Spotify users – I need your help

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Kieron

It's well known that I'm a huge Spotify fan. So much so, that I'm putting my money where my mouth is and launching a site next week so that Spotify users in the UK (and globally) can share their playlists and discover new music at the same time. What is Spotify playlist? Well it's basically a compilation or "mixtape" of songs that you have lovingly put together. It could be a selection of your favourite music from a certain year, that will evoke happy memories. Or maybe it's a collection of the latest R&B songs from your favourite artists. Or it could be that you're a huge fan of say Frank Sinatra and have compiled the essential guide to the man and his music. Anything goes, any style, any niche, any artist (s). All I ask is that you only submit a playlist if it is made up of at least 10 songs. What I need from you If you have some Spotify playlists already compiled then please share them here in the comments. Here's what I'm after: 1. Spotify URL of the playlist i.e. http://open.spotify.com/user/kieron/playlist/77zouK8SJuiMnmC1j9ISf6 2. Playlist Title i.e. Kieron's R&B Mixtape Volume 1 3. Description: This can be anything from a few words, i.e. "A compilation of the latest R&B tunes released in January 2009" to a full track listing. Be as detailed as you want. 4. Name: Your name, as the "author" of the playlist As an added bonus, for the first 20 people everyone that submits their playlist I will commission some custom artwork for their virtual "album cover". Just like the one for my playlist below. A key feature of my new site will be the ability to visualise playlists through artwork. So to kick start things off I have a designer on hand ready to produce some original artwork for you free of charge. UPDATE: Users will be able to search the site by playlist title and description so please try and make sure you are clear about the theme of your playlist. A playlist called "my favourites" or "bits and bobs" probably won't get featured well in the search results. There are some fantastic playlist ideas below (thanks everyone) here are some of my favourites so far: Motivational Songs - 19 uplifting songs to motivate you Songs from Scotland - does what it says on the tin! Jude's Rock Ballads & Soft Rock - wow a lot of work has gone into this mega playlist! Loudblur - a selection of Blur’s louder, rockier or punkier songs No Nirvana - an attempt to recreate a classic BBC Late Show from 1993 called No Nirvana Binary Beats - electronica, some hard, some soft, some loud, some easy, some old, some new New Year's Eve 2008 - A bunch of party type tunes which my NYE party goers kept adding to as the night went on. As you can imagine with lots of input there is a varied selection of music, but might help someones party playlist come together! (I love this playlist, obviously loads of thought has went into it) Electrogirls - A selection of electro with female vocals

Kieron's R&B Mixtape Vol. 1

Why am I doing this? Well I really love Spotify, I think it's a brilliant application and I think it will change the way lots of people listen to music. So I'm building it for no other reason than I'm a huge Spotify and a huge music fan. I want to create a site where people can show off their diverse tastes in music and also discover and explore new music too. The site itself won't have any major revenue model, I may place a few banner ads on it, if I can find relevant advertisers, but that will be all. I don't expect this to make money, I'm doing it for fun :) Having said that, I'm taking the site very seriously, as I do with all my businesses and I aim to deliver a truly valuable destination for music fans. It will of course be free to use also. Although there are other sites out there who offer a similar service, my hope is that mine will have the edge in terms of visual appeal and usability and that it's also the first dedicated Spotify user created site to come out of the UK. As far as I know the others are based out of Sweden, or other European countries. Please help So if you're a Spotify user please leave the 4 details as listed above of your playlist in the comments box below. And after you do, please go and tell all of your friends who use Spotify to do the same. This success of this site absolutely depends on the involvement of Spotify users, without it, it simply won't work. Even if you'r friends aren't on Spotify, get them to join now. You don't need an invite to join in the UK any more and its free, see here for details. Once you have left your playlist details in the comment below, I will get to work on the "album" covers and then email them to you. Even better, if you're of an artistic nature then please feel free to create your own. They must be static (non animated) and be 150 x 150 in size. You can contact me here and I'll tell you how to send them to me. I'm genuinely very excited about this project, I hope you can share my enthusiasm and help to make the site a success. What I'm listening to right now: Sterling Simms - "I Know"

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  1. Andrew Mason says:
    February 18, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Hi Kieron,

    1 – http://open.spotify.com/user/masontech/playlist/7D2tCvnfULdAYf7lxrkJLx

    2 – DIGTD Motivational Songs

    3 – A compilation of songs that will life and motivate you.

    4 – Andrew Mason

  2. Dom Hodgson says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:02 am

    1 – spotify:user:thehodge:playlist:5O3baTJMtWM7nWIVoqavxP
    2 – Country Music
    3 – Some Country Songs From A British Perspective
    4 – Dom Hodgson

  3. Chris Johnson says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Hey Kieron. It’s good to add some alternative music! :)

    1 – http://open.spotify.com/user/chrisjohnson/playlist/68oJHGVW3WXVJcqktk7fBF

    2 – Alternative / Indie Favourites

    3 – A selection of the best Indie, 90′s and alternative music, including some cracking Acoustic tunes.

    4 – Chris Johnson

  4. Tom says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Hi Kieron,
    1 – http://open.spotify.com/user/tomsmith1984/playlist/0Wxdls9SgJf1SuDakDYJLF
    2 – Toms Bit of Everything
    3 – A bit of a mix…mostly music from the North
    4 – Tom Smith

  5. mattb811 says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:13 am

    http://open.spotify.com/user/mattbailey811/playlist/5z04QgFHdLkRjobNULjN7m

    Top 10 Manchester Bands

    One song each from some of my favourite bands from Manchester.

    Matt Bailey

  6. Carl says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:39 am

    Hi Kieron, here’s my main playlist

    1 – http://open.spotify.com/user/cwarwick/playlist/7JFsfdjvmTx8m63nNsIjB6
    2 – Random Rock
    3 – A random selection of some of my favourite Rock bands.
    4 – Carl Warwick

  7. Al Carlton says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Cool idea.

    1. spotify:user:alcarlton:playlist:0p9iEz0BYAaXuEnloXtI4l

    2. Easy Stuff

    3. Pretty varied selection of sonds, most with emotional reasons/history for being there.

    4. Al Carlton

  8. Sergio says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:43 am

    1 http://open.spotify.com/user/tomyeahok/playlist/7LOnFijuVmQnzpcMLhtaBk

    2 found

    3 music that i have found since using spotify. a bit obscure, a bit experimental. alternative.

    4 Sergio Bontempi

  9. Daf says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:43 am

    Hey Kieron – good luck! Here’s mine:
    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/dafdent/playlist/7H1FIgFNJKynmWCkYha049
    2. Daf’s Location Playlist
    3. A playlist with a very tenuous location based link
    4. Daf Dent

  10. Fraser Edwards says:
    February 18, 2009 at 11:48 am

    Great Idea Kieron – if I can pick a list I’ll submit it soon.

    In the meantime… Andrew I’m not sure Circle of Life can exist on the same playlist as Eminem – I think there is something about that in the Spotify T’s & C’s ;-)

  12. Jude says:
    February 18, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    Here you go K!
    1) http://open.spotify.com/user/judetdude/playlist/0LBkRxX3BvbEPXKIxmrRy9
    2) Jude’s Rock Ballads & Soft Rock
    3) Best cheesy rock ballads :o )
    4) Jude

    Erm, I didn’t realise it was that long!

  13. Harry Jones says:
    February 18, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    1) http://open.spotify.com/user/harry.jones/playlist/0USdZUHdOdkZA7To1dVNgD

    2) loudblur

    3) A selection of Blur’s louder, rockier or punkier songs

    4) Harry

  14. Atom Netbooks says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    Thought about the same – but dont really have time (couldnt see where I could make money really!)

    Anyway:

    http://open.spotify.com/user/stevenmather/playlist/34HMQo4xERXbIYn8dRhGDx
    2) top 40
    3) top 40 singles
    4) steven

  15. Jim Moran says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Hey Kieron,

    Here’s an attempt to recreate a classic Late Show from 1993 called No Nirvana. It’s missing a Sugar track – “Helpless”.

    http://open.spotify.com/user/jimmoran/playlist/4fKIpsL7wC1Qy2TZNBK94L

  16. Kieron says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    Thanks Jim, do you have a title for your playlist?

  17. Jim Moran says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    And in the correct format ( I never read instructions)

    1) http://open.spotify.com/user/jimmoran/playlist/4fKIpsL7wC1Qy2TZNBK94L
    2) No Nirvana
    3) An an attempt to recreate a classic BBC Late Show from 1993 called No Nirvana
    4) Jim Moran

  18. X-Factor Blog says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    spotify:user:xfactor:playlist:3j8cAbLMxQkzigmNw6rvE1
    2) A little bit of Trip-Hop Volume 1
    3) Introduction to Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead and Faithless
    4) DaveK

  20. Trevor Edwards says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    you can have this playlists that took me over a hour to make as long as you dont mind my url as the username, infact i recommend you do the same for your site,

    spotify:user:spotifyplaylists.co.uk:playlist:3UNm4ml7AYISoFnpt0v0MW

    from what i can tell the spotify playlist users tend to upload there playlists across all the playlists sites, a bit like them torrent uploaders that i would know nothing about as i dont condone or use such sites.

  21. Trevor Edwards says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    also if your going to let users upload the covers be careful, ive already had my first goatse and tubgirl pics uploaded,

  22. Trevor Edwards says:
    February 18, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    i forgot to mention that the playlists i submitted was
    number1s from 99 to 09 its the highest rated playlists on my site.
    features westlife from 99 right up to lily allans fear

  23. Pete says:
    February 18, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/petercolesdc/playlist/0Ld7JJivX7cj8IxqAgXIQf
    2. I can haz playlist
    3. Songs I like in a list, how convenient
    4. Pete Coles

  24. Jess says:
    February 18, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/jessnathan/playlist/5qJIJ3MZaeyNPVGJcUA26b
    2. A little bit of everything
    3. You name it, I got it
    4. DinkyDoo

  25. WiredFire says:
    February 18, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/vengo/playlist/38T24xwa5hG4PMuXZdZOv2
    2. Binary Beats
    3. Electronica, some hard, some soft, some loud, some easy, some old, some new.
    4. WiredFire (Ven)

  26. Jason says:
    February 18, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/loquax/playlist/0HsOOPU0lfnzMYgH7WUmcM

    2. Quacking Tunes!

    3. Katherine Jenkins, Duffy, Tom Jones, Shaggy, Elvis, House of Pain…. erm it’s a bit of a mix (it was either this or the one with Mylie Cyrus)

    4. Loquax

  27. Max says:
    February 18, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Hope not too late and can fit another 1 in ;)

    1 – http://open.spotify.com/user/max99/playlist/5tGTk5wKms3YDEOPLA5jYX

    2 – Max’s Latest RnB & Popular Tracks

    3 – A selection of some new RnB songs and new upcoming artists as well as a few classic RnB tunes.

    4 – Max Bramwell

  28. RichF says:
    February 18, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    1 – http://open.spotify.com/user/fenner/playlist/33WNdnW2vd8IxAqr6LSV68
    2 – NYE 2008
    3 – A bunch of party type tunes which my NYE party goers kept adding to as the night went on. As you can imagine with lots of input there is a varied selection of music, but might help someones party playlist come together!
    4 – Rich’s Party Goers (oo err haha)

  29. Hadi says:
    February 19, 2009 at 12:10 am

    1 – http://open.spotify.com/user/hadikanan/playlist/60exRhWriqqiv8uud7Oxyb

    2 – Despair

    3 – For down days when all feels lost

    4 – Hadi

  30. BFG 9000 says:
    February 19, 2009 at 10:09 am

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/bfg_9000/playlist/4qIxXqIt7eBOkOOCzGQmIx

    2. BFG’s Rocking Random Radio : Part 1

    3. A collection of Random tracks that Make BFG happy – if BFG is happy, then you have nothing to worry about :-)

    4. BFG 9000

  31. bigsteveo says:
    February 19, 2009 at 10:26 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/sdhunter/playlist/7xPLSfUHpBrjGZocjybO59
    2. bigsteveo’s Rap Mix 1
    3. Good rap tunes that help me work.
    4. Bigsteveo

  32. Current account says:
    February 20, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    1.http://open.spotify.com/user/hubejr/playlist/1hzQxYPgASEl1Wg8c8kaUl
    2. Late night
    3. Electronica, some hard, some soft, some loud, some easy, some old, some new.
    4. Freddy

  33. Steve Dyke says:
    February 20, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/joopster/playlist/4HILF4VYCA5Rvz4Zbdhm96
    2. A Right Old Mix
    3. Messed up music taste, Messed up mind
    4. Joopster

  34. Craig Parker says:
    February 20, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/diablos/playlist/4Q2Rsu9eJRts78M4tcbct5
    2. 80′s-Now Collection
    3. Mix up, mainly rock and pop but some japanese, some rap, some heavy rock, some electro.
    4. Craig Parker

    —

    I love spotify too, good luck on this one.

  35. Stuart says:
    February 21, 2009 at 11:04 am

    Kieron,

    Thanks for posting about Spotify, I have not yet created a play list but am now a fan, I was unaware of this service until you blogged about it – now I can listen to all my favourite tunes whilst working….

  36. hero says:
    February 22, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    stupid question probably, but can’t figure out how to find the url to my playlist… :-0 doh

  38. Kieron says:
    February 22, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    Thanks Hero. Can I have your playlist title and a description too please?

    Cheers!

  39. hero says:
    February 22, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    I knew I had forgotten something!
    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/herog/playlist/1fQiJSR2aRwOoye5vrp6m2
    2. Hero’s ultimate collection
    3. favourite songs from favourite artists – who needs RnB!
    4. Hero Grigoraki

  40. Nick Shearing says:
    February 22, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/nshearing/playlist/4Rf3eAA4RUC7YtafyEpWta
    2. Electro Girls
    3. A selection of electro with female vocals.
    4. Nick Shearing

  41. SEOidiot says:
    February 22, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    Sorry I am late!

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/seoidiot/playlist/0oV6Wd17OA5T2DnM9LzYgp
    2. SEOidiot’s Funky Mix
    3. Some soul and funky stuff
    4. SEOidiot

  42. Jason Dale says:
    February 22, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/loquax/playlist/1nomcCBSwEKU0cdvzg1alO
    2. Oggy Oggy Oggy
    3. A top selection of tunes from Wales
    4. Loquax

  43. Jason Dale says:
    February 22, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/loquax/playlist/0PwyetWx6BnQ5unzqes52B
    2. Duck Music
    3. Tracks with the word duck in the title… seriously… and some aren’t bad ;o)
    4. Loquax

  44. Afront says:
    February 22, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    Hi Kieron, there are loads of sites that let users track their Spotify playlists: most are pretty basic (and most don’t even have a search!) – what will make your site special? Will it have searchable genre tags for example? You say you will restrict playlists to a minimum of 10 tracks – what bugs me more is playlists that go on and on and on and on and … hundreds of tracks, whole albums slung in there with no thought to an overall feel or theme.

    Cheers, and best wishes with this venture!

    @afront

  45. Kieron says:
    February 22, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    Hi, yes the site will be fully searchable. It will be UK based too, the others I have seen are out of Sweden etc. and therefore the music is more targetted to their native countries.

    I’m not restricting playlists to 10 tracks either, it was just a suggestion, we have some already with 7 or 8 tracks and that’s cool as they are good playlists.

    I understand your frustrations on playlists that go on and on and on, and also appear too random with no real thought given to putting them together. I think of a playlist as a DJ set where you need to set the tone, the mood and take people on a “journey” from song to song, matching the theme, tempo etc. However I’m also aware that I’m a music geek and that not everyone thinks like me, lol. As you can see from the playlists I have highlighted in my post though, there are some really thoughtful contributions so far and show that people are willing to put some real effort into putting them together.

    My site will have a “Featured Playlists” slot where I will showcase the best playlists where I think the users have put thought and attention to detail into their work. For instance I’m listening to this playlist now, submitted by a blog reader and absolutely loving it, good job WiredFire!

    http://open.spotify.com/user/vengo/playlist/38T24xwa5hG4PMuXZdZOv2

  46. Jude says:
    February 22, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    1. spotify:user:judetdude:playlist:79wD2Xr8nMgQci1eTOK083
    2. Guilty Pleasures – Cheese
    3. Tunes that you know you love, but wouldn’t usually admit to unless drunk or under really painful torture involving electrodes… :o )
    4. Jude
    Note the subtitle- i’ve got a whole heap of lists in the pipeline!

  47. Afront says:
    February 23, 2009 at 12:18 am

    Thanks for the reply Kieron. I enjoyed hearing a little bit more about your plans and motivation. I’ve no problem with long DJ sets – I know what you mean, these can be fantastic musical journeys – I just don’t care for playlists that are just a pile of albums dumped together.

    WiredFire’s playlist is great (I think I probably own at least one CD for all of the bands featured). Also loving the Electrogirls playlist.

    @afront

  48. Fergus Burns says:
    February 23, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Hi Kieron

    Great idea – and thanks for putting us onto spotify

    1. http://open.spotify.com/user/fergusburns/playlist/5AJooVGNKWGM8Mb100Bmon
    2. Fergus’ Afternoon Groove
    3. Mix n’match of rock and mainstream
    4. Fergus Burns

    Enjoy !!

  49. Dillridge says:
    February 23, 2009 at 10:50 am

    Hi Kieron, I just wanted to give some positive feedback on the site build you have committed to.

    It is this altruistic behaviour that leads to change and propels the ‘big players’ of the industry to get creative and delivery applications that give the end user real value for their buck.

    If you can allow the community to rate one another rather than you rating might help scale the application.

    Keep up the good work its very much appreciated.

  50. Kieron says:
    February 23, 2009 at 11:15 am

    Thanks for your comments Dillridge. And yes the users on the site will be able to rate each others playlists and vote for their favourite. After all, it would be all R&B playlists if the ratings were up to me :)

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