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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions By Nathan May | 03.29.22 Remember those cherished cassette mixtapes you shared with your best friends at school? All those hours spent taping your favorite songs off the radio, trying in vain to stop recording just before the host chimed back in. Then came rewritable CDs, followed by the short-lived mini disc—a giant leap forward for the armchair DJ—with its ability to stop and switch tracks in the beat of a drum. Fast-forward to 2022 and my DJ career has stalled significantly. My playlists leave much to be desired, as I'm left toggling between "Earworms," "Earworms 2," "New Year 2018," and "Train up north." So many of my favorite tunes are now fading soundbites in my memory bank. It's time to banish that preloaded "Party bangers" playlist once and for all. A growing number of apps designed to give you more bang for your music subscription buck have launched to help you find those lost tracks, organize your collections, and discover new tunes. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. 7 Apps to Make the Most of Your Streaming Music Subscription Do more with your library—find lost tracks, organize your collections, discover new tunes. Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Spotify Experience Whether you're a new user of the music streaming service or a playlist pro, these tips will improve your next listening session. New to Vinyl Records? Here's What You Need to Know Before you go shopping for turntables, cartridges, and headphones, here are a few things to remember as you start your journey into records. How to Make Multiple Smart Speakers Work Together Have a bunch of Amazon Echo speakers (or Google or Apple devices) around your house? Here's how to organize and control them all easily. How to Solve Bluetooth's Most Annoying Headphone Problems Wireless headphones are convenient, but they come with a host of tricky troubleshooting problems. Here's how to fix them all. GET WIRED Flash Sale. Give yourself the gift of information. Get the print edition of WIRED and exclusive subscriber-only stories for just $29.99 $5. Subscribe now. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   When you buy something using the retail links in this email, we earn a small affiliate commission. Read more about how this works.   This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions