https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Rock-Star-Program-Four-Month-Recap/ba-p/1121335 <P><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27782i84E0F7A1E27AE600/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="RockStars3.png" title="RockStars3.png" /></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Maybe&nbsp;you've seen the <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Announcements/Spotify-Community-Rock-Star-Program/m-p/580948#M3753" target="_self">Rock Star Program</A>&nbsp;mentioned throughout the Community. And maybe you've noticed that some Community members have special icons and privileges&nbsp;in the boards.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>But what have these Rock Stars been up to? And what does being in the Program mean?&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>While we have a <A href="https://community.spotify.com/spotify/attachments/spotify/spotifywelcome/3753/4/RSPJan2015.pdf" target="_self">Rock Star pdf here</A>&nbsp;that explains the program, we'd like to highlight what these guys have been up to in the past four months:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H1><STRONG>Invitations to calls with Spotify Staff</STRONG></H1> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Each month the Rock Stars (and sometimes the Rising Stars) are invited to a Q&amp;A session with a member of staff. The calls last for 30 minutes to an hour and are held in an&nbsp;"Ask Me Anything" format. Since January our Stars have had calls with:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Ronald Pompa, Product&nbsp;Manager</STRONG></P> <P>Ronald spoke to the Stars&nbsp;about&nbsp;<SPAN>Spotify rolling out to<SPAN>&nbsp;PS43</SPAN><SPAN>™</SPAN><SPAN> and PS43</SPAN><SPAN>™</SPAN><SPAN> systems consoles and Xperia</SPAN><SPAN>™</SPAN><SPAN>** smartphones and tablets--</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>and, of course, he shared his best music for video games.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27793iCE7917AE42685B62/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="sarah casper.jpg" title="sarah casper.jpg" align="right" />Sarah Casper, International Product Trainer &amp; Tristan Copley, Senior Service Adviser<BR /></STRONG></P> <P>Sarah and Tristan gave&nbsp;the Rock Stars tips and tricks for helping users in the forums.&nbsp;They both work in the Customer Support department of Spotify and gave the Rock Stars a joint presentation from New York and Cambridge, UK.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Dave Rodger, VP of Product - What to Play</STRONG></P> <P>Former VP of Product at The Echo Nest, Dave gave insight into how tracks and playlists are recommended to users throughout the Spotify client.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG><BR /><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27796iA0499FB075E046BD/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="alex norstrom.jpg" title="alex norstrom.jpg" width="140" height="134" align="left" />Alex Norstrom, VP of Growth &amp;&nbsp;<SPAN>Gustav Gyllenhammar, Senior Director of Growth</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P>Alex and Gustav&nbsp;answered questions about Student Discounts, 3-for-1 deals, and partnerships for customers.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Natasa Soltic,&nbsp;Product Owner, Keyboard &amp; Mouse Platforms at Spotify</STRONG></P> <P>Natasa answered questions about our latest Desktop update, the strategy behind it, and what her teams' goals are for the future.</P> <H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Blog author priviledges</H1> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>One of the roles Rock Stars can have is 'Blog Maverick'. This year we gave these Blog Mavericks authoring privileges&nbsp;on the official <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Community-Blog/bg-p/spotifyct" target="_self">Spotify Community Blog</A>. Here are a few of the articles they've published so far:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Community-Blog/Features-Why-I-like-the-latest-Spotify-Desktop-update-1-0-1/ba-p/1071018" target="_self"><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27799i401FE102D1CAF072/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2015-04-23 at 11.35.28 AM.png" title="Screen Shot 2015-04-23 at 11.35.28 AM.png" align="left" />Why I like the latest Spotify Desktop update (1.0.1)</A>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Community-Blog/Music-Ways-to-discover-new-music/ba-p/1038056" target="_self">Ways to discover new music</A></P> <P><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Community-Blog/Features-Spotify-life-hacks-with-Joe-Thomas/ba-p/1035558" target="_self">Spotify life hacks with Joe Thomas&nbsp;</A></P> <P><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Community-Blog/Features-10-Spotify-features-you-might-not-know-about/ba-p/1035143" target="_self">10 Spotify features you might not know about</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Official Spotify gear</H1> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The Top Contributors&nbsp;each month often get Spotify gear as a reward for being in the Top 20. This year the guys have received:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <CENTER> <P><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27788i1E628799B83768F2/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="ping pong balls.jpg" title="ping pong balls.jpg" /><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27789iADD4D9BA565DB03D/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="gray shirt.jpg" title="gray shirt.jpg" width="136" height="165" /><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27791i272196E7097589AB/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="beachball.jpg" title="beachball.jpg" width="165" height="152" /><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27792iE6302D5BC04F297D/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="Tee 2 square.jpg" title="Tee 2 square.jpg" width="134" height="161" /></P> </CENTER> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>They've helped us test new features&nbsp;</H1> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;We often give Rock Stars access to features first, both in Spotify and in the Community. This month they helped us test:&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <UL> <LI><A href="https://news.spotify.com/us/2015/02/26/desktop-with-lyrics-musixmatch/" target="_self">The new Friend Feed on the Desktop app</A>.&nbsp;</LI> <LI><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Announcements/Updated-Process-for-the-Ideas-Exchange/td-p/1041956" target="_self">Our Community's new Idea Exchange format</A>.&nbsp;</LI> <LI><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Music-Chat/Easy-way-to-add-Spotify-Play-Button/td-p/1115549" target="_self">And finally,&nbsp;A new way to post Spotify Play Buttons</A>.</LI> </UL> <H1>Rock Star Contest&nbsp;<IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27823i8B67C0F9DA1A7C8A/image-size/small?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="headphones.jpeg" title="headphones.jpeg" width="110" height="100" align="right" /></H1> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The Rock Stars could participate in a Rock Star only contest to win a pair of headphones. <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/886302">@OviiiOne</a>&nbsp;walked away with a pair of AIAIAI Spotify headphones.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H1>Want to get involved?</H1> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Great! Just take a look at our Rock Star Program pdf here. Then send Meredith&nbsp;a private message or just post in this thread.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <CENTER><A href="https://community.spotify.com/spotify/attachments/spotify/spotifywelcome/3753/4/RSPJan2015.pdf" target="_self"><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27801iA8048AAEAC4310D4/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="rock star pdf.png" title="rock star pdf.png" /></A></CENTER> Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:42:55 GMT meahtenoha 2015-04-24T07:42:55Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Rock-Star-Program-Four-Month-Recap/ba-p/1121335 <P><IMG src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27783iCDFFBF45960BC2D1/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="RSP.png" title="RSP.png" /></P> Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:42:55 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Rock-Star-Program-Four-Month-Recap/ba-p/1121335 meahtenoha 2015-04-24T07:42:55Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Rock-Star-Program-Four-Month-Recap/bc-p/1124210#M1842 <P>It is great to be a part of this awesome community <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:56:37 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Rock-Star-Program-Four-Month-Recap/bc-p/1124210#M1842 Amarro 2015-04-29T19:56:37Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Rock-Star-Program-Four-Month-Recap/bc-p/1145331#M1843 <P>I am so down to be a Rock Star. &nbsp;I spread the Spotify Gospel wherever I go. &nbsp;I've recently wondered why there isn't a Spotify aspect on the Apple Watch? Maybe I just can't find it. &nbsp;Also think that the viral playlists could be even more nuanced- by cities, by how underground you really want your music. &nbsp;</P> Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:35:19 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Rock-Star-Program-Four-Month-Recap/bc-p/1145331#M1843 Tal4prez 2015-06-02T17:35:19Z