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> With Spotify, I'll just get... the Red Hot Chilli Peppers or Foo Fighters Are you sure you made good use of it? When I first got on, I’d go on the indie musi
by pipeline_peak 4y ago
> With Spotify, I'll just get... the Red Hot Chilli Peppers or Foo Fighters
Are you sure you made good use of it? When I first got on, I’d go on the indie music playlists and get excellent stuff. After about 4 months, the “good stuff” tapped out and now I get very gen Z sounding indie. Or if I look for 90s indie I get……..the breeders sigh.
- Rodeoclash 4y agoI was being facetious haha. Spotify will sometimes throw up some good recommendations but the engine seems firmly in the camp of giving me more music that sounds the same as what I'm listening to. A good example is I might listen to some Depeche Mode. Now, because I listen to Depeche Mode, that doesn't mean I want to listen to more stuff like it from the 80s. However, Spotify will quite happily throw up Erasure, The Cure etc as follow ups. What I want is stuff with a vibe that's like Depeche Mode but can be in totally different genres. From that era I'd say Sisters of Mercy were closer in vibe but the music isn't as electronica based. Or if I wanted something modern in the same vein, Curses would be similar fit. I guess Spotify is paying attention to this, but rather than using what is in the same playlist as a signal for shared taste, pay attention to what song someone intentionally plays after the song they're on.