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A guide to Spotify

» Streaming songs wherever you go

| Cazzy Lewchuk Staff Writer

Grey isan app and music- streaming service finally available in Canada. It currently has 60-million users around the world, a quarter of whom opt for the paid subscription. I personally believe Spotify is the greatest and most effective way to access music today: it’s legal, convenient, and pays royalties for every stream to the artist. Personally, I have completely stopped downloading music for free since I got this app.

Upon getting Spotify, you will be asked to create an account. This is completely optional, but allows you to keep track of all your music. Spotify keeps a record of all your recent songs, as well as giving you the option to save artists, playlists, and albums to the account. It also allows you to keep track of your customized music when switching devices. Spotify can also be played on any computer,

: tablet, or smartphone.

One of the best ways to

: discover new music on Spotify is : through the playlists. The home : page features a wide selection

: of playlists based on moods,

: genres, charts, and decades. You : are given the option to “follow”

: the playlist which allows you to

: save it for later—generally the

: more followers the better the

: playlist is likely to be. You can

: also create your own playlist

: with any songs you want on it.

: Spotify also has multiple radio

: options for all genres and artists. : Effectively it is the same asa

: playlist, but more random.

A “queue” option also exists,

: in which you click ona track and : select “add to queue.” This plays

: the track after the next song, and : with a few minutes of effort, you : can set up all the songs you want : for hours.

Spotify’s selection is truly

: extensive. With the notable

: exceptions of Taylor Swift and : the Beatles, they have literally : almost everything.

One of the most useful

aspects of Spotify is its : incorporation of MP3 files when

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: played from a computer. It

: gives you the option to import

: your music already saved from : iTunes or any other MP3s, and

: then saves them to your own

: account to create a playlist for

: later use. Spotify also has many : collaborative options, meaning : two user accounts can share a

: playlist and add to it, which is

: a great way to make music with : friends fora party or road trip.

Although Spotify is free, I

: highly recommend paying the

: $10/month for the Premium

: option (the first month is free). : The biggest feature this gives

: you is the option to save all your : music offline to the device—a

: great way to save on data and

: have music stored whenever

: you want (and hey, it sure

: beats paying $0.99 a song). In

: addition, it removes all of the

: 30-second ads that annoyingly : play at random between songs.

It’s a legal source of all the

: music you could possibly want,

: and easily allows integration and : discovering of new artists. Give

: Spotify (and Spotify Premium)

: a try. It will change your music

: habits forever.

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Neclumi

» The hypnotic future of jewelry

Brittney MacDonald Life & Style Editor Mlifeandstyle @theotherpress.ca

Wee I hear people talk about the future of technology I am always fascinated by the various gadgets and doodads that may seem like science fiction, but are very real possibilities. Practical things like the ability to safely clone human tissue for organ transplants and skin grafts, as well as chemical additives that can render even the most stagnant and toxic water suddenly drinkable— all seem fascinating—but who’s to say that the future of technology has to be practical? What if it’s just pretty? Neclumi is an interactive, holographic projection you wear as a necklace. It is currently in development by the people

: over at panGenerator, a new

: media and art collective who : are responsible for the highly : regarded piece, Macrofilm— : currently on display in the

: Museum of the History of

: Polish Jews in Warsaw.

The necklace is controlled

: via an app on your smartphone, : and is made possible by a

: miniaturized projector (called

: a picoprojector) attached to the : wearer's chest.

The necklace has four

: separate modes that interact : with the wearer in different : ways.

The first is the airo, which

: basically acts like a pedometer.

: Visually it creates a centre

: seam down the throat that tiny

: comets float out of, moving in

: opposite directions. How many : comets there are as well as how

: fast they move is relative to how : quickly the wearer is walking.

: If the wearer is standing still,

: the projection manifests as tiny

: dots of light all over the wearer's : : neck, like stars. :

The second mode, called

: roto, is reactive to the rotation : of the body. The image

: projected is of a sphere with a : swirl that turns and rotates in : response to which direction the : : wearer is facing, as well as how : quickly they turn around. To

: add to the necklace aesthetic,

: bright dots flank each side of

: the projected sphere. They

: move and rotate as well. The : : entire visual is slightly dizzying : : and very hypnotic. :

The third mode is movi,

: which is an accelerometer,

: meaning it responds to body

: movement but in a different

: way than roto and airo do. The : movi looks like vertical lines

: projected to wrap around the

: wearer’s neck, but the force of : the wearer’s movement alters

: their waves. It is reminiscent

: of rippled water, as each

: Movement jars it, and then it

slowly fades back to being still.

The fourth mode, and my

: personal favourite, is sono.

: Sono measures ambient noise : produced either by or in the

: vicinity of the wearer. It projects : : acircle onto the clavicle that

: then has straight lines that

: reach out in varying levels all : around it. How far these lines : go is all dependent on how loud : : the sound is.

Image from Domusweb.it

All of the visuals offered

: by the Neclumi are stunning

: and enhanced through HDMI : technology. Though not

: available for retail purchase

quite yet, a working prototype

: has been constructed and an

: online video displaying the

: technology is available to view. : The project is currently open to

crowd funding via their website,

: Neclumi.com