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Spotify now has a playlist called discover weekly or something that is songs they pick for you once a week, and in my experience it's actually pretty good. I've

by vlunkr 11y ago

Spotify now has a playlist called discover weekly or something that is songs they pick for you once a week, and in my experience it's actually pretty good. I've discovered several artists that way. And I also found Spotify radio to be awful.

infecto 11y ago
I love Discover Weekly. It is the one thing that has really stood out to me. I have found a lot of songs/artists that I love using this service.
- colmvp 11y ago
  Did they develop this in-house or acquire a technology for this?
  - bananaoomarang 11y ago
    Sounds like it was in house: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/30/9416579/spotify-discover-weekly-online-music-curation-interview http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/30/9416579/spotify-discover-w...
thirdsun 11y ago
Frankly, that doesn't sound appealing at all as a discovery tool - unless I know I like the curator's taste, I'm probably not interested in his recommendations. That's why the heavy rotation section in rdio that only showed popular music among your friends (which you should select carefully!) was so useful - if you had a circle of great tastemakers.
- andrewingram 11y ago
  It's generated algorithmically based on your recent-ish listening habits combined with a bit of fairy dust, I believe they acquired a company that specialised in it. It's pretty good at recommending songs to me that are similar to what i've been listening to, along with a few curveballs that encourage me to branch out, or throwbacks to older habits.
  - thirdsun 11y ago
    Very likely EchoNest. Used in rdio as well. And while these algorithms work up to a degree at some point it's not useful anymore - especially if your taste is very specific and not dependent on obvious factors like genre or mood (I know, Echonest takes a lot more properties into account). These days I see what feels like the same recommendations everywhere. Rdio solved this problem with good old fashioned human curation - and in contrast to Apple Music it's based on humans I want to follow, not some show host or editor that has to appeal to large crowds.
  - vlunkr 11y ago
    Right, I didn't word that very well. It's a computer generating the playlist, not a curator.

by vlunkr 11y ago

infecto 11y ago

I love Discover Weekly. It is the one thing that has really stood out to me. I have found a lot of songs/artists that I love using this service.

colmvp 11y ago
Did they develop this in-house or acquire a technology for this?
- bananaoomarang 11y ago
  Sounds like it was in house: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/30/9416579/spotify-discover-weekly-online-music-curation-interview http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/30/9416579/spotify-discover-w...

thirdsun 11y ago

Frankly, that doesn't sound appealing at all as a discovery tool - unless I know I like the curator's taste, I'm probably not interested in his recommendations. That's why the heavy rotation section in rdio that only showed popular music among your friends (which you should select carefully!) was so useful - if you had a circle of great tastemakers.

andrewingram 11y ago
It's generated algorithmically based on your recent-ish listening habits combined with a bit of fairy dust, I believe they acquired a company that specialised in it. It's pretty good at recommending songs to me that are similar to what i've been listening to, along with a few curveballs that encourage me to branch out, or throwbacks to older habits.
- thirdsun 11y ago
  Very likely EchoNest. Used in rdio as well. And while these algorithms work up to a degree at some point it's not useful anymore - especially if your taste is very specific and not dependent on obvious factors like genre or mood (I know, Echonest takes a lot more properties into account). These days I see what feels like the same recommendations everywhere. Rdio solved this problem with good old fashioned human curation - and in contrast to Apple Music it's based on humans I want to follow, not some show host or editor that has to appeal to large crowds.
- vlunkr 11y ago
  Right, I didn't word that very well. It's a computer generating the playlist, not a curator.