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Control music with your voice Use these commands when you listen to music. Alexa, what's playing? Alexa, turn it up. Alexa, softer. Alexa, volume 4. Alexa, mute. Alexa, stop the music. Alexa, pause. Alexa, resume. Alexa, next song. Alexa, loop. Alexa, set a sleep timer for 30 minutes. Alexa, stop playing music in 30 minutes. Alexa, cancel sleep timer. Alexa, buy this song / album (while music sample or music on radio station playing). Alexa, add this song (while Prime Music is playing). Alexa, I like this song (when / iHeartRadio / Prime Stations playing). Alexa, thumbs down (when from Pandora / iHeartRadio / Prime Stations playing). |
Listen to Prime Music Prime Music unlimited, ad-free access to Prime Playlists 100's - from Amazon’s Prime Music catalog Prime Stations, you can like and dislike songs, skip PRN Alexa, play some Prime Music. Alexa, play relaxing Prime Music. Alexa, play Prime Music for dancing. Alexa, play music by Icona Pop. Alexa, play the "Sunny Day Classical Alexa, shuffle my MY PLAYLISTS Alexa, shuffle my "BluesRock" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "BluzieGrass" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "Classcut" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "Classical" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "Dire" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "Funky" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "Intl" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "James Brown" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "LatiñaTango" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "PrimeBlues" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "PrimeGrass" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "PrimeSoul" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "Revolve.Evolve" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "Spa" playlist. Alexa, shuffle my "Stormfront" playlist. Alexa, play the "Top Pop" Prime Station. Alexa, play the Prime Station "Classical Focus." Alexa, play the "Bruno Mars" Prime Station. Alexa, play the station NPR. Alexa, add this song. Alexa, play Santana on Prime Music. Alexa, play "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz. Alexa, play some jazz from Prime Music. |
Listen to stations, shows & more Listen to podcasts, shows, live radio,TuneIn,iHeartRadio, ,genres,custom playlists from Spotify Premium. Create custom radio stations from iHeartRadio or Pandora. To do this, link your Spotify Premium, iHeartRadio, or Pandora account to Alexa first, and then ask Alexa to play some music based on the examples below. Alexa, play a Coldplay station from Pandora. Alexa, play the program Radiolab. Alexa, play 'jazz' from Spotify. Alexa, play WWL FM , on TuneIn. Alexa, play 89.3 HD2 WRKF-HD2 (Public Radio)BBC World Service , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play 90.3 WBRH (Smooth Jazz)The Diane Rehm Show , Baton Rouge, LA =Alexa, play KLSU 91.1 (College Radio)Stars Go Dim - Walking Like Giants , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play 96.1 The River (Adult Contemporary Music) , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play 96.9 WHYR-LP (Community News)Baton Rouge Community Radio , Baton Rouge, LA =Alexa, play Eagle 98.1 (Rock Music) , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play 100.7 The Tiger (Country Music) , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play 101.5 WYNK-FM (Country Music) , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play 101.5 HD2 | Downtown Radio 97.7 (Oldies Music)Baton Rouge’s 60’s & 70’s Station , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play 102.5 WFMF (Top 40 and Pop Music) Today's HIT Music: Baton Rouge , Baton Rouge, LA =Alexa, play Classic Hits 103.3 (Classic Hits) Hammond, LA Alexa, play 104.5 | ESPN Baton Rouge (Sports Talk & News) , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play Q 106.5 (Soul and R&B Music)Classic Soul, Smooth R&B , Baton Rouge, Alexa, play Kajun 107.1 (Country Music) , Baton Rouge, LA =Alexa, play Talk 107.3 (Talk)Overnight America with Jon Grayson - , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play Kouv Radio (Variety)US , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play WUBR 910 (Sports Talk & News)Your Baton Rouge Sports Radio Station , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play WJBO 1150 (Talk)Coast to Coast AM , Baton Rouge, LA Alexa, play 92.5 FM , The Beat,Biloxi, on TuneIn. Alexa, play Rock 92.5 FM ,Biloxi, on TuneIn. Alexa, play C.A.U.H.F. 443.200 , on TuneIn. Little Rock, AR | Central Arkansas UHF Club (CAUHF) Repeater 443.200 Mhz FM |
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Control music with your voice Use these commands when you listen to music. Alexa, what's playing? Alexa, turn it up. Alexa, softer. Alexa, volume 4. Alexa, mute. Alexa, stop the music. Alexa, pause. Alexa, resume. Alexa, next song. Alexa, loop. Alexa, set a sleep timer for 30 minutes. Alexa, stop playing music in 30 minutes. Alexa, cancel sleep timer. Alexa, buy this song / album (while a music sample or music on a radio station is playing). Alexa, add this song (while Prime Music is playing). Alexa, I like this song (When Pandora / iHeartRadio / Prime Stations is playing). Alexa, thumbs down (When Pandora / iHeartRadio / Prime Stations is playing). |
Request music When you buy music from the Digital Music Store, you can immediately play it from your music library. You can also import songs to your Amazon Music library and play it on your Alexa device. Eligible Prime members can also listen to Prime Music. Alexa, play music by Johnny Cash. Alexa, play "Sail" by AWOLNATION. Alexa, shuffle my lounge playlist. Alexa, play new music by Mariah Carey. Alexa, play Skrillex. Alexa, play the song "Thrift Shop." Alexa, play the album "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits." Alexa, play some blues. Alexa, shuffle my new music. Alexa, play the song I just bought. Alexa, play some music. |
To shop for music with Alexa: To do this... Say this... Shop for a song or album "Shop for the song [song name]" "Shop for the album [album name]" Shop for songs by an artist "Shop for songs by [artist name]" "Shop for new songs by [artist name]" Purchase or add the currently playing sample (or the currently playing song on a supported radio station) "Buy this [song / album]." "Add this [song / album] to my library." If the item is available for no additional cost with Prime Music, Alexa notifies you when confirming the purchase. |
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Music Commands If you want adjust the volume, say “Alexa, turn the volume up” or “Alexa, turn the volume down.” You can also say “Set the volume to level {number}.” Volume levels are between 1 and 10 (although there is a rumor that you can tell her to set it to 11, but your ears may regret it – apparently it is a nod to Spinal Tap). You can also adjust the volume by turning the light ring. Turning it clockwise will increase the volume, while counterclockwise will decrease the volume. As you make these adjustments, the volume level will be indicated in white on the light ring. You can stop a song by saying either “Alexa, stop” or “Alexa, pause.” To start it up again, say “Alexa, play” or “Alexa, resume.” If you want to play a specific song, say “Alexa, play the song {name of song}.” She will check you library for this song first, then Amazon Prime Music. If you want to play a specific album, say “Alexa, play the album {name of album}.” You can play music by a certain artist by saying “Alexa, play songs by {name of artist}.” You can do the same thing to hear a certain genre of music. If you want to hear it from your library, say “Alexa, play some {genre} music.” If you want to play a certain genre from the Amazon Prime library, say “Play some {genre} music from Prime.” |
Alexa will also play your custom playlists. If you want to hear one of your playlists in order, say “Alexa, listen to my {playlist name} playlist.” You can also listen to it in shuffled order by saying “Alexa, Shuffle my {playlist name} playlist.” If you have Amazon Prime, Pandora, or iHeartRadio you can play a custom artist station by saying “Alexa, play me {artist} station on {Prime Music/ Pandora/ iHeartRadio}.” You can do the same thing to play a genre station: “Alexa, play me {genre} station on {Prime Music/ Pandora/ iHeartRadio}.” If you have TuneIn or iHeartRadio, you can play a particular station by saying “Alexa, play {station frequency}” or “Alexa, play the station {call sign}” or even “Alexa, play the station {name}.” For podcasts or programs, say “Alexa, play the podcast {name}” or “Alexa, play the program {name}.” Of course, with this being an Amazon product, you have access to Prime Music and Prime Stations. You can play specific music form Amazon Prime: “Alexa, play {artist/ album/ song} from Prime Music” or “Alexa, play a Prime Playlist” or simply “Alexa, play some Prime Music.” Prime also has stations, so you can try “Play {name} station from Prime” or “Play {name} Prime Station.” With iHeartRadio, Prime, and Pandora stations, you can like or dislike a song by saying “Alexa, thumbs {up/ down}” or “Alexa, I {like/ dislike} this song.” You can also create a Pandora station for a certain band very easily: “Alexa, create a Pandora station for {band name}.” Note that she can also play live events via TuneIn: “Alexa, play {station name} on TuneIn.” |
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Chapter 4: Listening to Music (and Audiobooks) In this chapter, we are going to look at what Alexa can do with music (including streaming over Bluetooth), audiobooks from Audible, and Kindle books. Music Capabilities For starters, she can access your digital music library and play songs at your request. If she can’t find what you are looking for in your library, she will go to Amazon Prime Music next, followed by looking under the list of samples in the Amazon Digital Music Store. Alexa currently supports these services: Amazon Music, Prime Music, TuneIn, Pandora, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. Limited support has recently been added for iTunes. Adding Your Own Music Collection To play your own personal music collection using Alexa, you will need to upload music from your computer to your Amazon Music Amazon Music library. You can upload up to 250 songs for free. Here’s how: First, go to your Amazon Music Library at https:// www.amazon.com/ musiclibrary and sign in Go to the left menu and click Upload Your Music (it will probably located near the bottom). You may need to install Amazon Music for PC and Mac … if so, follow the instruction given. Once you have opened/ installed Amazon Music for PC and Mac, go to the Your Library tab of the application and select Upload. From there, you can drag and drop files into the app, or use Select Files or Select Folder Again,You can upload up to 250 songs for free |
Buy Music with Alexa
When you like a song and want to keep it, ask Alexa to buy the song or album. All purchases use your 1-Click payment method and come from Amazon's Digital Music Store. Prime members can also add Prime Music content from the Digital Music Store to their library at no additional cost. Digital Music Store purchases are stored in your music library for free, don't count against any storage limits, and are available for playback or download on any device that supports Amazon Music. To buy music with Alexa, you need: A U.S. billing address A payment method issued by a U.S. bank, or a U.S. Amazon.com Gift Card Tip: You can use the Alexa app to enable a confirmation code for every purchase or disable purchasing entirely. To change these options, open the left navigation panel and select Settings > Voice purchasing. |
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Control music with your voice Use these commands when you listen to music. Alexa, what's playing? Alexa, turn it up. Alexa, softer. Alexa, volume 4. Alexa, mute. Alexa, stop the music. Alexa, pause. Alexa, resume. Alexa, next song. Alexa, loop. Alexa, set a sleep timer for 30 minutes. Alexa, stop playing music in 30 minutes. Alexa, cancel sleep timer. Alexa, buy this song / album (while music sample or music on radio station playing). Alexa, add this song (while Prime Music is playing). Alexa, I like this song (when / iHeartRadio / Prime Stations playing). Alexa, thumbs down (when from Pandora / iHeartRadio / Prime Stations playing). Listen to Prime Music Prime Music unlimited, ad-free access to Prime Playlists 100's - from Amazon’s Prime Music catalog Prime Stations, you can like and dislike songs, skip PRN Alexa, play some Prime Music. Alexa, play relaxing Prime Music. Alexa, play Prime Music for dancing. Alexa, play music by Icona Pop. Alexa, play the "Sunny Day Classical" playlist. Alexa, add this song. Alexa, play Santana on Prime Music. Alexa, play "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz. Alexa, play some jazz from Prime Music. Alexa, play the "Top Pop" Prime Station. Alexa, play the Prime Station "Classical Focus." Alexa, play the "Bruno Mars" Prime Station. |