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If there’s a killer track you’re dying to share with your friends, family and the world at large then you can embed it on the web using a bit of code provided by Spotify. Right-click on a local track and choose “Edit Info” to make changes to the file’s metadata. Local files can be synced to your mobile devices if you’re a Premium user (£10/month), and of course they reduce the strain on your internet connection too, because no streaming is required when they’re being played.

If there’s a rare recording Spotify doesn’t have, or other gaps in its streaming library, then this is a great way to plug the holes. The import option is on the File menu, and once completed you’ll find all of your tracks listed under a Local Files heading in the navigation pane. Clicking on the folder name shows a summary of all the music in the playlists contained within, so you could use folders as a way of splitting up your music collection into different sections.īring order to your music collection with playlist foldersĭon’t throw out all of those neglected MP3s just yet-Spotify can import everything in your iTunes or Windows Media Library so you can access these files in Spotify (it’s one of Spotify’s key advantages over Rdio). Choose “New Playlist Folder” from the File menu and you’re good to go-drag existing playlists into this new folder to move them. If your collection of playlists is becoming stretched and unwieldy you can split them up into folders to make them easier to manage. Other operators you can use include “track:”, “artist:”, and “album:”, and you can combine them together with AND/OR operators too. Try adding the operator “year:2000-2005″ to limit the date range, or the operator “genre:rock” to only look for a particular genre of music. Spotify’s search box may look a little bare to the untrained eye, but there’s plenty you can do with it if you know a few tricks. Whether you want to set up an impromptu karaoke session or desperately need to know the words that are being mumbled/screamed, TuneWiki is an excellent tool to have to hand. One of the most effective is TuneWiki, which pulls lyrics for your tracks from the web and scrolls through them as the song progresses.

Spotify launched its app platform late in 2011, allowing all manner of plugins and extensions to be built on top of it. A Great post on Gizmodo has some wonderful ways to epand how you use Spotify. The launch of Spotify (other services exist) has changed the face of the music industry, It and services like it have reduced music piract, not eradicated it but knocked a hug chunk out and put some, if not a huge amount of cash back in artists pockets.