Oh boy! New stuff from SpotDJ! Here are a few of the latest features you’ll see:
Send a spot - Sometimes you hear a spot that you just know your best friend should hear. A story they’d find funny, a recommendation they should check out, or maybe you just recorded the spot and want them to […]
SpotDJ has been mentioned in several articles since we launched, but I wanted to highlight this one in particular.
The article, which appeared in the UCLA Daily Bruin, talks about how radio and radio-like services are adapting to match shifts in the way that people obtain and enjoy music. Of course, it highlights SpotDJ as a […]
(That’s Post-Halloween, by the by.)
Well, the candy may just barely be disappearing from the American palate, but SpotDJ is hard at work rolling out new features for your enjoyment. This week’s updates are focused around making your listening experience even more customizable and letting you share your Spots with the world.
First off, you’ll notice […]
Hey, will you be at CMJ Music Marathon next week? If you’ll be in NYC drop me an email at kb -at- spotdj -dot- com and we can meet up. I’m there all week.
We’re pleased as heck to announce that SpotDJ is now in open beta! We were featured in
TechCrunch this morning, which generally makes such things official. You no longer need a secret code to sign up so tell your friends!
For our dedicated alpha users, and curious others, here’s a quick rundown of some of the […]
SpotDJ got some press on Sunday, and we haven’t even launched yet! In the “Radio Waves” column in the San Francisco Chronicle, Ben Fong-Torres said:
“When I was a kid wanting to be on the radio, I got an album called “You Be a DJ” and pretended that I was on “WBDJ.” I’m certain that’s how […]
Some of our most productive DJs and most eager listeners have written in with their opinions on what makes a good spot. Here are some tips from the pros:
#1) Write Ideas, Not a Script
We know that talking into a mic can make you nervous. A lot of people write stuff down before recording a spot, […]
Some time in 2005, I was riding CalTrain to work and listening to my iPod. Again. Hearing music that I liked — stuff that I had rated 5 stars. But I wasn’t really listening. I was flipping through tracks rapidly because I was getting sick of just listening to music. It was too passive and […]
At SpotDJ, we love getting user feedback. And you, our users, have told us in no uncertain terms that you prefer audio that can be heard by both of your ears. For that reason, we decided to launch an updated version of our Mac client that no longer restricts new spots to just the left […]
Yesterday, we launched some updates to the SpotDJ web site and new versions of the Mac and Windows clients. Here are some of the highlights:
Back and Forward in the Client
Many users told us that they wanted to rate or comment on a spot after the spot played, but by that time, the page allowing them […]