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Heidi Asman

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Jan 25, 2024, 6:58:44 PMJan 25
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<div>But...the library itself is so bad? Could they not have all that and also a properly organized library? I want so badly to be able to appreciate Spotify for its good aspects, but as someone with a lot of music and a horrible memory, the lack of organization makes it feel unusable. Here are some things that I don't really understand the reasoning behind:</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>download music library to spotify</div><div></div><div>Download: https://t.co/55zPAHSXIN </div><div></div><div></div><div>There's no song library apart from 'liked songs'. There should be a place where all songs go, so that you can use your liked songs list for truly just your favorites and not have to treat it like a songs library.</div><div></div><div></div><div>This bleeds into how you view your artist content. Why is it that when you click on a liked artist, it first pulls up their entire discography, and then gives you a button to view a whole list of only your liked songs by them? There's no view of the albums you have by them? I believe this is because there is no dedicated songs library.</div><div></div><div></div><div>It is the same situation with a liked album. When I like an album, but I don't like all the songs on the album, I don't understand why the entire album is still in my albums library. If there were a songs library, it would only show the songs that I have added to my library that are in that album, right?</div><div></div><div></div><div>I don't enjoy having to separately like albums, songs, and artists from one another to get everything to show up in my library. I feel like if I add and album or like a song, all info should show up in their sections. If liking a song were like adding it to your library, which is the only option on Spotify, wouldn't it make sense for that album, with the songs you liked from it, to automatically appear in the albums tab, and the artist, with the songs and albums, to automatically appear in the artists tab?</div><div></div><div></div><div>I distinctly remember Spotify being more organized in its earlier days, and I don't know why they removed a lot of their old features. I don't feel like organization and their brand of social media + music app integration would clash with each other at all.</div><div></div><div></div><div>What are y'all's opinions? Are you also missing origanization, or are most of you just more playlist-oriented than I am? I feel like if they just upped their organization it would be a really, really almost perfect music app experience.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Do y'all use anything for good music recommendations outside of the Spotify algorithm? I'm trying to get a handle on using youtube good, lol. But if there's anything else out there that you like please share it!</div><div></div><div></div><div>I recently discovered Spotify and though it may not have the whole catalog (so I heard) that Apple Music offers, it is certainly more friendly and I would bet that it has most of the music I listen to, so I would like to switch over there.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Thing is, I haven't found any reasonable way to migrate all my music to Spotify - I have never used playlists in iTunes nor in Apple Music, I just navigate through artists', albums' and songs' names, and I want my whole library (or whatever part of it which is available on Spotify) to move there.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Since Apple forces you to cancel your Apple Music Subscription in order to change Account Country/Region, then deletes your Apple Music Library and doesn't allow access back to it even after resubscribing (even though though it is specifically required by Apple in order for you to chance your account country/region). Since I'd have to start from scratch anyways, may as well shift to Spotify and never have to risk losing 7 years worth of music and playlists again.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I don't think that was the point of the question. What their asking is how can you copy all of the songs you have on apple music over to Spotify so that they both have the same music. Not stealing. Just one having the same songs as the other. Instead of adding them to your Spotify one by one.</div><div></div><div></div><div>You can export your playlists as text files and see if Spotify can then import the text files and recreate the library, but you cannot simply transfer music you don't own to a different service. That would be piracy.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Note, it is not pirated music. There is some music in some countries that apple does not allow you to move to other countries. So please do not assume it is pirated. I have collected 20 years of music back home in Kenya using Apple. When I came to the US, I had to literally destroy my previous account to be able to access and pay in USD. I had to rebuild my library from scratch. So please do not assume things. If you don't know, then ask, to accuse.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I said, the act of transferring it from the Apple Music subscription service to a different service would be piracy, because you don't actually own the music from the Apple Music subscription service.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Unfortunately I had to reinstall Spotify. Having read how awful the changes in updates were I chose not to update for like 2 years now. Anyway, I've got the updated version now and I can not find anyway at all to remove songs from my library.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I'm a huge music listener, I use to add every song by an artist and as I listen to them put songs in various playlists and remove the songs from my library as I went along. Now it's telling me my device is full.</div><div></div><div></div><div>If you press and hold on a song in your Library (now called Liked Songs), or press the three vertical dots next to the song, there is an option at the top that says "Liked" with a green heart next to it. Simply click that to unlike the song and remove it from your library.</div><div></div><div></div><div>But what are the rules about sharing music from streaming services at public events? And in particular, what are the rules for playing streamed music during events at public libraries, such as storytimes, workshops, celebrations or other group activities?</div><div></div><div></div><div>The key concept to understand is that streaming music platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music are licensed for individuals, not businesses or institutions, and allow music streaming for personal use only.</div><div></div><div></div><div>The terms apply to all possible scenarios where music might be played at a library, including a live, in-person program, such as a storytime or speaker session, with music from a streaming site playing in the room; a live, in-person group meeting, such as a knitting club whose members knit with streamed music in the background; a recorded program with streamed music, such as a storytime, lecture or speaker session, streamed online or posted on a site like YouTube; or a fundraiser with streaming music as the background soundtrack. Those would all be considered public, not personal, performances.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Businesses or organizations that want to play copyrighted music for their customers, such as restaurants, nightclubs, hotels and retail stores, must pay for those public performance rights through a performing rights organization (PRO).</div><div></div><div></div><div>In the United States, a PRO is an association, corporation or other entity that licenses the public performance of musical works on behalf of the copyright owners of such works. The four main licensing PROs in the U.S. are the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP); Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI); SESAC; and Global Music Rights (GMR).</div><div></div><div></div><div>This option might be out of the question for most public libraries, however, because of the cost, which varies greatly depending on the type of business, how the music is used, the potential audience numbers, whether the music is live or recorded, and other factors.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Spotify directs businesses that want a similar platform for playing music to Soundtrack Your Brand, which used to be a part of Spotify, called Spotify for Business, but is now a separate entity. The Sweden-based company includes about 100 million songs, and functions similar to Spotify, but for businesses.</div><div></div><div></div><div>To switch your playlists back from Apple Music to Spotify, simply follow the above steps with the music streaming services swapped around to get the desired results. It's just as fast and just as simple in reverse.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Fast forward to now. My iTunes library has been relegated to a closet. All of my music collection happens on Spotify. No more sweaty bike rides to the public library to pick up CDs. The contemporary music catalog is just a keyword search away.</div><div></div><div> ffe2fad269</div>
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