Sunday, June 15, 2014

23 Mobile Things: Thing 19 (Hobbies)

I am a huge music fan, so I chose Spotify for this thing. Spotify is a music app that allows users to create a playlist from a fairly wide catalog of licensed music or to listen to a radio station based on a particular artist or song. This is a great app for getting to know sound-alikes. For example, by plugging in one of my favorite artists, C.C. Adcock, I got to hear a radio station that played similar sounding artists like the Legendary Shack Shakers, Dr. John, and the Urban Voodoo Machine. One can also search for songs based on title keywords, which makes this a fantastic app for coming up with playlists on a theme. Libraries and their patrons could create library-themed playlists (going beyond The Music Man) or book soundtracks. Spotify might be a great app for contemporary music selection librarians, especially those wanting to expand or diversify the collection with things that already circulate well and those wanting to introduce patrons/listeners to new artists.

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