LiveXLive as an Alexa skill

Listen to LiveXlive on my Amazon Alexa-enabled device

Now that LiveXLive (formerly Slacker) and Alexa are BFF's, you can "Tell Live By Live" to play your favorite stations, music to fit your mood or vibe, or practically any artist or genre you can think of.  To get started, link your LiveXLive or Slacker account.  If Live by Live is not giving you the results you want we have also allowed you to continue to say Slacker which may work better for Alexa.

From within the Amazon Alexa App, select “Skills” from the menu. From the “Music & Audio” category, search for and enable the LiveXLive Skill. Select “Link Account” and enter your LiveXLive account information. Once your account is linked, say, “Alexa, open Live By Live.”

How do I play a LiveXLive station?

Say “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker” followed by the name of the station you want to hear.

• “Alexa, tell Live By Live to play ‘80s Alternative”
• “Alexa, tell Live By Live to play Today’s Hits”

NOTE: If you are experiencing issues where Alexa is mistakenly playing music with the word ‘Live’ in it, try this alternative two step approach.

1. “Alexa, open Live By Live/Slacker”
2. “Play ‘80s Alternative”.  

Play music based on a vibe, mood, or genre

Say “Alexa, tell Live By Live” followed by the kind of music you’re interested in hearing.

• “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker to play some workout music”
• “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker to play some music for sleeping”
• “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker to play country music”

NOTE: If you are experiencing issues where Alexa is mistakenly playing music with the word ‘Live’ in it, try this alternative two step approach.

1. “Alexa, open Live By Live/Slacker”
2. “Play some workout music”.  

Hear my favorite songs

Say, “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker to play my favorites” OR “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker to play my favorite music”

NOTE: If you are experiencing issues where Alexa is mistakenly playing music with the word ‘Live’ in it, try this alternative two step approach.

1. “Alexa, open Live By Live/Slacker”
2. “Play my favorites”.  

Play from where I left off

Just say, “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker to play something” or “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker to play some music”

NOTE: If you are experiencing issues where Alexa is mistakenly playing music with the word ‘Live’ in it, try this alternative two step approach.

1. “Alexa, open Live By Live/Slacker”
2. “Play something”.  

Find out what’s currently playing

Say, “Alexa, ask Live By Live/Slacker, what is this?” or “Alexa, ask Live By Live/Slacker, what song is this?”

Tell Alexa that I like or don’t like an artist, song, or station

Just say, “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker I don’t like this” OR “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker I like this”

Create a ‘Mix’ of artists to listen to

Say, “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker, create a new mix”

Alexa will ask you for a first artist to seed your mix and then suggest other artists you might like in your mix.

When Alexa asks if you’d like an artist in your mix, you can say “Yes”, “No”, “Cancel”, “Done”, or similar.  If you’d like to add some artist not suggested, just say “Add <artist> to my mix”. For example, “Add The Beatles to my mix”.

Play a Custom Station or Playlist

If you have custom stations (‘mixes’) or playlists that you have previously created, you can ask Alexa to play them.  For best results, tell Alexa to look in your playlists or mixes.

Say, “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker, play my playlist named ‘Songs I Listened to in College’”

Say, “Alexa, tell Live By Live/Slacker, play my mix named ‘Best Indie Artists’

NOTE: If Alexa doesn’t recognize your mix or playlist, try the two step process:

1. Say, “Alexa, open Live By Live/Slacker”
2. Say, “Play my mix, ‘Best Indie Artists’

Other basic commands I can use while listening

• “Alexa, pause”
• “Alexa, resume”
• “Alexa, skip”
• “Alexa, next”
• “Alexa, stop”
• “Alexa, volume up”
• “Alexa, volume down”

Change Playback Settings

You can change whether or not explicit content plays, or whether news/sports etc. interrupts the music.  

Say, “Alexa, ask Live By Live/Slacker, ‘what are my settings’”

Alexa will tell you each setting and ask if you’d like to change it.

Question not answered here?

Please contact LiveXLive Support by going to LiveChat on the Support page https://support.livexlive.com or by sending an email to support@livexlive.com.