Does anyone use Spotify for music?

[Rlaf75]

How do you use it? I'm thinking about paying for a subscription so I can bluetooth music on the bike and in the truck. I'm not opposed to paying the $10 monthly fee for the full version and I understand there will be more things available with the subscription but I wanted to try the free version first to see if its actually worth the money. I selected several artists I listen to from various genre's but I cant seem to figure out how to shuffle through all the artists to get it to play random songs. If I pick an artist it only plays music from that artist until I go in and select a different artist then a different artist and so on. Like I said, I get the free version will be a little different than the paid version but is there any way to do what I want on the paid version? If it can automatically and randomly shuffle throughout my chosen artist's I will gladly pony up the money. Anyone have experience with this crap? Lol

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

I have the family plan for me and the wife. It's all I really listen to.

I don't think it will random play different genres. To random play in one, pick a single song. It's easy with android auto in the Ram. Hit the Mike button and tell Google to play Girls Girls Girls. It will bring up Spotify and play motley crew and continue with thers in the genre.
Coolest part...... unlimited skip. Super easy driving the Ram with your finger on the button.

You can choose the quality level of the music as well for better sound.

No commercials and unlimited skip are worth it alone. I tried listening to regular radio and could not believe all the commercials there.

I also like the podcasts. I listen to stories from the old west while driving and a few others.

There are also some audio books to choose from. So there is more entertainment than just music but music is the main reason I got it.

 

[Rlaf75]

I have the family plan for me and the wife. It's all I really listen to.

I don't think it will random play different genres. To random play in one, pick a single song. It's easy with android auto in the Ram. Hit the Mike button and tell Google to play Girls Girls Girls. It will bring up Spotify and play motley crew and continue with thers in the genre.
Coolest part...... unlimited skip. Super easy driving the Ram with your finger on the button.

You can choose the quality level of the music as well for better sound.

No commercials and unlimited skip are worth it alone. I tried listening to regular radio and could not believe all the commercials there.

I also like the podcasts. I listen to stories from the old west while driving and a few others.

There are also some audio books to choose from. So there is more entertainment than just music but music is the main reason I got it.

I'm not too concerned with podcasts and other stuff. My main use would be for the music. You say you pick one motley crew song but will it continue to only play motley crew songs or will it shuffle through and play songs from other artists within that rock genre?

 

[Ratchet]

Love some Spotify. Also enjoy the offline mode that's part of the paid subscription. It's handy when you wanna jam while flying.

 

[Hackmunch]

I'm not too concerned with podcasts and other stuff. My main use would be for the music. You say you pick one motley crew song but will it continue to only play motley crew songs or will it shuffle through and play songs from other artists within that rock genre?

it will build you a radio station around the music you like. there is a little broadcast icon. you click that when you hear a song you like and it will create you a music channel with that type of music.

 

[LaxDfns15]

I use Spotify 100%. My brother and I share a premium plan, and we both have several thousand songs in our libraries. We can share playlists, songs, etc. Also, you can download the songs for offline use.

Their Discover Weekly playlist introduces you to new music similar to what you've been listening to, and then the radio station feature others have mentioned is great. That's basically how I find new music to listen to. Their "top hits" playlists are weird. No idea how they gather them, but I don't recognize any songs from the radio/pop culture.

 

[Rlaf75]

it will build you a radio station around the music you like. there is a little broadcast icon. you click that when you hear a song you like and it will create you a music channel with that type of music.

I listen to rock, heavy metal, country, alternative, grunge and some rap, basically from all genres. So will it play randomly from those types or does each genre have to have it's own playlists?

 

[LaxDfns15]

I listen to rock, heavy metal, country, alternative, grunge and some rap, basically from all genres. So will it play randomly from those types or does each genre have to have it's own playlists?

Each genre has its own playlist, but let's say you're listening to Metallica. You could pick a radio based off Metallica that will play some Metallica and other music similar to Metallica, or you can pick a radio based off Enter Sandman and it'll play less Metallica and songs that are closer to that one.

If you listen to all those genres randomly on your playlists, after a while your Discover Weekly playlist will be more diverse.

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

I'm not too concerned with podcasts and other stuff. My main use would be for the music. You say you pick one motley crew song but will it continue to only play motley crew songs or will it shuffle through and play songs from other artists within that rock genre?

It will shuffle through others within that genre.

 

[Louhound88]

Yeah I use spotify almost exclusively too. For years I had the free version and told myself I would never be one to pay for it. But those ad breaks wear you down. Every so often they'd do an ad break and say something like "click now to watch one ad and have the next 30 minutes ad-free". After 100 times of running to my phone to "click now" I gave in and pay for it now. Worth it though.

I listen to all genres too, and like everyone else has said it will build a "radio" of similar music to whatever you're listening to at that time. So if you search for Metallica, you'll see Metallica Radio. There it'll add stuff from Metallica, Black Label Society, Slayer, etc. You "like" a black label society song and it will add more of them in, an others like them. Good way to keep it changing up.

If you spend a few days bouncing between a few genres and you could get a new "daily mix" that has songs from slightly different genres. But mostly within the same genre. Discover weekly is good too.

Also if you pick an artist and listen strictly to them, eventually you'll listen to everything they have. It will them move you to other artists like them.

 

[Shots]

I've used Spotify, and it's a nice platform. That said, I have a subscription to Pandora and use the free version of Spotify.
I chose the Pandora premium over the Spotify one because I knew I could use Pandora on Uconnect/Android Auto. Instead of working the app through my phone... aka the wee little screen that fits in my hand, I can instead operate it with the tablet sized screen in my truck. Nothing wrong with using Spotify if it works on the big screen too. Both Spotify and Pandora seem to work the same, and the premium accounts seem to give you the same features.
I'm not sure about Spotify, I'm going to assume it can do the same thing, but Pandora will play random songs by genre, similar songs, similar artist, or shuffle through a particular artist/album. You can also choose to have it shuffle through the list of songs that you click thumbs up on. Based on the function of the free version of Spotify it seems to be the same so I assume it will do the same stuff. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if both platforms are owned by the same people.
Before paying for a $10/mo subscription check for the free trial of premium. I don't know if they still offer it with Spotify but they did a few years ago. I didn't try it on Spotify (I had a subscription to XM at the time) but I recently tried it with Pandora before subscribing.
Just a tip if you do a plan. Again assuming both platforms are substantially similar, I got the family plan for $15 rather than a single premium account for $10(free trial offered on both). Family plan gave me 5 profiles that can be used, so we essentially added my wife for $5 and the other 3 are free. So you could technically have an "alter ego" for work with a list of popular mainstream artists like Doja Cat or Cardi B, then have your non-work list of artists like Rammstein and Slipknot. Or you could just let family members use the other 4 profiles as they intended it.

 

[ThePretender]

I pay for Apple Music just for the integration and family plan.


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[LaxDfns15]

I've used Spotify, and it's a nice platform. That said, I have a subscription to Pandora and use the free version of Spotify.
I chose the Pandora premium over the Spotify one because I knew I could use Pandora on Uconnect/Android Auto. Instead of working the app through my phone... aka the wee little screen that fits in my hand, I can instead operate it with the tablet sized screen in my truck. Nothing wrong with using Spotify if it works on the big screen too. Both Spotify and Pandora seem to work the same, and the premium accounts seem to give you the same features.
I'm not sure about Spotify, I'm going to assume it can do the same thing, but Pandora will play random songs by genre, similar songs, similar artist, or shuffle through a particular artist/album. You can also choose to have it shuffle through the list of songs that you click thumbs up on. Based on the function of the free version of Spotify it seems to be the same so I assume it will do the same stuff. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if both platforms are owned by the same people.
Before paying for a $10/mo subscription check for the free trial of premium. I don't know if they still offer it with Spotify but they did a few years ago. I didn't try it on Spotify (I had a subscription to XM at the time) but I recently tried it with Pandora before subscribing.
Just a tip if you do a plan. Again assuming both platforms are substantially similar, I got the family plan for $15 rather than a single premium account for $10(free trial offered on both). Family plan gave me 5 profiles that can be used, so we essentially added my wife for $5 and the other 3 are free. So you could technically have an "alter ego" for work with a list of popular mainstream artists like Doja Cat or Cardi B, then have your non-work list of artists like Rammstein and Slipknot. Or you could just let family members use the other 4 profiles as they intended it.

Spotify works with AA too. That's how I use it in the truck. Granted, the phone UI is better and search is garbage through AA.

 

[Shots]

I kind of figured it would after reading this thread. If I had know that when I got my premium plan, I probably would have just used Spotify. I already had a free Spotify account for quite a while and have a pretty big library. But Uconnect had the Pandora icon on the radio, and their website so I knew it would work.
If you've already got a Spotify account set up, I'd try the free premium trial to see if it will do what you want.

 

[theblet]

I have Spotify paid for my kid, and I use it now again then. It seems everything is in playlists. I come from pandora, so I’m kind of used to the “station” thing where the music just keeps going.

Is there a way to have this in Spotify?

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

I have Spotify paid for my kid, and I use it now again then. It seems everything is in playlists. I come from pandora, so I’m kind of used to the “station” thing where the music just keeps going.

Is there a way to have this in Spotify?

Yea, just let it play. If you have a Playlist and it ends it will continue with songs from the same genre of the list. I often just ask it to play a single song and let it play after that. I discover new music that way too.

 

[yankeefan31569]

same as all above, daughter and wife share my
account
on their phones.. 9.99 a month no brainer

 

[Shots]

Pandora and Spotify are much cheaper than XM and you get a lot more flexibility/choice. On XM, if you're listening to a given station and a song comes on that you don't like, you either have to change the channel or wait for the next song. With Spotify and Pandora, you simply skip it. What's even better, is that on Pandora you can give that song a thumbs down and it won't keep popping up. I'm sure Spotify does it too on the premium version, but I don't know what they call it (thumb up/down, like/dislike, etc).
Hard to believe anyone would pay for other music services when either of these can be had for $10.

I took a long time to pay for a premium account, but I'm very happy with it. I wouldn't pay a lot more, but $15 for a family plan is certainly an acceptable price.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Seems Pandora and Spotify are pretty similar. What are the differences? It seems more people use Spotify. I have a few different Pandora channels I listen to at workz or when working in yard/garage, but I just use the free version. One is a default channel on Pandora called Best of the 80s reloaded, and is better than other 80s mixes I've listened to on other platforms(IMO), one is a channel built off a single song I liked, which I haven't actually heard that song listening to the channel is quite a while. And one is built around an artist I like, but it actually plays a good variety of other songs, even different genres. It's also my most listened to channel right now. The ads don't really bother me, but I grew up listening to broadcast radio, and they aren't that long when they are played. In my truck, I have SiriusXM subscription.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Pandora and Spotify are much cheaper than XM and you get a lot more flexibility/choice. On XM, if you're listening to a given station and a song comes on that you don't like, you either have to change the channel or wait for the next song. With Spotify and Pandora, you simply skip it. What's even better, is that on Pandora you can give that song a thumbs down and it won't keep popping up. I'm sure Spotify does it too on the premium version, but I don't know what they call it (thumb up/down, like/dislike, etc).
Hard to believe anyone would pay for other music services when either of these can be had for $10.

I took a long time to pay for a premium account, but I'm very happy with it. I wouldn't pay a lot more, but $15 for a family plan is certainly an acceptable price.

I pay $6 a month for my SiriusXM subscription. Cheaper than Pandora or Spotify paid subscriptions.