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Maybe don't hand off your preferences to an algorithm? Make playlists. I'm not being snarky, but as a former Spotify user, it annoyed me that I'd have to skip
by 0xEF 3y ago
Maybe don't hand off your preferences to an algorithm? Make playlists.
I'm not being snarky, but as a former Spotify user, it annoyed me that I'd have to skip every third or fourth tune because it did not fit what I was looking for. I ended up moving to Napster and Bandcamp, despite their awful UX on anything but mobile. When I am having my coffee or whatever, I add stuff to playlists, then just let it run for the day. By using both and flipping between the two when I feel like it, I discover a lot of music I never knew I liked and I am much happier for it, rather than asking a streaming service to build my playlist for me. I find it worth the extra little bit of work and much more personalized.
- user_7832 3y agoThanks for your reply, is discovery decent on Napster/Bandcamp, and can they suggest based on your tastes or is it more non-personalized? One of my main "issues" is that I am very slow/hesitant to listen to new music and therefore mostly stick to known tracks unless something forces new music - heck, Hotel California is still the only Eagles songs I'm familiar with. Hence I prefer to break in/expand my taste by listening to similar music (initially, at least).
- defrost 3y agoThere's the pivot by cover | instrument path ... eg: Hotel California -> Hayseed Dixie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keX84EUVd-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keX84EUVd-I then, if you can live with a banjo, add a didgeridoo .. surprisingly there's a cover (not of Hotel California) featuring both instruments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3iI8gg2fo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3iI8gg2fo
- user_7832 3y agoThanks!