Spotify – The return of the mixtape?

Here in the Jam team we are a big fan of Spotify, sticking it on when we have to crack on with a presentation or comparing music tastes in the Jam Sounclashs. On first using it we were impressed but we didn’t initially see the social media aspect. However the simple sharing functionality is genius, so simple you can share it anywhere, email, messenger, blog or even create a whole site dedicated to sharing playlists, and that is exactly what people are doing.

Some of our favorites are ShareMyPlaylists, SpotyShare and Listiply (Pansient League have reviewed the top 10), they are great for looking for something new to listen to or sharing your own playlists. Another good site for anyone who is missing Top Of The Pops is Topsify where you can get the most up to date charts. There is even now a Facebook app called Mixifier for sharing playlists.

We have been discussing how in some ways Spotify is similar to Twitter. They are both sticking to what they are good at and allowing people to build the tools to use them in the way they want, whether that be tools to help you tweet, analyze trends or share and find new music.

This all combined is in our opinion bringing back the mix tape culture of my youth, just with less use of a pencil to wind in miles of screwed up tape.