This week, I won’t be recommending any music or even writing about any specific song or singer. Instead, I will be talking about a way to elevate your music listening experience! I know I always mention Spotify in every single blog post, but it’s because that’s how I listen to all my music. One feature of Spotify that I love are the collaborative playlists. The name is pretty self explanatory. It works like a normal playlist but the creator of the playlist can choose to add other friends to it which allows them to contribute as well. It is always nice to have your own personal playlists, but it’s also cool to have joint playlists just for you and your friends.
Three of my friends and I created a collaborative playlist together about a year ago, after realizing that we all listen to the same type of music. We would always find ourselves recommending different songs to each other all the time. However, it was hard to remember all the different songs and we never really had the time to just sit down and listen to music together. The collaborative playlist was the perfect solution to all of our problems. Whenever any of us discovered a song that we absolutely loved, we could just add it to the playlist. It’s a quick and easy way for us to communicate new songs to each other. This is honestly how I find most of my music. Whenever I start to get tired of the current songs I listen to, I check our collaborative playlist and listen to the latest additions. The best part is that I know they will be good songs because I trust my friends’ opinions and I know we have the same taste in music. I don’t have to go through the tedious process of trying to find new songs and sometimes end up being disappointed. Right now, our playlist contains 214 songs and it will probably only continue to grow.
I’m sure many of you have already created some collaborative playlists with your own friends, but I just wanted to share my own experience with it and how it allowed me to expand my horizons and gain a closer relationship with my friends.
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I heard Kahi and Rylie talking about this just last week. I agree that this is such an amazing creation because now I never have to deal with confused people asking if it’s the right song when I tell them to look it up. Josiah and I use this to make our car ride playlists so we can both have songs to listen to that we enjoy instead of going back and forth between playlists.
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This seems like such a great idea! I also love Spotify, but I didn’t know that you could have collaborative playlists. I’m definitely going to tell my friends about this as I love the music my friends listen to, but can never remember the name of the songs. 214 is such a looong playlist! I hope that the playlist I create with my friends will grow just like yours has.
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Even though I’ve been using Spotify several times a day for multiple years, I can’t believe that I haven’t heard of this feature! I constantly find myself wanting new music, and I hope that I’ll be able to create new playlists with my friends soon.
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Wow I had no clue you could even do this on Spotify. Like you, I find most of my favorite songs from other people’s recommendation/playlists. I think having a collaborative playlist with friends will definitely make my listening experience more enjoyable.
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I love Spotify but I have never actually created a collaborative playlist before. I too have also heard great things about your famous playlist. I have been fortunate enough to even get to listen to a few songs on there.
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Collaborative playlists are a great feature on Spotify, and I have added songs to a few playlists here and there. It’s tricky, though, since practically anyone can follow your playlist and add songs that may not jive with your own. They’re definitely best when its between friends, especially if they have similar tastes to you.
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