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Unless the US version of Spotify is drastically different from the European version, discovery on Spotify is excellent in my opinion. The Radio feature does exi
by greenie 15y ago
Unless the US version of Spotify is drastically different from the European version, discovery on Spotify is excellent in my opinion. The Radio feature does exist (although it's not one of Spotify's strongest features) and when you're on an artist page there is a tab to view related artists. There is even an radio tab on the artist's page which will play music from related artists.
- forza 15y agoThe radio feature is not available in the US. "The lack of a radio feature for the time being is a factor of licensing agreements with the rights holders but it will eventually be available." http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/radio_mode_missing_in_premium_us_account http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/radio_mode_missing...
- greenie 15y agoThat's a shame for now, but the fact that related artists are presented very clearly (and you're able to quickly see their most popular songs) doesn't make discovery as bad as the article is claiming. I find myself listening to a lot more different music with Spotify than other discovery services such as Last.fm.
- chrischen 15y agoPretty much every service out there has related artists. But the US version of Spotify has only that.
- parbo 15y agoThere is also friend's playlists, which I find very useful to discover stuff.
- chrischen 15y agoAmounts to browsing random peoples' music. Compared to MOG's discovery features, MOG's is much better. You might get lucky if a friend just happens to find lots of new music you like though.
- parbo 15y agoYou can add Spotify-users to your friends list too, you don't need to be Facebook friends. To add me, go to spotify:user:parbo or http://open.spotify.com/user/parbo http://open.spotify.com/user/parbo and click the "Add Pär" button.