)

Content tailored to the viewer. (+1)

No Tags of the suggested content. (-1)

(- 5 points to Spotify)
Spotify loudness norms are problematic (+ listening test)
By: Marco Raaphorst
Tags: Sound, Loudness, Spotify, Mastering, Music

Spotify uses a loudness reference for normalising the loudness of a track. This way the tracks played in Spotify will sound more or less even in loudness.

According to their website:

Negative gain is applied to louder masters so the loudness level is at ca — 14 dB LUFS. This process only decreases the volume in comparison to the master; no additional distortion occurs. Positive gain is applied to softer masters so that the loudness level is at ca — 14 dB LUFS. A limiter is also applied, set to engage at -1 dB (sample values), with a 5 ms attack time and a 100 ms decay time. This will prevent any distortion or clipping from soft but dynamic tracks. What is loudness normalization and why is it used?

Errr!!! You either use dB’s for measurements or LUFS, but combining the two like Spotify does ‘- 14 dB LUFS’ is not right!

Three loudness norms

This -14 LUFS norm is just one part of the story because Spotify uses not one but three (!) settings for loudness: Quiet, Normal and Loud. You can change this under Settings > Volume level:

You can also disable Normalize volume. No loudness normalisation is applied to the music when using this setting.

Loud — equalling ca -11 dB LUFS (+6 dB gain multiplied to ReplayGain) Normal (default) — equalling ca -14 dB LUFS (+3 dB gain multiplied to ReplayGain) Quiet — equalling ca — 23 dB LUFS (-5 dB gain multiplied to ReplayGain) Can users adjust the levels of my music?

Notice that under Loud and Normal gain is added. Under these settings tracks will be set to a higher level when they are too soft.

Spotify will use a limiter on soft tracks

Anything lower than -11 LUFS or -14 LUFS will be pushed in volume depending on the settings (Loud or Normal). Only when the end-user uses the Quiet setting the music will only be lowered in volume but never be raised.

When tracks are raised in volume a limiter is applied. And this limiter, I found out, sounds shitty.

Listen to this:

Let’s listen to this piece of Mahler:

Using the Normal setting you hear the limiter kick in which makes the violins to sound “nervous”.

I decided to sample this fragment using the four possible settings. First fragment: Normalize OFF. Second: Quiet. Third: Normal. Forth: Loud.

Listen to this mp3: https://melodiefabriek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/spotify-off-quiet-normal-loud.mp3

Notice how terrible Normal and Loud sounds?

The solution?

Is there a solution to this? Not really because the problem in this case is caused by Spotify. Offering the end-user these Normal and Loud settings which sound like shit was not a bright idea.

It might be a better idea for Spotify to stop using a limiter and only lower the volume when needed but never raise it. Tidal and YouTube are two examples I know who will not increase the volume. Spotify should follow this norm, simply as that.

Most mastering engineers ignore these target loudness norms. Some streaming service might change the volume level of your track and might even apply a bad sounding limiter to it. Hate it. But well… so what?
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Artists fear a Backlash If they speak Out Against Streaming Royalties
By: Peter Moore
Tags: Spotify, Artist, Law, Music Royalties, Streaming

As we move forward into the year 2021, has anything really changed in the music industry artists are still hungry for success, but does success ever happen for them, or more to the point do the BIG companies allow them to have success, or will they always keep you in the shadows never to be seen again!

Only just recently British lawmakers have stated that artists are hesitant to participate in the ongoing investigation into streaming royalties for artists, musicians, bands.

“Because they ALL fear action may be taken against them” if they do so.

The House of Commons’ Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS Committee) has just announced recently the high-profile probe into streaming royalties only just last month.

This comprehensive analysis aims to identify streaming’s impact for all relevant stakeholders, which will include labels, artists & bands as well as its long-term effects concerning “the sustainability of the wider music industry.” for years to come!

So really what we are saying here on another “Government report” that just sits in the office gathering dust for another 10 years while the BIG streaming platforms carry on with their stranglehold over the industry for decades to come, while indie acts receiving “pence” for their efforts as usual (just enough money to buy a can of Coke!).

This has been highlighted very recently with, singer-songwriter Nadine Shah, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien, and Elbow frontman Guy Garvey spoke before the DCMS Committee to address the contemporary music landscape of today.

Of a particular note was Shah’s statement that she doesn’t “make enough money from streaming” to cover her rent, despite having north of 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

In response to the abundance of information that the investigation has turned up so far, the DCMS Committee also announced only last week that it had extended the window for artists, bands, and others to submit written testimonials regarding royalties.

From the original deadline of Monday, November 16th, members of the music industry now have until Friday, December 11th, to express their opinions and suggestions to the committee.

The probe’s upcoming testimony, for its part, is slated to take place (Today) Tuesday, December 8th, with Maria Forte Music Services’ namesake owner, Ferocious Talent owner Kwame Kwaten, and José Luis Sevillano, director general at Spain’s AIE, set to participate via live stream for the UK Government to share their views and thoughts.
YouTube Music Streaming Platform Is No. 1 Beating Spotify by A Large Margin
By: Omotayo Hassan
Tags: Pandora, Apple Music, YouTube, Deezer, Spotify

While many assume Spotify is the leading music streaming source numbers say different, maybe Spotify and Apple Music are the first two platforms that get mentioned daily followed by Tidal, Pandora, Deezer and Amazon Prime, but YouTube is the big honcho around town. Although all of these platforms listed have a healthy community of subscribers neither one are the leading platforms as of now, YouTube numbers are so much ahead of these other platforms it’s kinda disrespectful to them even comparing them to other platforms such as Spotify. YouTube has two billion monthly active users, that’s not even a contest when you put numbers side by side.

YouTube is also a top pick on the internet worldwide, in fact they own the second largest search engine on the web with over 30 million daily active users not to mention the site accounts for 37% of all internet traffic which is almost half of all the traffic all together. YouTube is included on majority Android phone’s sold globally, I can’t say that for Spotify or Apple Music so this is part of their advantage over the competition. To give you a clear understanding 1.055 billion Android phone’s was shipped globally in 2020.

No shade to the other site’s but this is a land slide by far because of the visuals other platforms lack to have all together, now in days people like to have visuals with the music to help them understand the track that they’re listening too.

Like this video it’s almost four million views in 17 hour’s because of the visuals, not saying that the audio doesn’t play a major part but the reality is most people want to see the visuals which gives YouTube the big boost.
Ways To Add Music To Instagram Story
By: Everything Cj
Tags: Apps, Spotify, Phone, SoundCloud, Instagram

Ways To Add Music To Instagram Story

Instagram Stories are easy to form , but they will require tons of thought if you would like to make them truly entertaining. Thankfully, Instagram offers a variety of tools to assist make your stories as fun as possible.

Maybe you got great photos or videos, and a few cool filters and stickers to layer on top, but your story remains missing one important factor — music.

Instagram offers you a variety of tunes from its own library and your favourite music streaming services, like Spotify, SoundCloud, and Shazam. Here’s everything you would like to understand about music and Instagram.

Adding Music From Instagram

Adding Music From Instagram

First, we’ll add music directly from Instagram Tap the camera button or the Your Story icon to start out your story. At the camera screen, snap your photo or video Apply whatever filters or computer graphics you would like When you’re able to add a tune to your story, tap the Sticker icon at the highest of the screen Then tap the Music sticker

Searching for Music

Searching for Music

At the Music screen, use the search field at the highest of the screen to seem for a specific tune You’ll search by song, artist, or album Spot a song you like? Tap the Play button to listen to a brief clip If you do not have a specific song or artist in mind, flick through Popular, Genres (rock, pop, jazz, classic, cinematic), or Moods (fun, upbeat, romantic, mellow)

Adding and Editing Music in Stories

Adding and Editing Music in Stories

When you’re able to make a variety , tap the song you would like in your story If you’re employing a static image for your story, the music will run a max of 15 seconds If you’re working with a video, which Instagram cuts into separate 15-second segments, the music will play for as long because the entire video runs With a photograph, you’ll now have the chance to work out what portion of the track plays in your story Move the slider bar until you discover the section of song you would like added Tap the photo thumbnail to vary its image Some songs offer multiple images from which you’ll choose, and a few even offer lyrics that appear on the screen because the music plays When you’re proud of the image you’ve chosen, tap Done and therefore the song is added to your story within the sort of a sticker

Placing the Music Sticker
Discover Weekly Autosaver
By: Vladimir Strilets
Tags: Spotify Discover Weekly, Web App Development, Music, Spotify

Hi there, reader 👋

Have you ever been frustrated when you didn’t save that song from the Discover Weekly playlist from Spotify, that you liked so much, and the week passed and the playlist changed? 😣

I was, so I created Spotify Weekly for auto-saving the tracks from the Discover Weekly playlist every Monday. 🤔

Now you can be sure you can find that song easily. 🤗

Also, you can modify the playlist as you want. You can remove tracks that don’t inspire you so much and you will get the perfect mix of the discovered songs. 😍

The code is public so everyone can look inside. Thanks! 🙌
Promote music online
By: Andrew Api
Tags: Music, Dance, Spotifyplaylister, Spotify

Every time your song is streamed on Spotify you make a fraction of a cent. If you’re just getting a few streams a day from your fans, those payouts can be seriously underwhelming. But if your song gets thrown on a top Spotify playlist with thousands of daily listeners, those cents can really add up. That’s why we created SpotifyPlaylister a platform where you can submit your song and promote it through different directories such as : Spotify Playlist Directory, Music Blog Directory and Radio Directory . All these types of directories help you as an artist to increase your streams on spotify

Spotify is a digital music, podcast, and video streaming service that gives you access to millions of songs and other content from artists all over the world. This gives musicians an advantage as users can also browse through the music collections by parameters such as artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists.

If you are musician from any industry, its a huge opportunity for you to benefit from the popular music streaming platform. As of February 2019, Spotify had over 200 million monthly active users, including 96 million paying subscribers. Promoting your music the right way and reach the right audience on Spotify will increase your chances of becoming more successful with your music career.
Where are you really from? — The BAME Game
By: Patrick O
Tags: BlackLivesMatter, Spotify, Research, Equality, Podcast

What does “where are you really from,” really mean?

How do we negotiate identity within White spaces?

Why are most of the Black Women on Netflix light-skinned?

In this interview, I have the pleasure of speaking with History/Sociology teacher — and my long-time friend — Bren Pereira, as we sit down to discuss: Bren’s experience as an Asian teacher in a predominantly White environment; the struggles of teaching during the pandemic; anti-blackness within the Asian community; and the usefulness of BAME.

Intro/Outro music by: Yariroh
Tranquillize your mind today from stress and boredom by listening to this collection music.
Tags: Apple Music, Hip Hop, Spotify, Reverbnation, SoundCloud

Tranquillize your mind today from stress and boredom by listening to this collection music.

Kindly listening to this amazing tracks https://www.reverbnation.com/jayreezybsmg/song/32298671-bae-call-reezy-mix

#reverbnation #souncloud #hiphop #spotify #applemusic
Love in the Digital Age: Collective Frequency
By: Jonah Angeles
Tags: Indie Music, Curation, Spotify, Spotify Playlist, Music

Updated monthly, this Spotify playlist is a constantly evolving Pandora’s box of upbeat indie goodness.

If you want your song to be featured in this playlist, you can send me music directly via Soundplate or direct message via Instagram.

I am currently developing a weekly radio show that will be broadcast online and on FM frequencies. Stay tuned for more information.

Keep smiling, keep dancing. We will get through these trying times together, one song, one playlist, one day, and one step at a time.

Courtesy of Spotify

Note: This playlist is updated on the 15th/16th of every month. (Give or take a day or two.)
The following links are playlists I’ve created each month, starting from December 2019.
By: Evo Auxilium
Tags: Playlists, Spotify, Curator, Monthly Playlists, Music

The following links are playlists I’ve created each month, starting from December 2019. The sole criteria for if a song is added is if I catch myself vibing to it in any fashion. It’s simply the music I enjoyed from each month, and I have kept track to the best of my ability.

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DECEMBER 2019:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XhzuzzXT9krNQim1hhk4X?si=R3B1knUsSqOTf_VjekCL1Q

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/december-2019/pl.u-MDAWkxqCGVBV5Y

JANUARY 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2t7XthBigMbUmL9I7lcIjO?si=FoWTjs6CTXWYg0V-Gt_Gkw

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/january-2020/pl.u-06oxpqaFL8a8vz

FEBRUARY 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5hXQPM0hS1eDQxK6f8hsAC?si=w9T1sHpHS4SJWY9XyF-gPQ

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/february-2020/pl.u-XkD0vNJtYlGlp7

MARCH 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2fKWenxIqML50VZ6ZQsUVk?si=oyLUVAInS6KJUtC8Zg9sFg

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/march-2020/pl.u-yZyVE63tX3v3M5

APRIL 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6qf0B5twDatr7miP19z8dO?si=1wOncW2TQZCynHf9zeav-w

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/april-2020/pl.u-MDAWk9JtGVBV5Y

MAY 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6OJXuVybNaomSqvIXRMMd6?si=0RH_Ifd7Qj6lL0pNJMKeUA

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/may-2020/pl.u-06oxpyxTL8a8vz

JUNE 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gGD4zdChtBRrzfuqc9yDt?si=MzSRqLAXRgOCtNPi0nzUAg

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/june-2020/pl.u-XkD0vRZcYlGlp7

JULY 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5LKy0ptCPFGosjYYdob35L?si=oHr90ylETRStkb5uQI2UUA

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/july-2020/pl.u-yZyVEAXtX3v3M5

AUGUST 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jjucmBowwM3FqFoBpkqX0?si=Jv-0B3rJSIe_yDqXvNlVZg

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/august-2020/pl.u-XkD04zRHYlGlp7

SEPTEMBER 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6yrnl5Vra7GBhefcAba4Dr?si=d3PP3WbwQSS-3dmpRugEEw

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/september-2020/pl.u-yZyVWRZuX3v3M5

OCTOBER 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DFN2Q1NPp45xTazPJYmzp?si=pPP6BjiVTHqe0IwV1Z812Q

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/october-2020/pl.u-qxylK6xt7gpgZq

NOVEMBER 2020:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35DpurF5BF5sbT3FutdqXr?si=RLWJHK-EShOuQakZqtZbRw

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/november-2020/pl.u-4JomXN9TeAbAg7

DECEMBER 2020:
4 Ways To Know If You Should Be In Music
By: Kehinde, Taiwo Hassan
Tags: Music Industry, Spotify, Artist, Music Business, Music

1. You listen to the same song on repeat for hours

Back in Chicago when we were kids we would effortlessly listen to the same songs on repeat for weeks. It could be a Jazz piece from Ahmad Jamal, a song from Dr.Dre, Pharcyde, or Green Day. The hip-hop songs commanded vigorous plays. Hip-Hop songs encompass so many genres that you technically are indulging in three genres at any given time. To make music for a living you need to have the aptitude to critic music consistently. And your criticism should be affective. A simple way to measure that affect is through sales and streams. If the record(s) perform well, you are on to something special with your ears.

“Hip-Hop songs encompass so many genres that you technically are indulging in three genres at any given time.”

2. When you hear a song online or on the radio you always have ideas to add to the song

This one is self-explanatory. If you have strong opinions about songs that are out in the public, you should consider interning for a record label or composing your own music. As music producers, we can tell when an individual will be sufficient at the business of music. That extra word or melody you added to a Travis Scott song is what we in the industry call “writing”. The music industry is basically composed of “professional” ideas people/brainstormers. Most of us in the industry have unlocked a method on how to express our opinions and problem solve.

“If you have strong opinions about songs that are out in the public, you should consider interning for a record label or composing your own music.”

3. You enjoy discovering new artist daily

This one seems simple but it’s actually not. If you enjoy listening to new artists, this is wonderful. But do you truly hunt for new talent for your own listening pleasure daily? If so, you are basically an A&R (Artist & Repertoire). A “good” A&R wants to discover new music everyday but understands how to manage their time efficiently. If you’re on Spotify’s “Release Radar” and “For You” playlists, you enjoy finding artist naturally. You could be the next big manager of an artist, or future executive at a label.

“But do you truly hunt for new talent for your own listening pleasure daily? If so, you are basically an A&R (Artist & Repertoire).”

4. You can separate all the parts on a song you hear instantly

This is a gift we both enjoy the most. Again, when we were kids in Chicago, we would dissect sounds of a record quickly. For example, The Weeknd’s song “Blinding Lights” sounds busy to most ears. But I can hear the synth solo, the bass solo, the drums solo and the vocals solo. I could listen to the whole song and only pay attention to the synth and leads. It sounds boring but if you can do this, you will be an excellent music producer or songwriter.
What will change in the world in 2021? Baba Wanga, who accurately predicted the 9/11 attacks many years ago, has come up with alarming predictions about the coming year.
By: Julia Seena
Tags: Baba Wanga, Predictions, 2021 Prediction, World In 2021, Putin

What will change in the world in 2021? Baba Wanga, who accurately predicted the 9/11 attacks many years ago, has come up with alarming predictions about the coming year. Julia seena Dec 25, 2020·1 min read

Sofia (Monitoring Desk) — Leading Bulgarian astrologer Baba Wanga has predicted major events in the world up to 5079 and according to her predictions, the world will end somewhere around 5079 and doomsday will come. She has also made some sensational and exciting predictions about 2021, including the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the attack of a powerful dragon, and the discovery of a cure for cancer.

Baba Wanga, whose many predictions, including the 9/11 attacks, have come true, has predicted that 2021 will see more suffering in the world this year. The world will suffer so much that it will change the human path. People will go through a process of more severe divisions based on religion and belief, and Vladimir Putin will be assassinated from within Russia.

Baba Wanga has predicted that in 2021 a powerful dragon will paralyze the world and Continuous Reading…
The First AMA session was successfully held on 20.12.2020
By: Value Network Defi Products
Tags: Blockchain, Markets, Defi, Prediction

What’s up Value Network Community!

We’ve successfully held the AMA session with the founder of the project Artem Levin. Please follow the link to see the record.

We’ve discussed the strategy of going to the market, the main streams of development, and the conception of the live project.

Going to the market

The Value Network token VNTW will be deployed to the mainnet on December 27th and listed on Uniswap on December 27th or January 5th, the exact date will be published later. The product — Binary options platform will come from January 15th to January 25th, 2021.

Value Network Binary options dashboard

The strategy of the project

The strategy of the project is to go to the main niches of DeFi such as decentralized exchanging, lending and also we see a huge opportunity in acquiring referrals to the DeFi with blockchain-based referral systems.

The cases of utilities for the VNTW token with Binary options product will be around 5–7 and with implementing such products as a fork of Uniswap the number of cases will increase to 10–15 cases.

The conception of a live project means that every person may communicate with the team and founders of the project, track the process through community chats and AMA sessions with a team.

Social medias

Telegram community — https://t.me/joinchat/JwssoRn9lcWviF1BZf5c5A

Linkedin — https://www.linkedin.com/company/valuenetworklive

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/valuenetworklive/

Telegram announcements — https://t.me/valuenetworklive