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For me listening to music was always something private. Spotify’s social functions invaded that shelter but I already took action

August 27, 2025 by usatoday24

The announcement that Spotify users We can send us direct messages It was an immediate reminder for me: the time had come to thoroughly review the privacy in the application. I have always been clear that what I hear and when I hear it belongs exclusively to my personal sphere. With that idea in mind, I decided to take action on the matter. I opened the app and went to Configuration and privacy > Privacy and social. There is the panel that marks what is shared and what is not, so I took the time to go calmly. Private session. It is Spotify’s unknowns Annual Wrapped. It expires automatically at six hours. I did not activate it because I decided to adjust the rest of the options permanently. Reproduction activity. Spotify can transmit your reproduction activity to your followers (which feeds the feed of friends on the desk). If you are listening to a certain song, your followers that are in the desktop app can see it almost in real time. I deactivated it. I do not need my listening from the minute by minute to be exposed. Recently heard artists. As I mentioned, your profile can show a “artists heard recently”. If you don’t want others to see what your last artists or genres were, you can deactivate that option. I prefer that this information does not appear, so I chose to disable it. Public lists vs. private lists. Something that at the time made me a little noise is that when you create a new playlist in Spotify, by default it will be public. This means that any user could access it if he finds the link, and will appear listed in your profile (if the privacy settings allow it). If a playlist contains songs that you prefer not to be visible, you can mark it as “make private”, which totally hides it: no one else can access, not even with the direct link. The private playlists only see them. Even so, there is a useful nuance: in the desktop version you can manually choose which concrete playlists you want to show in your profile. It is a way of maintaining fine control: all private by default, and I only highlight what I decide. Profile visibility. I deactivated followers and following that no one can see who I follow or who follow me. Less noise, less exposure. Messages in Spotify. It should be said that they are not yet active in Europe and that Spotify has begun a progressive deployment in other regions. On a personal level, the idea does not attract me too much: as I said at the beginning, my relationship with the application is that of a musical refuge, not that of a social network. As the company has advanced, the function will have its own privacy controls and can be completely deactivated, something that you will surely receive it. In any case, there will also be complementary measures, such as blocking unwanted users or rejecting message requests. As a complement, out of that menu I checked two more sections: I deactivated personalized advertising and removed the option to share data with Facebook. Thus I limit the crossing of information with third parties and I prevent my account from relating to a social network that I do not need to listen to music. The final experience does not change in the essential: I still search, choose and reproduce as always. What does change is my sense of control. My playlists are not published alone, my activity does not appear in the feed of others, my profile does not show recent artists or monitoring relationships. And if one day I need an extra layer, I know that private session is waiting there. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 Flash | Screen capture In Xataka | Spotify is no longer a music player. It is a “audio netflix” who wants to devour your whole day

Listening to music without ads is, from now on, a little more expensive

August 4, 2025 by usatoday24

As I was plannedSpotify has risen in Spain. The Swedish company has raised The price of the individual plan, which is now a more expensive euro. The climb will affect the new customers. Here are all the details. The climb. Last April it was leaked that the company intended to raise the price in several countries in Europe and Latin America. Now the climb has become effective. The increase affects the individual plan, which goes from 10.99 euros per month to 11.99 euros per month, or what is the same, one more euro. According to the statement, this increase will be effective as of September and will affect the markets of South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. 27 Spotify tricks – Control your whole music like nobody! This is how Spotify prices remain after the rise in August | Image: Xataka And the rest of the plans? They do not change, at least for the moment. The family plan continues at 20.99 euros per month; Duo retains the 16.99 euros per month and the subscription for students stays at 6.49 euros per month. It is the individual plan that goes up in price without, everything is said, incorporate any additional novelty or advantage. Ten and two. Ten years was Spotify without increasing the price of the individual plan, which cost 9.99 euros until 2023. It was then that we attended At the first climbwhich left the price at 10.99 euros. Two years later, the price has increased again to 11.99 euros per month. In a nutshell and speaking in silver, in a matter of two years the price has risen two euros. What has motivated this climb? According to Spotify, this increase aims to “continue innovating in our supply of products and functions and offer users the best experience.” However, this increase does not entail any new product or function offer. What yes It arrives is at a good time for the companythat In 2024 he signed his first year being profitable. In maintaining that profitability and In the search for “1 billion paid users” There are several strategies. The price increase is one, but the most expensive plans with high definition sound (of which nothing is known), artificial intelligence and, above all, the foreseeable arrival of audiobooks in Spain and Latin America are bets to take into account. Perhaps the price increase justifies, at some point, to have audiobooks, but we will see. Spotify’s situation. Currently, the company has 678 million users of which 268 million are paying. Only in Europe has more than 100 million subscribers, thus tripling Apple Music or Amazon. The problem is that, unlike Apple and Amazon, which have other (very generous) sources of income, Spotify depends alone and exclusively on profitable to their subscribers. To this we have to add the constant complaints of the artists, which They claim to charge little for their music in Spotify. Cover image | Cottonbro Studio In Xataka | Spotify is no longer a music player. It is a “audio netflix” who wants to devour your whole day

Spotify is no longer a music player. It is a “audio netflix” who wants to devour your whole day

August 3, 2025 by usatoday24

After 18 years palmando money, Spotify premiered its age this year with its first profitable exercise in its history. That milestone has been followed by good news as its latest quarterly resultsthat tell their own story. A story that goes far beyond its 696 million users – 276 million of them, Premium. It is that of a silent but beastial metamorphosis. Spotify has ceased to be a music player to become something different. It is a time to capture time. When Daniel EK says that “people arrive at Spotify and stay in Spotify” is subtly describing its strategy: Colonize more and more sound moments of our day to day. A few years ago, Spotify’s natural competitor was Apple Music. And YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal. Today their rivals are rather Tiktok, YouTube, Netflix, Instagram, and even your own concentration. Compete for your sustained attention. It is not worth being the one who puts background music. The growth in active users – 11% – is, more than more people listening to music, more people delivering fragments of their day to the same platform: Music to go to work. A podcast while you work. Another music while playing sports. An AUDS AUDIOLIBRO. Videoclips with which to kill dead times. Spotify has been weaving A network that catches routines, not a long time. That is the strategy: assault every moment in which we consume audio. And towards that the company goes, towards being much more than a modern Gramola. It wants to be the entity to whom we delegate the decision to hear in each context of our day. The audiobooks looked like a sweetbeard, something tertiary, but The decision to compete with Audible It seems more and more important. The reason: Spotify needs content that works at dead moments that music cannot fill out at all. Long journeys by car. Hours of cleaning at home. Night walks. The audiobooks, such as podcasts, turn Spotify into a company for all occasions, into the audio netflix they promised to be. Spotify detected that there was a silent war for the moments of “partial attention”. While we drive, we cook, clean, we close. Moments when music works, but where an interesting conversation can hook you more. That is why hundreds of millions were spent in Joe Rogan and company. To occupy temporary territories that escaped their control. With the audiobooks gaining weight, Spotify has completed its transformation. It is no longer a music app. Not a music app that has podcasts. Is A total audio platform that coincidentally also reproduces songs, homogenizing everything in that damn word called “content.” They have resigned to be perfect in something to be indispensable in everything. And it is working: almost 700 million people have decided to be in a space that serves as a unique sound universe and does not dispatch towards several specialized applications. Outstanding image | @felipepelaquim In Xataka | The problem is no longer that Spotify has been filled with artists AI: is that AI is “reviving” dead musicians

Toledo promised them very happy putting music at their festivities. Until the SGAE arrived with pending invoices

July 23, 2025 by usatoday24

Who does not like a good verbena with his musicite and his dances. In Toledotodos the years celebrate the August Fair, the Corpus and other events and in all, of course, they put music. The problem is that between 2017 and 2021 the invoices were not paid to the General Society of Authors and Editors. Now they will have to pay more than 143,000 euros. Imposses. The Commercial Court No. 1 has issued a sentence and condemns the City Council of Toledo to pay the invoices not paid to the SGAE, which amount to 143,513.92 euros, plus 30,000 euros of coasts of the trial, as reported in Europa Press. Unpaid invoices correspond to the period between 2017 and 2021. Disproportionate. According to the City Council, the rates of these invoices were “arbitrary and disproportionate”, which is why they were not paid at the time. In addition, in the case of the Lux Toledo event they alleged that it was the company Actiona who should pay the copyright. In the case of this event, the judge cites in the sentence that if the company does not pay it, “the City Council would assume it subsidiaryly.” The City Council has already approved a credit modification to deal with payment. There have been more cases. Toledo’s is not the only case of a town hall to which the SGAE takes to court for non -payment. In September last year, Vigo had to pay more than half a million euros for not paying bills between 2018 and 2023. The list continues: Miranda del Ebro, Zalamea de la Serena, OBEJUNA SOURCE… Confusion. There are few municipalities that have left SGAE invoices without paying, it seems that they have agreed, but sometimes it is the result of ignorance. According to him Orb and Associated Lawyers Officewhen a City Council hires a band, it often occurs that “he has been hired as an interpreter, as a musician performer of his own repertoire and that the SGAE does not have the exclusive management of those works.” In addition, there is a lot of confusion around Who should pay when a public event is held. For example, although the City Council only gives the space and is a promoter who organizes the concert, corresponds to the City Council to pay the payment to the SGAE. Bad communication. There have also been cases such as Medina del Campo where the fault was the lack of communication. The SGAE did not communicate that they had to pay anything until 2007, when there were already 76,000 euros. Something similar happened in Miranda del Ebro When in 2018 the SGAE sent the invoices corresponding to 2014. Image | Pexels In Xataka | A town in Toledo has tired of the squatters. So you are offering a new service to your neighbors to put them

How to create music with AI: 14 free free tools

July 19, 2025 by usatoday24

We bring you a compilation with the best 14 Tools to create music with artificial intelligenceso that you can turn that idea into sound. If you like song with Or an instrumental musical piece, these tools will allow you to do it. We have all kinds of tools for artificial intelligence. We have some that directly generate the songs, but there are also others that serve to Help you create the lyrics of the songand even some that will help you as composition and mixtures assistants. The majority of tools on the list will follow the same pattern. These are payment services that include A free modality with which to make several compositions. Sometimes the amount of songs is limited, and in others the functions are also, but in any case they will help you to make a piece and to try each of the services. Suno Suno It is the most popular artificial intelligence service when allowing you to create songs. It is one of the most used, and has managed to establish the standard on how these types of services should be. Allows you to create complete songsboth the lyrics and the music and the voice. In fact, one of his strengths is the voice his ability to sing in any language. Requires registration and has A daily limit of generations. It has two operating modes, one simple for which you only need to describe what you want with a Promptand another advanced where you can better control the genres or the letter to use. Riffusion Very similar to Suno, although it is a Less known tool. It also has Two modes of use to create music: You can use a prompt in which you explain what you want or use your advanced panel where you can add genres by hand or the letter you want. The free version only allows to use its basic model, although unlimited, and only allows two generations for each prompt, but you can repeat it with more generations. However, The results are surprisingly goodInlcuso can compete against Suno. These lyrics do not exist This is one of the simplest and most free tools for Write song lyrics by ia. His way of working could not be easier: you just have to choose a theme, a genre and a state of humor for the song, and the web will deal with the rest. Lyricstudio Another tool to help you with the lyrics of the songs. In this case, the AI is not responsible for creating letters for you, but helps you complete them as if it were an assistant. Imagine that you have an almost finished lyrics, but you are missing a fragment or there is some word that does not convince you and want to look for alternatives. All this can be done by Lyricstudio. Your free plan is limited, but you can help you unblock. Soundraw Another very good alternative capable of making customizable automatic compositions, where you can Choose gender, instruments or energy that transmits the song. You can create and listen to free music without problems, although to download it you will need a subscription. What stands out most about this alternative is how much it tries to help you facilitate the process. On the main screen you can choose the duration of the song or the tempos to use, and then you can select the musical genre. You This is a peculiar alternative that, in addition to the two key processes, on its main screen tries to simplify it and divide the creation of songs into three simple steps. First define the style, then the letters, and then specify the Vibe, the feeling or feeling that transmits. What stands out most about this tool is The Vibe sectionwhere you will be able to control aspects such as the speed, energy or chaos of each composition, with 5 presets already configured that you can manipulate. As for the lyrics, you can write them by hand or let the AI do so from your initial description of the song. Boomy This is a much more complete alternative. In addition to allowing you to create complete songs, you also have Several style templates with the EU to facilitate and expedite the creation process. One of its most differentiating characteristics is that It allows you to export your music to streaming platforms As Spotify or YouTube, which in some cases can lead you to monetize them, although this is something that will depend on the rules of each of these services. LALAL.AI This is a tool that serves to Extract the voices or instrumental track of any audio or video. You upload a file and its AI separates the voice from music, and you can download a version that only has or one or the other. It is quite fast and you can upload up to 20 files at the same time. AIVA A music creation assistant with AI, which allows you to create songs with more than 250 musical styles in just a few seconds. Here, in addition to facilitating the process to the maximum for beginners, you also have An advanced mode With options that will delight those who already control more about creating music. Because the great asset of this service is that allows you to edit the clues you create For you, so that you have greater control over each instrument. The free mode allows you to create clues of up to 3 minutes and download 3 of them a month in MP3 or MIDI. Melobytes This is a series of tools to create artificial intelligence content. Almost all you can use for free with certain limitations, although if you want to accelerate processes or download content without water marks you will have to pay. Includes several tools to generate music They are quite interesting. For example, you can Create music from text or imagesbut also from images made by AI, create raps from text, a normal … Read more

Classical music concerts are fashionable again because the important thing is not classical music: they are the candles

June 28, 2025 by usatoday24

Pure Zeitgeist. In times when live music It can no longer be live music A type of concerts triumphs in which music is an absolutely secondary element, regardless of the really important: The aesthetic experience. They are the concerts in the light of the candles, and although they have become an international phenomenon, they have their origin in Spain. What are Candlelight concerts. His own name (“in the light of the candles”) makes it clear: they are Musical performances in small enclosures or emblematic spaces, illuminated only by the light of hundreds of candles, which generates An intimate and dreamlike atmosphere that wraps musicians and the public. It is a musical experience, almost always with classical music repertoires, which seeks to distance yourself from the great events With thousands of people and great scenarios: here the silences, quiet music and the atmosphere in gloom are essential. Candle fever. Candlelight concerts emerged in 2019 as an initiative of the Spanish Platform for the Promotion and Sale of Tickets Fver. Officiallywith the aim of democratizing access to classical music and bringing it closer to new audiences. But the truth is that in Fever they knew how to understand the need for alternatives in 2019 to increasingly massive live events. The idea was to connect with the atmosphere without electricity that was lived in an original classical music concert, and from its first editions it was raised with affordable prices, so that it was popular and accessible to all types of audiences. Made in Spain. The first Candlelight concert was held in Madrid, a city from which it extended to other European capitals such as Paris and London, and from there to the United States and more than 150 cities around the world. The initial success in Spain promoted the internationalization of the format, which today adds millions of assistants on a global scale. The official figures are 3 million viewers worldwide to date, which has led to the fact that The initial intention is extended to offer classical music concerts exclusively: Pop artists such as Queen, Abba, Coldplay or Bad Bunny were soon given way. The candles are not for everyone. Of course, Not everything is flowers For concerts, much less if the nucleus is a subject as controversial as the “elevation” of classical music through aesthetics, simplification and interpretation of great hits of the genre. Criticism They are abundantand they go from the music quality itself To the fact, something more expected, that the candles are not such, but LED lights. It is something that the organization warns from the beginning: it is not about real candles for a security issue. The reason for Candlelight’s success. It is clear: it makes a corner of the music that has been destined for elites during the last half century (do not remember, in that sense, the supposed and controversial “Democratization of creativity” that propose the IAS?), And does it with an aesthetic that reinforces that “elegant” ingredient of the proposal. But at the same time, we have a relatively affordable price, which popularizes the event. You could say that these concerts give way to the appetite of an audience that has always wanted to listen to classical music more popular without having to learn technicisms. It is normal, therefore, that Candlelight bumpes both immediate commercial success and an excéptic response from experts. It implies, in any case, a clear alternative to festivals and concerts in stadiums, although given the limitations of the proposal, perhaps we do not take too long to see how this flame weakens. Header | CandleLight Concerts

How to request the 400 euros to buy music, video games and subscriptions if you are 18 years old

June 18, 2025 by usatoday24

Let’s explain How to request the Young Cultural Bonus of 2025the new edition that offers those who turn 18 a credit of 400 euros that can spend on cultural products. He Young Cultural Bonus It was launched in 2022 to bring young people closer to the cultural sectors punished during the pandemic, but since then it has been maintained. We are going to start the article telling you what this bonus is and all the details, specifying what money will be spent. Then, we will explain what the process you must follow to request it. Finally, remember that in addition to turning 18 in this 2025, the aid is aimed at young people from Spanish nationalitythose that have legal residence in Spain, and asylum seekers, temporary displaced or extended foreigners. What is the young cultural bonus The young cultural bond is the help that is given every year Young people who turn 18. Come on, that they are going to give 400 euros to all those who fulfill the age of majority in 2025. This money is not to spend where they want, but for the acquisition of products, services and activities related to the world of culture. This aid was born to finance and revitalize the Spanish cultural sector after the quarantines of the COVID-19, although once they return to normal they have been maintained. It is not known for how long this cultural bonus will exist, because it is something that is approved every year. It is an indirect help, so that instead of giving money to establishments without more, young people are given to consume the culture they want in pre -established cultural products. This part is important: you will not spend the help where you want or all the money on a single type of product: The 400 euros are distributed in three types of productsand in each of them you can spend a maximum of this bonus that has been given to you. Nor can you spend it anywherebut in establishments that have adhered to the program. Help is only for those who turn 18. Therefore, it will only benefit those who have Born in 2007while people and young people of other ages cannot benefit. Only those who turn 18 during this 2025. In addition, it will be necessary to have Spanish nationality or Aid management is centralized to a website, in which young people can request the bonus. And then, In your city you will see what establishments participatesince they usually put in the showcase that they accept cultural bonus, and you will know that you can spend the money there. What can the bonate be spent As we have told you, You cannot spend all the help on the same type of product cultural. You are 400 euros, but these are distributed in different types of products in which you will be able to make the expenses. Here you have the list with the specific product types: A maximum of 200 euros in live arts, cultural heritage and audiovisual arts: This will be distributed between entries and subscriptions for performing arts, including live music, cinema, museums, libraries, exhibitions and scenic, literary, musical or audiovisual festivals. Also for bullfighting shows. A maximum of 100 euros in cultural products in physical support: This will be distributed among books, magazines, press and periodic publications. It can also be spent In video gamesmusical scores, Vinyl discsCD, DVD or Blu-ray. A maximum of 100 euros in digital or online consumption: This will be distributed between subscriptions and rentals to musical platforms, reading or audiolecture, audiovisuals, audiobook purchase, purchase of ebooks, subscription for podcasts, subscriptions to online video games, digital subscriptions to press, magazines or other periodic publications. Yes indeed, Subscriptions will be limited to a maximum of four months. The purchase of some stationery products such as printed or digital curricular textbooks, in addition to equipment, software, hardware and consumables of computer science and electronics. Nor can you buy musical instruments, go to sports shows, or buy pornographic material. And the last condition is that You can only use the bonus in certain establishments or institutions attached to the program. These businesses must operate within Spain or exercise activities for sale or made available to cultural products, activities and services. How to request the Young Cultural Bonus 2025 To request the young cultural bond of this 2025 you have to enter its official website, which this year is beneficiaries. 2025. Bonoculturajoven.gob.es. which is the officer of the program. In it, click on Registerand create an account using your email and a password. Once you have registered, on this same website you can log in with your created account. Once you have created your user and password, you will get an email with a confirmation link, and you must press it to complete the process. Once you do it, click on the button Request bonus That will appear. The first time you do you will have to verify your information and age using the Digital certificate either Cl@go. Then, you will have to fill in the rest of your main data. Once you have done this, you can Choose how you want the cultural bond. The simplest thing is to have a virtual card that you can add in Google Pay or Apple Pay to pay with the NFC of the mobile, although you will also have the possibility of requesting a physical card. When you finish the configuration, you will have to verify your application using Autofirms. Once you have everything, remember that you will only be able to use this balance that is given in the establishments attached to the bonus program. Besides, You will have to raise all the receipts from your purchases To the program’s website to verify them, and it will be then when you get money. In Xataka Basics | How to request the discount of the young summer 2025: What do you need and step by step for bonds of up … Read more

Hello, I am Jose and I have discovered in 2025 that I can connect five pots at the same time and to the same mobile to put music to the beast

May 25, 2025 by usatoday24

Surely this situation is familiar to you: your friends and you organize a party in the house of someone and someone asks not to take the speaker to wear music. And there that is not-so-like with his Bluetooth speakerputs the music and … you only hear in one area. If people are distributed in several areas, there is no music that is worth. I wish there was a technology to connect several speakers to the same wireless emission, it could be thought. Well there is, It is called atacast and I have discovered it in the middle of 2025 when trying the new LG speakers. The problem. Bluetooth is very good when we talk about broadcasting something from the device to device B. For example, music from your mobile to a speaker. So far, all good. The problem comes when we want to broadcast two or more devices and that they reproduce the same. That is almost impossible missionor rather, it was. The solution was announced in 2022when Bluetooth SIG (responsible for the Bluetooth standard) announced that the Bluetooth LE Audio specifications were complete. And with this version there was a novelty called to change the way we understand the wireless sound: aircase. Image: Xataka The solution. Atacast is a standard that allows audio transfer to several devices at the same time. This is based on Bluetooth audio and uses the LC3 codec (Low complexity community codec), and so far the technical words. So far, the Bluetooth connection depended on matching an audio source (the mobile) to a recipient (the speaker). With aircraft, the issuing equipment creates a kind of dissemination signal to which other compatible devices can be connected. The easiest way to see it is to imagine A kind of mesh wifi networkbut Bluetooth. And what is it for? The cases of use of this technology are very wide. We can think of attendance via audio in public transport or museums, emissions One-to-Many In live events or that your partner and you can see the same movie with headphones at home, to say some. Another option is that instead of depending alone and exclusively on the speaker of Non-Sé-Qui also in the next one left with your friends, you can connect several speakers with each other and put music everywhere. And that is precisely what we have tried to do with the new LG Xboom speakers and a couple of devices of a rival brand: JBL. But first, the presentations. LG Xboom The Stage 301 Beast | Image: Xataka The beast. AKA LG Xboom Stage 301, is the flagship of the range and the most expensive (300 euros). It is a large, relatively portable speaker (its eight kilos require some strength), with a power of 150W, integrated light and battery effects. It is heard really well and has the ability to fill a medium -sized garden with music without any problem. It can be used plugged in, but also for around half a day with the integrated battery. In addition, you can connect a microphone to the rear to mount a karaoke. It is a speaker whose sound quality will surprise the one who has the least trained ear. However, it should be noted that it is not a speaker designed to reproduce high fidelity. It is a party speaker ready to listen and give the note outdoors, where it meets its mission. Now, if we talk about sound, one more force of force in the bass and a spark more of sharpness in the acute would have been round. Anyway, what is said, this is very fine and more knowing the most likely use that this speaker will be given. LG XBOOM BOUNCE | Image: Xataka The median. His name is LG Xboom Bunce. Despite being cheaper than the previous one, I must say that it is the one I liked the most. Not only is it more portable, but its sound price/performance ratio seems better to me. Graves are very successful (acute could improve) and offers a very complete experience. The battery holds almost a day. It is not a cheap speaker (200 euros) and is not intended for high fidelity, but compensates with a pleasant sound, resistance to all types of hardships (water, dust, blows) and a very cool design. LG Xboom Grab | Image: Xataka The little one. The most basic model is the Xboom Grab LG, although it is not a cheap speaker (150 euros). The sound is surprisingly clear and the bass have enough stuck, something that surprises in such a format. In middle volumes, the speaker behaves. It is when we upload the volume more of the account when it starts to falter. The battery endures practically all day and water resistance is guaranteed. It is not the one that offers the best sound, but the most portable. However, I continue to stay with the previous one. That button is the key to LG Xboom Speakers | Image: Xataka How to mount the duffel bag with all three. The three speakers have one thing in common: a button to start the Party Link broadcast. The operation is very simple: we connect our mobile by Bluetooth to a speaker, reproduce something, press the party link button on that speaker and then click on which we want to connect. Ready, automatically the second speaker will reproduce the same as the first, and so many times as connecting speakers. That is: connecting the mobile to a single speaker we can create a huge LG speakers network because Party Link admits up to ten speakers. With the three LG speakers we have not appreciated a higher latency of the account. In fact, quite the opposite. Synchronization is really precise and we have not noticed that a speaker goes one more thorn ahead than the other. All these speakers and headphones are understood with each other | Image: Xataka The key: connect other devices. Party Link is a technology that owns LG, but the key … Read more

14 apps and services to discover new music in Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services

May 24, 2025 by usatoday24

We bring you a collection of 14 applications and services to discover music Online, so you can listen to it in your favorite streaming service. Some of these alternatives will connect directly to your account in them, but others will simply make you suggestions so that you can then look for them in your reference service. All we are going to tell you are third -party services which are not options included in the platform itself. You have from maps to explore subgenres to algorithms that show you artists similar to those you already listen. Almost all are web pages, but there is also some application. And as we always say in Xataka Basics, these are our alternatives, but not all that exist. Therefore, we invite you to You leave us your recommendations in the comments section In the event that you think we have left some important service, so that we can all benefit from the knowledge of our xatakers. Every Noise At Once For years, this was the best website that existed to explore for all subgenres that existed in Spotify. It was created by one of its employees, although it was fired in 2023 and the web stopped accessing internal APIs, so it is quite static right now, although It is still a great tool of exploration. Its author still works on it and implements new functions, warning things like Spotify has destroyed the entire labeling system in which he worked for years. Everything so you can look for any substubSubgenero you can think of and find musical proposals on this website. MUSIC MAP This is a website that serves to discover artists related to others What do you like. Thus, if there is any that you love, you can have a series of suggestions to explore others related or that are similar. The suggestions are based on what users who listen to the artist who have sought. Simply use the search engine to write your name and you will see a lot of suggestions. Liveplasma It is basically a project very similar to the previous one. You are looking for an artist you like, and this will generate a kind of family tree in which you will see A large number of similar artists. By clicking on one, you can listen to a fragment of your music. Then, it will be your thing to look for them in the streaming service you use. Last.fm Last.FM is the most important page to keep statistics of everything you hear unified. It is open, and you can link it to your account of the main streaming services, even in applications with which to listen to music from MP3 files. Thus, you will have the data of everything you hear. The advantage of having all these data from millions of users is that it also has A powerful engine of recommendationsso based on your musical tastes recommend artists, records or songs. It is always interesting to enter and look at what you have today. Swipefy This is possibly THE BEST APPLICATION OF MUSICand the one that can be joined with Spotify or Apple Music. What he does is analyze the songs you like and use their algorithms to make recommendations, which you can say that you like or do not like. As songs like you like or not, the algorithm will be refined, becoming an interesting “tinder” of music. From each recommendation you can hear a few seconds, and has Links to listen to it in streaming both in Spotify and Apple Music. Gnoosic This is another page of musical discovery based on current tastes. In this case it does not depend on your accounts in streaming services, but You have to write down three artists that you likeand then the web will begin to make suggestions. With every suggestion that the web shows you, you can say if you like it, if you don’t like it or if you don’t know them. And with this, You will be making several recommendations Learning from the data and the valuations you are giving. 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Many Spanish music festivals are financed by an Israeli fund. And some are already distance

May 20, 2025 by usatoday24

After the recent one Eurovision Festivalthe presence of Israeli capital in events around the world begins to be discussed by activists and even by certain governments, as in Spain. Israel has become a uncomfortable presence For certain cultural events and many music festivals, such as Sónar, they are checking it in recent weeks. Sónar takes a step. He Sonar Electronic Music Festival He has distanced himself from the KKR Investment Fund, current owner of the festival through an intermediary company, in a movement that culminates a few days scrambled in the Spanish scene of large festivals. Public opinion and many groups have been contrary to the interference of the company, with pro-Israeli interests, at several festivals. Sónar has expressed With a statement its “solidarity with the Palestinian civilian population trapped in the humanitarian catastrophe that is lived in Gaza.” It is the second one that broadcasts in a few days, after one that He was criticized for his excessive warmth. This statement is a simple declaration of intentions, since Sónar will continue to be the property of KKR. What is KKR? An American investment fund whose acronym corresponds to Kohlberg, Kravis and Roberts, surnames of its founders, and which has established itself as one of the world’s largest private capital companies, with assets of more than 400,000 million dollars. Among the most criticized kkr activities There are real estate investments in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel, such as Jerusalem Este, Gaza and the West Bank. KKR also controls Guesty, an Israeli platform for real estate property management, which reinforces his presence in the country’s housing sector. KKR has also invested in Israeli technology and cybersecurity companies, As Optivwhich was founded by former intelligence ex officers of the Army of Israel. Finally, Henry Kravis, KKR co -founder, is an acquaintance donor of cultural and political initiatives promoted by Israel and has financially supported US politicians aligned with Israeli interests. Within your team there are Figures like David Petraeusformer director of the CIA and president of the group in the Middle East, which makes clear their interests in the region. Festival intervention. A week ago, the newspaper El Salto He published an article About how KKR had acquired in 2024 Supersruct Entertainment for 1.3 billion euros. It is a company that organizes some eighty festivals worldwide and that in Spain is behind events as known as Sónar, Arenal Sound, or are Do Camiño, Love The 90s, Resurrection, Viña Rock, FIB, Monegros, Brava Madrid, Tsunami Xixón or Granada Sound, among many others until they add about twenty of them. At the moment, Sónar is the only one that has been unmarked from the policy of the investment firm, ensuring that he had no “control” on the company’s investments or decisions. Groups that protest. Although the festivals have not been unmarked from the presence of KKR, many groups have done so, especially those linked to social causes. Some of them They are repeat offenders, Fermín Muguruza, Non Servium, the last Ke Zierre, Sinkope, Kaos Urbano or Porretas. And the Spanish case is not unique: the London platform Boiler Roomwhich broadcasts live music sessions throughout the world, has also been acquired by KKR. The DJ and Producer Ikonika and the DJ Beatrice M are two of the artists who have announced their withdrawal from the festival that the company planned to organize in summer. Boiler Room has issued a statement In which he says that the sale has been a decision of his current owners, in which the team has not been able to influence. More festivals. The movement of the groups (and the Very visible action of civil movements such as the known as BDS movement of Boicot, divestments and sanctions against Israel) has encouraged several festivals to join Sónar, as Eldiario.es. This is what Sharemusic!, Organizers of the 90’s, love the twenties or i love reggaeton (“we want to express our total condemnation to the violence that the Palestinian people”), and Rock vineyard (They condemn “without nuances the massacre that the Palestinian people are suffering”). Both, such as Boiler Room and Sónar, clarify that despite the fact that the festivals are owned by KKR, this does not influence the programming or convictions of the teams. Government support. That the music festivals have become a center of attention for their relationship with Israel’s policies are framed in a much narrower observation of different cultural manifestations, with which it seems no longer to serve That “apolitical entertainment”. To the rejection of the bands to the festivals and the dust that has raised the result of Eurovision, the government positions are added. Last Saturday, the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, said the KKR fund “It’s not welcome” in Spain and commented on the “penetration” at music festivals. After Eurovision, Pedro Sánchez himself requested the Exclusion of Israel from international cultural eventslike the festival itself.

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