Not only is Spotify one of the musical streaming services, but it has become a reliable platform for audio books, and it has just launched a new immersive experience that aims to help fans connect more with the artists and albums they like the most.
This new immersive feature called “follow -up” is now available in the Spotify application and can be found in certain audio books in the 33 ⅓ series of Bloomsbury, a collection of short books on popular albums which was published for the first time in 2003, including books on oasis’ Certainly perhaps (1994), in Kate Bush Love dogs (1985).
So, how does Spotify merge popular music with audio books? Well, when you listen to one of the audio books in the 33 ⅓ series of Bloomsbury, you will see additional media such as photos, graphics and songs appear in the Now Playing section. Imagine that you listen to the audio book that discusses the national Boxer (2007), when the narrator in detail on a specific song, followed will show you the track for you to add it to your library.
In Spotify’s blog post, The Music Streamer said that monitoring the beginning of the interfunctional collaboration between Spotify music and audio books ” music, with the audio books licenses to Henné Silvennenen describing it as a “ dream project ” for the audio side.
Of the 192 books in the 33 ⅓ series, Spotify released 51 audio pounds on some of the most influential albums and the artists behind them. But only a selected number will be delivered with the new Spotify tracking function, including Kendrick Lamar’s to Pimp a Butterfly (2015) and Pink Floyd’s Piper at the gates of dawn (1967) – Although if it was me, it would be The wall (1979).
I see the vision, but it must involve more audio books
Music and books go hand in hand, and I always meet videos with book recommendations based on specific artists, as well as reading lists inspired by literature in the Spotify application. I tested the new follow -up feature, and although I see the vision, there is a setback that prevents it from unlocking its full potential.
One of my favorite things about popular music is to learn your contextual framework, and followed the point of the head with this, especially with the Bloomsbury books series. But wouldn’t it be great if follow-up was also applied to fictional audio books?
Think about it; You listen to the audio book of Daisy Jones and the Six By Taylor Jenkins Reid, a story that takes place for a great listening time for the evolution of music. Whenever the name of a group or an artist is abandoned, their Spotify profiles and albums appear, or better still, the follow -up gives you an overview of the inspiration behind the characters and the story, sending you to a deep dive of Fleetwood Mac or the doors.
