When was the last time you tried listening to a new genre of music, or even explored a sub-genre of something you already like? That’s what we thought. It’s good to listen to other stuff once in a while and remind ourselves that there’s a whole lot of music out there, and our tastes are probably not all that diverse. As a reminder, [sorghum] made a spiffy little Spotify remote that can cruise through the musical taxonomy that is Every Noise at Once and control any Spotify-enabled device.
There’s a lot to like about this little remote, which is based upon a LilyGo TTGO ESP32 board with on-board display. The circuitry is basically that and a rotary encoder plus a tiny LiPo battery. Can we talk about the finish on those prints? Yes, those are both printed enclosures. Getting that buttery smooth finish took two grits of wet/dry sandpaper plus nine grits of polishing cloths.
As you can see in the brief demo after the break, there are several ways to discover new music. [sorghum] can surf through all kinds of Japanese music for example, or surf by the genre’s ending word and listen to metalcore, deathcore, and grindcore from all over the globe. For extra fun, there’s a genre-ending randomizer so you can discover just how many forms of *core there are.
Want everyone in the room to know what you’re listening to? Behold the Spotify split-flap display.
Via reddit
gosh dang, the final finish on the print is spectacular.
Excellent finish and excellent user interface. Very nice project.
I hope Spotify is a platform worth developing for.
Recently had to cancel my Google Play Music subscription after 7 years of financial and music library building investment.
why did you cancel? if you don’t mind me asking
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/05/google-play-music-to-shut-down-starting-in-september-will-disappear-by-december/
Ah! Thanks for the info
Google Music is end of life.
So, in other words, Google has sucked all the personal information they can get through it, therefore it is no further use to them.
B^)
Honestly I think you are most likely correct, but more along the lines of “Google music costs us more to run than we get selling the data, and everyone is listening on YouTube which we can cram more adverts in”