Lack of Updates Here

[Stormlord]

It’s been a few months since I used the app, save for a few of my favorite songs that I’ve played sporadically.

Then I noticed one of my favs was gone. I came here looking to see what has been changed, but there is not list.

The following are the songs that have gone missing from just my favorites list, it would be nice to know if all regions are the same or if there’s differences in licensing. So please let me know if anyone still has any of these songs on their app. In total there were 89 all up that were removed. That said, I have also added 73 new songs to my favorites that have been added in that time, though I would say I liked many of the ones I lost more than the ones I gained. Hopefully I’ll see more 80s rock, grunge, and hard rock.

Artic Monkeys:
Do I Wanna Know?
R U Mine?
Why’d You Only Call Me When Your High

Ava Max:
Sweet but Psycho

Beyonce:
Halo
XO

Billie Eilish:
Ocean Eyes

Billy Idol:
Hot in the City

Birdy:
Skinny Love
Wings

Black Eyes Peas:
I Gotta Feeling

Blur:
Song 2
The Universal

Bob Dylan:
Blowin’ In the Wind

Bob Seger:
Turn the Page
We’ve Got Tonight

Brothers Osborne:
Stay a Little Longer

Bruce Springsteen:
Human Touch
I’m On Fire

Cat Stevens:
Wild World

Cyndi Lauper:
True Colors

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show:
Cover of the Rolling Stone

Eagles:
How Long

Ellie Goulding:
Burn
Power

George Michael:
Careless Whisper

Goitzsche Front:
Fahr zur Holle

Grace VanderWaal:
I Don’t Know My Name

Incubus:
Drive

Jackie Wilson:
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

Jessie J:
Domino

John Denver:
Rocky Mountain High

John Lennon:
Give Peace a Chance
Imagine
Working Class Hero

John Mayer:
Love on the Weekend
Your Body is a Wonderland

John Pardi:
Oughta Know That

Kacey Musgraves:
Butterflies

Kelsea Ballerini:
Get Over Yourself

Lenny Kravitz:
The Chamber

Lorde:
Buzzcut Season
Green Light
Royals
Solar Power
Team
Tennis Court

Melissa Etheridge:
Come to my Window
I’m the Only One

Niall Horan:
Black And White
Put a Little Love On Me

Nirvana:
Smells Like Teen Spirit

One Republic:
Counting Stars
Didn’t I
I Lived
Kids
Love Runs Out
Rescue Me
Run
Secrets
Something I Need
Wherever I Go

Panic at the Disco:
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
This is Gospel

Pete Townshend:
Let My Love Open the Door

Robin Thicke:
Blurred Lines

Shakira:
Chantaje

Sia:
Elastic Heart

Steve Miller Band:
The Joker

Stevie Nicks:
Rooms on Fire

Stone Temple Pilots:
Creep

The Beatles:
Can’t Buy Me Love
I Saw Her Standing There
Love Me Do

The Fray:
How to Save a Life
Over My Head (Cable Car)

The Rascals:
Good Lovin’

The Tragically Hip:
Blow At High Dough
Bobcaygeon
Little Bones

The Traveling Wilburys:
End of the Line

The Weeknd:
Can’t Feel My Face
I Feel It Coming
Take My Breath

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers:
American Girl

Train:
Marry Me
Meet Virgina
Play That Song

[franzek]

That’s very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
First, we have seen it before that songs needed to be removed from the app because of licensing changes initiated by the respective license holders. Also, Musopia often is not allowed to communicate a full list of songs that needed to be removed from the app, because of confidentiality clauses in the contracts.

On the app there isn’t an easy and straightforward way to double-check which songs have been removed. So I’m curious how you made it possible to figure out which songs have been removed from your favorites?

Let me tag the @MusopiaApps team.

[Stormlord]

@franzek

Musopia often is not allowed to communicate a full list of songs that needed to be removed from the app, because of confidentiality clauses in the contracts.

Hmm I hadn’t heard anything about that. Do you remember where you read that?

@franzek

On the app there isn’t an easy and straightforward way to double-check which songs have been removed. So I’m curious how you made it possible to figure out which songs have been removed from your favorites?

Ahh, I like to play with madness…

I made a spreadsheet that lists the following for all the songs in my favorites:

Artist
Song
BPM
Strum Pattern
Chords
Chord Density (Average number of chords per barre)
Quantity of Difficult Chords (1-6 scale; how often they are used in the song)
Missing Chords (Chord chart pic for unfamiliar chords missing from the app)
Chord Type (Open, Power, Barre (and shape), etc)
Song Difficulty (1-5 scale)
Personal Enjoyment (1-5 scale)

And Tick boxes for the following:
Vocals (If the song has them)
Learn (If I want to learn the song off the app)
Piano (If I want to learn the song on Piano)

With the spreadsheet I can easily filter all the songs that include any of the variables above. So, for practice sessions, if I want to be efficient, I can choose songs that contain multiple things I am working on, or if I just want to jam I can exclude those things.

I originally made the sheet out of frustration going through level 2, due to not being able to easily find songs with dominant 7th chords on the app. So initially I just had the artist, song, and which chords they included, but then it quickly expanded from there…

[franzek]

@Stormlord

Hmm I hadn’t heard anything about that. Do you remember where you read that?

Yes, I read it here:

@MusopiaApps

While we aim to be transparent about changes to our content library, we typically don’t distribute comprehensive takedown lists for several reasons:

First, licensing agreements often contain confidentiality clauses restricting our ability to share detailed information about content removals. Second, these lists can change frequently as negotiations continue and rights are renewed or expire.

@Stormlord

Ahh, I like to play with madness…

I made a spreadsheet that lists the following for all the songs in my favorites

Allright, I see, thanks! That’s quite a lot of manual effort. I was asking because I hoped to find a way to automate the task of storing information about my favorites. I guess I will then continue to make screenshots on my mobile

[Stormlord]

Yeah, that seems a lot quicker than my way LOL