Things I'd like to see in Spotify

zondag 20 juni 2010 — 23.26

So, I'm a Spotify fan. I truly am. Ever since it launched, I've been hoping for it to get to The Netherlands. Play all that music: for free or for a relatively small fee, and all legal! I don't think I have to explain what that means, fact is, I am happy about it.

There are, however, a few things I'd like to see in Spotify. Some small, some a bit bigger. Here goes:

1. A playlist organizer - Playlists are a great way to organize and share your music, but from day two after the launch in The Netherlands, my playlists have gotten out of control. There are too many of them, and there is no way to organize them other than do a manual sort. That sucks. Every one who has more than, say, 20 playlists needs folders, or tags, or some other smart system to find that special playlist. Numerous smart sorting and organizing solutions have popped up the last couple of years and I think Spotify should include one of those.
2. Support for music that isn't there (yet). Why, you might ask. I, for a start, have saved the cassette sleeves of my old mix tapes (mix tapes, ahhhhh, remember those?), and some of the music on them is not (yet) in the Spotify database. Or I'd like to create a list from all music used in a TV series, or a movie or... or... You get it. Creating these lists is hard work, and I cannot imagine myself reviewing my lists every month to see if track X or Y is there yet. Those searches that get so annoingly saved all the time? Let's put them in a playlist! I understand that music isn't in Spotify yet. I know that some artists or labels will never sign the deal. But creating the ultimate list shouldn't be bothered by it.
3. Speaking of searches that get saved automatically: yes, that IS annoying, to have to delete those searches one by one after you've been looking for a few things.
4. Integration with a Shazam- or Midomi-like service. Wouldn't it be great if what you look up with Shazam automatically shows up as a list in Spotify?
5. More integration. Countless m3u-lists. Last.fm lists. I want them in Spotify. And I'd like to export my lists too.
6. Even more integration. What we really want of course is an API.

Oh, the things I can think of :)