Redrum wrote: > I hope you don't mind me asking this is the middle of this "which" > thread. I do not use a streaming service and am wondering what I am > missing. Honestly, I am looking for you to talk me into one :) > > I have sb devices all over the place. Alot of my days are spent with > music playing. I listen to my music library, about 20 or so of my > favorite radio stations, and podcasts from time to time. I find that the > radio stations "introduce" me to new music and artists, and "remind" me > of music that I knew of, haven't heard in a while, etc. I listen to my > library when I "feel like" listening to a particular artist or album. I > use the youtube plugin to "look up" an artist a friend might mention. > > I do have nice audio equipment, but also enjoy something as simple as > the sb radio. > > So, tell me, do the streaming services have "stations"? Do they have > other ways of introducing you to new music (ala pandora)? Do you say to > yourself "I feel like listening to ***" and go out and look at their > available catalog? > > I guess I am asking you how you use it, and what you like about it to > spend the monthly. Why is it better than, for example, the 4 radio > paradise FLAC streams? > > Thanks > > Jim
Up until 8-9 years ago I also relied on internet radio stations to provide me with new music. But after starting using Spotify I have to say that pretty much every new song or artist the last 6-7 years has come from Spotifys algorithms. Spotify has mainly three ways that I use for finding new music: 1. Each Monday they present a playlist called Discover Weekly, which is music similar to that of the music I listened to previous week. It's definitely not perfect but I've found many new artists and songs with it. 2. One can go through ones own favourite songs and in Spotify choose to start a Radio (i.e. a playlist with similar songs based on that particular favorite song of yours) for each and every one of those. This is probably the way I've found the most new artists and songs. 3. Spotify creates about six playlists based on the songs I play the most or like the most. They're playlists with different genres of music, and those playlists consists of songs I already know and like, and songs I might not have heard before. A fourth way of discovering "new" music I've practiced this last year or so, is the Random Mix / Song Mix of LMS, which let's me rediscover music I haven't listened to in years. //Johan Windows 10 LMS 8.0 Local Player Plugin (Squeezelite) Intel Compute Stick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ButC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114890 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
