A Playlist To Use Technology To

Applies To: Anyone who wants to make a playlist on Spotify, tablets/mobiles/PC
Some of you may have noticed that every so often I post what music I am listening to here on the Inner Circle? This ranges from some Euro-Pop to Jazz to some laid back Country music along with all sorts of other music along the way…
…I thought it would be nice to put these into a Playlist and share it with you all.
I will also add requests from you to the playlist as we go. It has a working title of

Inner Circle – Music to use Technology to

In fact, if all goes well you should be able to see the Playlist below and even listen along! (You might need Spotify Installed first)
To do this I’m going to use a program called Spotify. Spotify allows you to play music for free (with adverts) from all around the world. They have all sorts of music – if you have a favourite group, or even just heard something you liked, please let me know and I will add it to the playlist.

Getting started

You will need to install Spotify and create an account. You can download Spotify here. It works on most computers/tablets/smartphones.

Creating the playlist

  1. On the desktop version of Spotify you create a playlist by going to the File menu and selecting “New Playlist”:

2. You are then asked for a name and description:

3. Fill these in:

(Don’t worry about selecting an image on the left, this will get filled in automatically later. Or if you want a particular image you can choose one now or later.)

4. Click on Save. You should now see the playlist on the left-hand side of Spotify:

Adding to the playlist

Once your playlist is created you want to add some tracks to it, simply search for the artist / track / genre of music you want to add

Then once you have found the right track(s) you can drag and drop them into the playlist.

* Obviously I’m “not just a step. On the boss man’s ladder” as in the classic 9 to 5 hit from Dolly Parton πŸ™‚ … although I was up a ladder the other day.

Then repeat these steps until you have added the tracks you want.

Arranging the playlist

You wouldn’t want hard heavy metal music followed by upbeat cheesy pop closely followed by that bird song track that lasts an hour, would you?

Well, once you have added all the tracks to the playlist you can arrange them in a suitable order. Just click on the playlist on the left, then you can drag and drop the tracks up and down in the list until you are happy.


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Sharing the playlist

Once you have created the perfect playlist you might want to share it with friends / family / Inner Circle members. You can do this by clicking on the “share” button…


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From here you get loads of options – the easiest one is the “copy link to clipboard” button, this shortcut links people to a website address, and from there they can add the playlist to their Spotify. Just send this link in an email/message to someone and then if they have Spotify they can see the playlist! (CTRL+V is a quick way to paste the link after it has been copied)

Advanced: you can also make a playlist public which lets anyone add any track they want to it. I won’t go into detail here about that, but if you need it drop me a note and I can explain how.

The Inner Circle Playlist

As promised here is the current Inner Circle playlist! I will be adding tracks to it as I share them and I would love for you to get involved too, if you love a piece of music and want to share it, just drop me a comment below with the artist and track name I will try and add it to the playlist!

This is the playlist! You can scroll down and play tracks from it right here in the browser. Click the play button below! (Top left of the playlist box below) You will need Spotify installed to play the full track.

For those with Spotify who want to add the playlist you can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/user/itsbroken/playlist/0KE4T9j1qxOwZVUSTDehG4

Happy Listening
Mike πŸ™‚