>This is one of those plugins that's totally going to change how I >find new music and listen to it. > I use Spotify to try some music for a new band that I have heard of somewhere else, but don't use it to discover new artists/albums. i.e. I find it good for when I know what I am looking for.
Whilst it's undoubtedly a great new way to listen to music, what features does it provide to enable you to discover different music to listen to? I think the following are possible ways to discover new music with Spotify - which of these are possible with the plugin that are changing how you discover new music?: 1. Play Spotify Radio based on selected genres and decades. I don't use this in Spotify, because the genres are not specific enough, and playlist is too random. There are plenty of other plugins that provide similar functionality (eg. lastFM), providing more control and have more obscure artists in their DB. 2. Navigate to an artist and find similar artists. 3. Navigate to an artist and play artist radio (plays a mix of similar artists). 4. Browse Spotify "What's new" music. The music is often not new music, but music recently added to Spotify's library. There's not many to choose from, and they come up randomised. 5. Browse Spotify "Top Albums" and "Top Tracks" music. The list always has the same top pop acts listed, which aren't very interesting to me. I haven't tried the plugin because I haven't got a premium account yet, but might try it some time. Phil _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
