With more than 82 million songs, you secretly expect that every song you wantto listen to is on the streaming service. Yet there are many people who likespecific versions of songs that are not (yet) on Spotify. Think of music froma concert that you can listen to again on a special CD.
The CDs are probably gathering dust in the bookcase at home. A secret functionof Spotify still gives you the option to put these songs on the streamingservice.
Fish local files from the PC
Spotify has a special button called “Local Files” in its settings. When youturn this button on, depending on the device you’re using, you’ll be given theoption to make files from your phone or PC available in Spotify.
On PC, for example, you get an overview of the folders in which Spotify hasfound music. Via the program on the computer you can then choose which folderswith music you want to add to Spotify or not. Now you can easily access yourfavorite songs left in the previous decade through Spotify app on PC.
If the folder with your music does not immediately appear in the Spotifysettings, there is an extra button. You can click on ‘Add a source’. Then youget the option to search for the folder with the music you want to add toSpotify’s ‘Local files’.
Taking your old music on a trip
That does not mean that the music is also immediately available via the app onyour phone. For that you have to take some extra actions. After all, the localfiles that you have added via the PC are not yet on your phone. Fortunately,there is also a solution for this.
If you add all songs from the imported album to a new playlist, you’ve alreadytaken the first step. The second step is to grab your phone and open theSpotify app. Then look for the new playlist containing the songs from theimported album and click on the download icon (a circle with a down arrow).
Then Spotify will make all music from the imported album available on yoursmartphone. The individual songs can therefore also be immediately added toother playlists or your ‘Like’ list. This way you have the numbers with youeverywhere and always when you are traveling.
Transfer music from your phone to Spotify
If you want to add the music that is not on Spotify from your phone, that isalso an option. At the heading ‘Home’ you simply press the gear icon to go tothe settings of the app. Scroll all the way down to the “Local Files” tab.
Again you see a slider to show the audio files from the device. Your phonethen asks if you want to give Spotify permission to, among other things, yourmusic. If you allow it, Spotify can show all audio files from your phone.Under the tab ‘Library’ you will see a folder called ‘Local files’.
You can then easily find all the music that is locally on your phone inSpotify. If you then want to make these songs available on your PC or laptop,you can use the aforementioned method to listen to the local music from yourPC on your phone. The same trick also works the other way around, so youalways have all your favorite songs in Spotify.