Start hereGenres & moods4 min read
How Music Genres Get Assigned, and Why They Are Fuzzy
Where genre labels in streaming catalogues come from, why the same album gets tagged differently in different places, and how to use genre as a tool anyway.
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Guides for people who take listening seriously_
How music discovery actually works, how to keep a large library navigable, what your listening statistics are measuring, and how shared listening holds together. Plus straight comparisons with the services you might already be using.
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Start hereGetting started & switching5 min read
How to Import Your Spotify Playlists into Melodius
What the Spotify import reads, how tracks are matched against the Melodius catalogue, why some do not match, and what to do about the ones that fail.
Start hereListening together4 min read
How to Listen to Music With Friends at the Same Time
The options for shared listening — synced rooms, shared queues and collaborative playlists — and which one suits which situation.
Start hereListening stats6 min read
How to Read Your Listening Statistics
What each number on a listening stats page actually measures — plays, listening time, sessions, discovery rate — and which ones are worth your attention.
Start herePlaylists & organisation5 min read
How to Organise a Music Library That Has Got Out of Hand
A system for libraries with hundreds of playlists: what belongs where, how to name things, and how folders and pinning keep it navigable.
Start hereMusic discovery6 min read
How to Discover New Music When You Are Stuck in a Loop
A practical system for finding music you have not heard: widen the input, change the seed, and give new tracks enough room to actually land.
Start hereComparisons4 min read
How Free Music Streaming Works
Why free tiers restrict what they restrict, how ad-supported streaming pays for itself, and what to check before trusting a free music service.
// Comparing services
Side-by-side comparisons with services you might already use. Each one is checked against that service's own pages, lists its sources and says where the other service is the better choice.
- Melodius vs Amazon Music
- Melodius vs Deezer
- Melodius vs SoundCloud
- Melodius vs JioSaavn
- Melodius vs Spotify
- Melodius vs Apple Music
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Music discovery
How recommendations work, and how to keep finding music you have not heard.
4 articles
Playlists & organisation
Build playlists that flow, and keep a large library navigable.
4 articles
Listening stats
Read your own listening data — and understand what it is measuring.
5 articles
Listening together
Synchronised sessions, shared queues and playlists built from two tastes.
4 articles
Getting started & switching
Set up Melodius on Android and the web, and move a library across without losing what matters.
3 articles
Genres & moods
Sort music by what it is and by what it is for.
3 articles
Comparisons
How Melodius differs from the services you may already use.
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Getting started & switching4 min read
Melodius for Android: How to Get Started With the App
Install Melodius from Google Play, sign in with your existing account, and set up background playback, notifications, Jams and your Spotify playlists.
Listening together3 min read
Can You Use Spotify Jam Without Premium? What Works in 2026
Spotify Jam needs Premium to host and to join remotely. What free users can still do, what does not work, and free ways to listen together in sync.
Playlists & organisation3 min read
Collaborative Playlists: How to Build One With Friends
How collaborative playlists work, when to use one instead of a Blend or a Jam, and how to set roles so a shared playlist does not turn into a mess.
Music discovery4 min read
How to Find New Artists You'll Actually Like
Practical ways to find new artists who fit your taste: credits, labels, features, seeded listening, friends' ears, and giving an artist a fair hearing.
Genres & moods3 min read
How to Get Into a New Genre Without Getting Lost
A practical way into an unfamiliar genre: find a bridge from what you already like, start with landmarks and follow one scene at a time until it clicks.
Genres & moods4 min read
Building Mood Playlists That Do Not All Sound the Same
Energy, attention cost and familiarity make a mood playlist work. How to build for focus, movement and winding down without it all turning into one mix.
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View topic →- How Free Music Streaming WorksGuides
- Melodius vs Amazon Music: Prime, Unlimited or FreeComparisons
- Melodius vs Deezer: Flow, Shaker and How You Steer a MixComparisons
- Melodius vs SoundCloud: Two Different Kinds of CatalogueComparisons
- Melodius vs JioSaavn: Same Songs, Different Layer on TopComparisons
- Melodius vs Spotify: Free Jams, Stats and the Trade-offsComparisons
- Melodius vs Apple Music: What Each Does BetterComparisons