ICI Podcast 364 Chrispins on New Spotify Music Discovery Tools

ICI Podcast 364 Chrispins on New Spotify Music Discovery Tools

Spotify Your Daily Mix Playlists

Spotify's Your Daily Mix Playlists can be found on your iPhone App, under the Your Library tab.

Chris Hawthorne, AKA Chrispins, joins me to discuss a few new music discovery tools she's using in Spotify. As these Podcasts are only audio, I've included screenshots of where you'll find the Discovery Weekly, Daily Mix and Recommended Songs for a specific playlist.

NOTE: The song recommendations will only display for playlist that you've created – not for a playlist of someone else's you're subscribed.

Listen below and then stay tuned for Chrispins' latest 60 min Audio Profile publishing later this weekend.

You'll find Chrispins at her music blog, on Twitter @chrispins1 and on Spotify where you can add yourself to her awesome subscriber count!

Spotify Discover Weekly Playlist

Spotify Recommended Songs

Scroll down one of your playlists to see additional suggestions & click Refresh for more.

Free Music Friday – And now for something completely different

Free Music Friday – And now for something completely different

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I loved watching Monty Python as a kid. One of my favorite bits was during the introduction when they cut to John Cleese, sitting at his desk, in a wholly improbable location – typically in the middle of a field, the ocean shore or behind bars.

On occasion, I enjoy offering up music that's completely different. Often it comes in the form of a unique/interesting remix.[wlm_private ‘PRO-Platinum|PRO-Monthly|PRO-Gratis|PRO-Seasonal|Platinum-trial|Monthly-trial|PRO-Military|30-Days-of-PRO|90 Day PRO|Stages-Instructor|Schwinn-Instructor|Instructor-Bonus|28 Day Challenge']

I follow DJ Henry Krinkle on soundcloud and this track (no name, just the symbol å…­) could make for a fun 72RPM climb. Let me know if you agree 🙂

https://soundcloud.com/henry-krinkle/fobrmdt9raly

Not only is å…­ “different”, it's constructed like a short story that would allow you to narrate. Give a listen and with each change, consider what changes in terrain or intensity you'd cue.

And as a bonus free track – this remix of Ellie Goulding's How Long Will I Love You would make for a fun and “different” intro or closing track.

https://soundcloud.com/henry-krinkle/ellie-goulding-how-long-will-i

What have you been using that could be defined as something different?

Free Music Friday – And now for something completely different

Lazify Music Discovery Tool for Spotify

Lazify Music Discovery for Indoor Cycling Instructors

Are you as particular about the songs you play as I am?  Now I know that sometimes my choice in music may not appeal to you… or everyone in my class for that matter.

I like the music… that I like 🙂

Do you have this same problem? How can I easily find music that I like, without spending a huge amount of time sampling hundreds of songs?

Occasionally I'll like a track that was suggested on Facebook, or one that's included in a playlist from another Instructor I follow on Spotify. But I don't find either method very efficient.

Lazify is a tool for Spotify (they call it an App) that creates a playlist of complimentary tracks, based on one “root” / “seed” song. I've been playing with it and have already discovered a bunch of songs that I've added to my Future to Use playlist, where I keep all of my new music ideas.

It's really easy to use:

  1. In Spotify > RH side bar click App Finder.
  2. Scroll down and select Lazify.
  3. You'll now have a Lazify link added the side bar.

To create a new playlist, drag any track up to the Lazify link > the main window will display your new playlist. The drop-down offers options for the number of tracks. There are options to drag the whole playlist into another of your playlists, or select Save and Lazify will add this playlist to you others.

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Here's the results for a playlist based on Heart — Barracuda as the root track. I'll let these tracks play in the background, until I hear something I like…