How to Play Music on Discord with Rythm Bot & Groovy Bot
Wouldn’t be fun to play your favorite music in Discord?
Even more, fun if you could listen to it together with other friends or create and share cool playlists with each other.
Maybe you have an anime Discord server and want to play your favorite J-pop songs in the background or you play video games and blast dubstep while building your dream house in Minecraft.
Thanks to third-party, dedicated music bots - Rythm and Groovy bot you can achieve just that.
Today you will learn how to play music on Discord, as well as:
- how to add and play music with bots - Rythm and Groovy,
- learn basic bot commands on Discord
- how to play music on Discord without a bot, with Spotify, or via a Mic
Ready to play music on your Discord account?
Prerequisites: Before you start playing music
In order to connect any of the bots mentioned below, you will need to be either the owner of the Discord server where you want to install it or have the Manage Server permissions.
If you are not the server owner or don’t have the necessary permissions, you can still play music and let other people hear it with other available options - see the steps below.
How to Play Music on Discord with Rythm Bot
What is Rythm?
Rythm is one of the most popular Discord music bots as of now.
The main features of this app are high sound quality, stability, and ease of use.
The bot plays music from these popular sites: YouTube, SoundCloud, Twitch, Vimeo, Bandcamp, and Spotify.
Additionally, Rythm offers a Premium service that allows you to get better audio quality, volume control option, additional audio effects, autoplay option, and my favorite - “Always playing” feature, where you can blast tunes all day long, 24/7.
Now, I will walk you through the steps to set up the bot first.
How to add Rythm Music Bot to the Discord Server
First, we need to invite our little music bot to our server.
For that, go to the official Rythm homepage and click the “Invite the bot” button.
If you weren’t logged into your Discord account, you will be asked to log in first.
If you are logged in, you will be welcomed with the invite screen.
In the “Add to server” section, select from the dropdown the server you want the bot to play music on.
In our case, that will be our official Discord server - growfollowing.com.
Then hit the “Continue” button.
On the next screen, review the permissions you are giving to the bot and confirm that you want to grant them by clicking “Authorize”.
Pass the captcha verification screen “I am human” if you see one.
You might be redirected to the official bot page - you can close it and head back to your Discord server.
If the bot was added successfully, you will see the welcome message similar to this:
Now, it’s time to get the party going and play something!
How to Play Music with Rythm Music Bot on Discord
Simply join a voice channel and type !play \[song title or author\], like !play justing bieber peaches in the text channel to start playing.
If you are not connected to an audio channel, then you will likely see the “You have to be in a voice channel to use this command.” error message.
To fix that, simply join a voice channel by clicking on the name of any audio channel in the left panel - if the Discord server is small, this usually will be the “General” channel.
Any text channel you type in the commands will play to the voice channels you are connected to.
So how do you know you are in the audio channel? Your avatar will appear inside of it, like this:
Finally, I can have some peaches from Justin!
!play again while the other songs are playing, creating some nice playlists.So what else can we do with this cool little app?
Full Rythm Commands list for Discord
!play \[song name\]- plays a tune of a specific name from wherever.!play \[artist\]- the bot will play the first found song by the particular artist,!search/!find \[song name\]- shows you 10 results best matching your query,!playtop/!pt- adds a song to the top of the queue,!skip- skips the currently played song and plays the next one, or stops playing if there’s nothing on the list,!playskip- a combination of!skipand!play,!stop- pauses the music. Use!playcommand to resume.!clear- clears the list.
How to Play Music on Discord with Groovy Bot
What is Groovy
The bot is a great alternative to Rythm or Mee6 and one of the most popular ones.
Some of the features include:
- Volume Control - we know volume can be an issue here,
- Audio Effects - more bass? You got it!
- 24/7 - After you join a voice channel, you can stay there forever,
- AutoPlay - no more queueing of songs,
- Saved Queues - and no more recreating queues!
- More Groovies - Up to three bots playing in three different voice channels.
How to Add Groovy Music Bot to the Discord server
Go to the official website and click “Add to Discord” button.
Choose the server and confirm. The music bot will hop onto your server and thank you for adding him.
How to Play Music on Discord Through a Mic?
- Go to “Control Panel” on your computer, to “Hardware and Sound”.
- Once there, select “Manage Audio Devices”.
- Click “Recording”.
- Stereo Mix needs to be enabled. Set it as Default Communication Device.
- You can head towards your voice chat and enjoy music.
So which one is the best music bot? I guess that really depends on your needs, experience and budget. Discord bots came a long way and there is an option for everyone.
How to play music on Discord Without a bot?
If you want to play songs without a Discord bot, you can do that with help of the Spotify app.
All you need to do is connect it with your Discord account and pick some songs from the list.
Follow our guide how to play Spotify on Discord for the details.
Final word
Discord servers evolved a lot in recent years and the ability to play music is yet another reason why we love the Discord app.
Hope this guide was helpful and you were able to turn your Discord into a music machine.
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Playing Music on Discord FAQ
How do I play songs on Discord?
The most simple way is to install a Discord music bot.
Popular music bots are Rythm, MEE6, Octave, Chip, Hydra, or FredBoat. You can play songs without a bot, with Spotify, or directly via your microphone.
How to play music on Discord in private?
There is no way to play music in private or in group calls as of now.
Where to type commands for the music bot in the voice channel?
You don’t type commands in the voice channels on Discord - instead, you type them in text channels.
Any text channel you type in the commands will play to the voice channel you are connected to.
Why did Groovy bot shut down?
Groovy bot shut down due to the fact it was playing music from YouTube which is against YouTube Terms of Service.
Karen is a senior technical writer and copywriter here at GrowFollowing. Her area of expertize are social media apps and new media.