Spotify - anyone heard of it?

This bullshit popping ads up in the scroll bar as you're clicking it to make you click them by accident is both disgusting and savage.

so far, my impression of mflow is that its not as good as spotify.... here's an articles explaining what it is:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/100004722/twitter-meets-itunes-at-mflow/

As a user you can only preview 30 sec of tracks or buy to hear the whole track. You can recommend/flow tracks to others and they will be able to hear the whole song in order to make a buy decision.

I created two user profiles and mflowed about 10 entire albums from one to the other. Under the receipient profile, I only got given a selection of tracks from the albums I had flowed, rather than the whole album.

So, whilst mflow is not ad-supported like the free version of Spotify, its way more restrictive and doesn't let you dive into an album.

I got spare invites if anyone wants one, 'cos I;m not recruiting anyone in the near future.

Can't wait to try Spotify - if and when it comes to the US. Lala.com is lame with it's one-time stream per album deal.

want to get an invite for my ex - anybody got one?

want to get an invite for my ex - anybody got one?

Got one if you pm me.

pm'd - thanks!!

Friend of mine looking for an invite - anybody got one?

yah i do

altho can't do it now. unless you can invite from iphone app.

oh wait i can do it from the website

Dunno how it works tbh. Do I need to give you his email or something?

yup

Email sent :)

pal invited

Cheers

http://www.spotify.com/int/blog/archives/2010/04/27/the-next-generation/

April 27, 2010, 05:06

This morning we’re really excited to announce a major evolution of Spotify. Today we begin rolling out Spotify version 0.4.3 which includes the largest feature upgrade since our launch in late 2008.

To kick it off we’ve added a number of social features, centered on a fully editable Spotify music profile, with the ability to publish playlists, top artists and top tracks for public view. Discovering these profiles is simple as we’ve connected with Facebook so that you can instantly add your friends’ profiles.

As well as introducing a variety of new social features, Spotify is evolving into a total music management platform. We’ve added a ‘Library’ folder in the left side bar, enabling you to combine your own music library with ours.

stoked

canx i haz cheeze invite lemme know

And if yours isn't updating to the latest version, download it from

http://download.cnet.com/Spotify/3000-2141_4-10912348.html

does anyone pay for premium via paypal? They cant do re-ocurring charges via that can they? I might try it for a month but I dont wanna do it via CC incase i forget to cancel it.

ok i signed up, looks like it does charge you each month, didn't think they could do that with paypal, so im not too happy with that but I'm gonna give it a go, esp useful with all these listening clubs. Maybe I'll use Spotify more now I'm paying for it but i cant see me subscribing every month unless i do use it a lot.

New version is killer

Didn't realise they update the player, I'm still on 0.3.23 by the looks of it.

We’ve added a ‘Library’ folder in the left side bar, enabling you to combine your own music library with ours.

Lord, my prayers have been answered. <3333

This new version layout somehow reminds me of Napster. If only there was a way to chat to people on your friends list...

I wonder if the labels who own a huge chunk of spotify are enjoying scanning my library for leaked mp3s...

Doesnt work in the Yewessay.

if anyone has an invite messagemail me....ill buy u a toffee

"Doesnt work in the Yewessay."

it does if u use proxy switchy in chrome

tried to send you an ilx-mail just now does that ever work?

got it..........thnkkkkkkkkkkkkksss its awesome

Are the proxy settings as easy to tweak for us North Americans as they are on the older version?

i used proxy switchy in google chrome and used proxy-list.or g and copied th ip and port number into prxyswitchy

Getting this for iPhone has been the best thing I ever did...

Me too...How much do you use it during the day on 3g? It hoovers up data - and I wonder in the long-term if the phone companies will act to limit it.

Xpost: on iPhone it let's you download and store music on your phone! So you can play offline

Anyone know when the new version will be available for mac?

I downloaded it from spotify's site yesterday evening. It looks good - though I haven't tried the link to facebook yet.

I was quite impressed with how quickly it built the new 'library' - and it found more tracks than I have in iTunes.

Most of my Spotify iPhone plays are in offline mode - I set the playlists up to download overnight, while I'm plugged into the mains on my home wi-fi. That said, the 3G signal in the office is super-strong, so it rarely pauses while streaming online.

The new Windows version hasn't rolled out to me yet - the site says they're phasing it in - and I am getting VERY IMPATIENT.

mike, you can download the new version; the update doesn't mess with any existing playlists or settings

And if yours isn't updating to the latest version, download it from

http://download.cnet.com/Spotify/3000-2141_4-10912348.html

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 15:48 (2 days ago) Bookmark

Ah thanks, will do so this evening...

It tried to roll out the new version to me after I already downloaded it myself, resulting in something fucking up and me having to do it all again. Really happy with it but I'm still a bit wary about it mining my libraries - I'm not a serial advance copy downlooter but I imagine if I was I'd be concerned about installing a product that allows major record labels to browse my computer for albums they haven't released yet.

Don't make those playlists public, then! Pretty sure it doesn't let them see details of your library otherwise.

How much information does Spotify store about my local files and what do you do with them?
We collect data on the files you import and play for top list purposes, statistics and to link tracks to our database for better sharing. As we state in our privacy policy, we won’t share an individuals information regarding imported files to 3rd parties.

From the blog, although obviously it depends how far you believe that's likely, and what exactly it means.

How did it fuck up onimo? I did the same, and it's crashed a couple of times, but nothing serious.

Other than that, it's great - always slightly wary of the social aspect of these (misanthropy/integration of everything fear) but the assimilation of itunes stuff is great, as the fact you can sync both local and spotify files to iphone playlists. Once the new iphone gets third party apps running the background - KABOOOM, I have leveled up.

Ooh, so does this mean I'll be able to use Spotify as my MP3 player, without having to open bloaty old iTunes?

How did it fuck up onimo?

As we state in our privacy policy, we won’t share an individuals information regarding imported files to 3rd parties.

Don't make those playlists public, then!

Ooh, so does this mean I'll be able to use Spotify as my MP3 player, without having to open bloaty old iTunes?

Yep, on computer it's great, because the whole search/linking thing is so much better than itunes, tho not sure about relative amount of space taken up per song on iPhone, and obviously that whole not being able to run spotify in the background is a drag, until the iPhone 4.

Point taken about third parties onimo.

The labels only have a 17% stake; they definitely count as third parties. Spotify giving them data on who has prereleases would just be suicide, too. I'd be relaxed about it.

I thought you were generally more twitchy than most about data mining, particularly when Facebook gets involved.

Sony, Universal and Warner have 8% each, according to

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080700891.html