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Happy Friday! Welcome to issue #9! We’re back with another zoom across the world of Spotify.
★ In the SPOTlight:
⭐️ Spotify now lets people share Canvas videos to social media
Canvas is the feature on Spotify where artists can upload eight-second looping videos to accompany their tracks when played in the streaming service’s mobile app. It’s been growing steadily in popularity, and earlier this year Spotify started letting artists share their Canvas videos out to Instagram stories.
⭐️ How To Stop Spotify Feeding You The Same Old Songs
Spotify is stupendous and I’m willing to step outside and sort it out with anyone who says otherwise. However, it’s not perfect and a recent thread on Reddit has highlighted one of my major irritations with the service: its propensity to play you the same songs over and over again.
The thread on Reddit is a particular gripe about Spotify grouping or repeating the same songs in massive playlists, which is something I’ve come across - especially when shuffling those playlists on smart speakers. But even when you’re asking Spotify to “autoplay” songs for you - when your playlist has ended, for example - it can veer towards the familiar.
🔥 Even more hot Spotify news links
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This DJ Snake Track Reached a Billion Plays on Spotify
Top five classic comedy albums to stream on Spotify
How Spotify is Taking Over Podcasting
Why the Pixies Podcasted Their Album
🎼 And now… a little music
Love this opener for the latest ‘New Adventures in Spotify.’ Elvis…The Impressions…Robert Palmer…Trashcan Sinatras. What a quartet!
Then we enjoy tracks from John Prine, Son Volt, B-52’s, The Police, ABC, Joan Armatrading, Neil Young, Simply Red, The Who, Go-Betweens and many more!!
Thanks for reading! Have a nice weekend!! 😎😃