I’ve found myself less enthusiastic about music. Podcasts have consumed most of my free time, and when I do listen to music, it’s often as background noise for dinner or gatherings.
In this experiment, I wanted to find out if deleting Spotify would rekindle my love of music.
Why: When asked for music recommendation, I realised that I couldn’t recall any songs or artists and don’t enjoy music as before.
Summary: Keep Spotify for podcast, and Shazam for identifying songs.
Experiment log [Mar 25]
Mar 1 – I transferred old music from the computer to the phone, and swapped Spotify for Apple Music app location.
Mar 3 – Apple Music app navigation is a challenge when driving. But I started enjoying listening to my old music.
Mar 5 – I got used to the music app’s navigation, although the UI wasn’t as user-friendly as Spotify. I keep on enjoying my old music once again.
Mar 7 – I tried using Siri for music navigation, and it’s great.
Mar 8 – For new song, I saved screenshots of Shazam result and processed them later.
Mar 9 – I found the effort of discovering, selecting, and saving songs has a correlation to my music enjoyment. I decided to keep Spotify for podcasts. Apple Music for music playing.
Next experiment, I would try to replace Spotify podcast with Overcast.
