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> it's sad it lost the streaming war pretty soon.

There is a place for both: Streaming services and DB/SN sites. they don't have to be the same.

I even hope for more segmentation (and interoperability) in the future: Companies that only provide the raw music. Others that build the UI/UX (players...) and still others that provides additional services (Social networking, Data related...)

Last.fm lost not because it is too genuine (CBS is one of the largest media conglomerates) but because it got lazy and failed to leverage its data to create more value. The truth is people are just as Lazy when it comes to music (organize, discover…), _so I wonder how much you can really grow in this space.

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I have some Spotify suggestions for you, if you don't know them already.

> all the album by this label

label:[label name] is helpful. There are better options. this one comes to mind https://www.lbl.fm/

> all the songs produced by X

If you open the credits of a track, you will find that some writers (no producers) are hyperlinked to a page where you can listen to all their songs as a playlist.

> all the songs where in Y plays drums. All the albums recorded at some studio in the year

A Hint: try you luck with a search for a known label, producer or even drummer, or studio, and you will be surprised by how people are creative/meticulous with their public playlist’s choices (the human pool is just getting way too large, 400 millions and counting)

Also, you can take a look at https://spicetify.app/. It is a marketplace for extending the desktop app (some data related add-ins in there). it is still very young and hacky but IMO it is the right direction.

These are great suggestions, thanks!