Father Time
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10/27/2016 1:19:40 AM
Spotify says genres are out, videos are in, and your tempo run gets a playlist
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/spotify-says-genres-are-out-videos-are-in-and-your-tempo-run-gets-a-playlist/
Today in New York, Spotify announced a number of new features to add to its music streaming service, including the ability to stream video clips and podcasts as well as a move away from searching for music within genres to searching for playlists based on situations and previous preferences.
Spotify noted that users have listened to more than 25 billion hours of music on its service. That translates into a lot of data about individual customers, and the company is hoping to leverage that information to serve up smarter playlists based on the date and time (is it Monday morning? Wednesday after lunch? Friday night? All these moments require different kinds of music) as well as the kinds of music that the customer has listened to in the past. “Music is moving away from genres,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told an audience today. “People don’t search for Hip Hop or Country anymore, but rather they search around activities or a particular experience.” In Spotify's new iteration, the option to pick one of these playlists will be found on the start page, and as with other music streaming services, as you keep listening, the playlists will get smarter.
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Candy Heart
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10/27/2016 2:41:48 AM
Although I'm happy that songs are not listed by genre as a priority, I don't like being pigeonholed for what I've listened to in the past OR what time of the day I should listen to certain types of music.... makes me feel like part of a flawed experiment and quite frankly it seems rather insulting to me as a listener with an open mind.... but what do I know, the whole of life is about being secretly observed, rated and filed as a statistic!!!
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