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People have playlists and multiple ones at that 0.o What are the usecases of playlists? I guess maybe I could see working out, but wouldn't the same songs in the same order over and over lose their punch?
Edit: could you please explain instead of just downvoting? I'm genuinely unsure here.
Yes. Also, you can shuffle playlists. Anyway, I have about ~40 current playlists, not counting sub-sets, out of which I use 5-10 day-to-day. They're basically genre/mood tags but I don't want to clutter up my entire library with fake genres so playlists it is.
I used to run a single playlist, essentially just my entire library, but the issue with that is I would be skipping songs constantly and it would jump from upbeat to sad to energetic to slow... it got old. Now, if I'm feeling in a rave mood I put on that playlist. Pop? Got it. Angry, sad, EDM, synthwave, swing, phonk, metal, hip-hop... the list goes on but I've got playlists for 'em and I don't want to listen to each of them every day or at the same time. If I am feeling multiple I just queue up multiple on shuffle. It's allowed me to be a lot more adventurous in my music taste by separating out the rare listens for only when I need them. Keeps me from getting bored of them.
That makes sense. Thanks!
You can randomize playlists play order
Playlists are great for storing songs you found and you'll never rememeber otherwise. For example, I have a playlist called "awesome obscure" where I put all songs from artists I generally don't know. Say a friend sent a song, a song came on a spotify weekly list whatever. I also have a playlist called "nostalgia" where I store all my old time favorites. If I remember a song from the past, I put it there so I don't have to think so hard if I want a hit of my personal nostalgia.
Listening to (good) songs multiple times actually makes me appreciate songs more.
Having the playlist not set to randomize can actually also be a great way to set expectations/an experience on what comes next. I'm a shuffle guy myself, but I could see handpicking moods to chain together. Say (for example) you start with some slow songs to wake up, but the playlist gradually increase in tempo and vibes to wake you up. It could be a routine thing.
Playlists don't have to be a few songs long, they can have hundreds, or thousands of songs. They don't lose their punch if it takes 30 hours to get through them.
So basically it's a personalized list of songs YOU want to keep together for any meriad of reasons.
Thank you for explaining!
No problem!
Some other usecases:
My band has a shared playlist of all the song covers we play. That way we can acces the songs easily and listen to them to practice.
A different band I'm in has an "inspiration" playlist where we put songs that inspire us in the genre we create music in. Anyone can add songs they have found in the wild.
I've made "songs you might like" playlists for friends. A collection of songs that particular person might like.
Genre/mood playlists. Yes, spotify/other services have this feature, but they will include many songs you might not know/like. If you want a rock playlist with only your own rock music, make the playlist yourself!
Got me. Random for me!