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Spotify - good or bad?

icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
edited May 2009 in The Porch
I don't know if someone has started this before but I downloaded Spotify the other day to see what it was like and sort of forgot about it. I started to look for bands who I have been reccommended and when they are on the system, it's a great chance to hear the album in full (with a few ads thrown in ever half hour or so which isn't that much of a problem) before deciding to buy a ticket to see them live or buy/download the album. I think it's a pretty good thing, although I wouldn't be surprised if the record industry isn't that keen!
:D Rock on!!!! :D
Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
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  • asher7asher7 Posts: 85
    Spotify is excellent! - Really amazing and useful, almost all my friends use it! - and actually the record industry is taking to it well, its not illegal and almost all bands/record labels have agreed to it as they get paid per play of a song. There are a few (the usual) exceptions e.g. the beatles and pink floyd, but its ever expanding its database. :D

    I actually don't know how I did without it...just now hoping for a good mobile version. ;)

    p.s. it also has the entire PJ (official record releases) catalogue, and had the remixed Ten right at the release.
  • SoonForgotten2SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    I've been loving Spotify. It saves space on my latop too.
    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmgphotos/sets/72157600802942672/">My Pearl Jam Photos</a>

    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmgphotos/4731512142/&quot; title="PJ Banner2 by Mister J Photography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1135/4731512142_258f2d6ab4_b.jpg&quot; width="630" height="112" alt="PJ Banner2" /></a>
  • FahkaFahka Posts: 3,187
    never saw this, seems cool.. can anyone hook me up with an invite ? :)
  • Satans Red MosquitoSatans Red Mosquito Posts: 801
    Somebody send me an invite too please? :D
    Shows Attended
    2008 - Bonnaroo
    2009 - Chicago 1
    2010 - St Louis, Columbus, Indianapolis, Washington D.C
    2011 - Pearl Jam Twenty Festival
    2012 - Music Midtown Festival
    2013 - Wrigley, Dallas, Oklahoma City
    2014 - St. Louis, Memphis
    2016- Greenville, Lexington, Bonnaroo, Wrigley 1
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    I like Spotify.

    I view it as a positive industry standard for dealing with piracy.

    However, I don't think that people should be charged for it... if people are charged for streaming music they are going to go back to pirating.

    I download albums all the time but more than half of them I either don't end up listening to or just flat out don't like... this would normally be considered an impulse buy, which has saved me a lot of money in the long run... however, if I have a way (like Spotify) to listen to the music before I buy it, then I will most likely be more apt to going out and buying a hard copy of the album... that's just how I operate, but I'm certain many others feel the same way.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    I dont get the technology, how can you stream a song instantly, even with my dire download connectino, like 0.3mb i can stream anything. Guess its good you can listen to whatever.

    Bad points..
    The adverts suck, i have problems with my soundcard, so it says and when i double click the song it restarts and plays normal. Not every album and band i listen to is up there. Also i dont know what KBs the music files are in, they are pretty high but meh, more compressed music to my hears.
  • asher7asher7 Posts: 85
    LeatherMandi wrote:
    never saw this, seems cool.. can anyone hook me up with an invite ? :)

    not sure where ur based, but I thought that most places don't require an invite any more - at least in the UK u dont need one.
  • greenmannygreenmanny Posts: 766
    edited May 2009
    It seems that, in the US, you still need an invitation to subscribe to spotify. Will someone shoot me an invite, please?
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  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    Rather unsurprinsingly Metallica hasn't agreed to their music on their...and I think Led Zeppelin have restricted it aswell. But if you want a Kareoke version or orchestral version :)

    Actually, there is a piano version of Ten on there...I put it on shuffle to see if I could guess the track..Jeremy was obvious, quite tricky on the whole :lol:

    And you don't need invites...just register.

    EDIT::: It's not Piano version of Ten, it's a Piano Tribute to Pearl Jam, tracklisting:

    Black
    Jeremy
    Nothingman
    Corduroy
    Betterman
    Daughter
    Small Town
    Immortality
    Alive
    NAIS
    2006 ░▒▓ Astoria, Dublin, Leeds, Reading, Lisbon, Paris, Verona, Athens
    2007 ░▒▓ London, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009 ░▒▓ Manchester, London
    2010 ░▒▓ Hyde Park

    *§* Music is all the juice i'll need *§*
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    greenmanny wrote:
    It seems that, in the US, you still need an invitation to subscribe to spotify. Will someone shoot me an invite, please?
    Yeah, give me your email and i'll invite
    2006 ░▒▓ Astoria, Dublin, Leeds, Reading, Lisbon, Paris, Verona, Athens
    2007 ░▒▓ London, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009 ░▒▓ Manchester, London
    2010 ░▒▓ Hyde Park

    *§* Music is all the juice i'll need *§*
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    Do you get this page? https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/
    2006 ░▒▓ Astoria, Dublin, Leeds, Reading, Lisbon, Paris, Verona, Athens
    2007 ░▒▓ London, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009 ░▒▓ Manchester, London
    2010 ░▒▓ Hyde Park

    *§* Music is all the juice i'll need *§*
  • greenmannygreenmanny Posts: 766
    Thanks. It put me on some waiting list.
  • pjalive21pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    Not available in the US due to laws and all that...that sucks
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    that's what despotify is for. ;)
  • asher7asher7 Posts: 85
    pjalive21 wrote:
    Not available in the US due to laws and all that...that sucks

    they probably just haven't worked out the exact fees yet, I'm sure it'll be up and running soon, based on its success in other countries
  • bobhopebobhope Posts: 67
    can someone send me an invite as well? thanks
  • icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
    In the UK you just go to spotify.com and download the software which is very simple to use. Apparently is it going to be used on phones too which is quite handy if that floats your boat.

    http://strangeglue.com/news/spotify-demo-mobile-version-service/10004773
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
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