Using @spotify has put playlists back on my radar
The challenge I have with Spotify has been to answer the question "What shall I listen to?"
When an avid iTunes user this was not a problem... I had only my favoured artists and all was neatly rated plus I had Genius... Therefore I could always hit play knowing I would like what I listened to...
With Spotify, which is now my primary music tool, because of the access to more music than I know about I put myself in a state of quandry as I'm thinking "I know what I like but I can listen to anything... Anything Dan! What will it be??!??!?!"
So I sit there trying to think of an artist I don't know (you can see the issue with that ;))
Hence my new found love of playlists... I had never been a fan.. The nearest thing I used was iTunes Genius because it gave more variety than a predictable playlist I had made...
My listening patterns have now changed so that I am either in the mood to just listen to something I know I need to hear there and then.. Other than that I'm sticking on a playlist made by friends such as @tristanbodman or @reyes. Or I'm searching Twitter for original combos. This is in effect Spotify's Genius - the genius of the crowd of Spotify users makes for as great a listening experience as the AI of iTunes Genius.
So playlists are back in my life... Never love nor used now they are key to my enjoyment of Spotify :)
If you have any recommendations for #awesome playlists then please post them up as comments, cheers
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