think you have to pay for it a lot at least
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 17 July 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
I know Rhapsody is $5 more, but are there any other differences? I've found about 98% of what I was searching for on Rhapsody, so having a bigger library's not that big a deal for me. I would be interested to listen to see if their droid app streams the songs better; Rhapsody's droid app, at least on my phone, sounds flat.
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 17 July 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
anyone who has used MOG able to make an apt comparison between the two?
I would also like to know this.I put my emusic account on hold a few months ago and signed up for the $10/month MOG plan with unlimited downloads to a mobile device. Every so often the MOG android app can be a little buggy, but the new desktop player has a really good interface. The library is large as well. Can anybody give me a reason to switch to Spotify? The plans seem pretty much the same on a cursory glance.
― Professor Respect, Sunday, 17 July 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
todd terje's "eurodans" and prince's "why you wanna treat me so bad" both don't work in case someone else in the US wants to check their spotify
― max, Sunday, July 17, 2011 10:21 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
both of these work for me
I figured out that the songs in dark gray are from your own library
― dayo, Sunday, 17 July 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
this is so much better than finding songs on youtube
― dayo, Sunday, 17 July 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
Friend has MOG and likes their radio station option based on artists you like. Selection is supposed to be similar though Spoitfy reportedly has the edge at the moment and will probably increase its dominance as there seems to be minimal buzz about MOG, which has already been out for awhile now.
― calstars, Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
I suppose you US users don't get to hear Universal tracks longer than 10 minutes either?
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Just noticed that. Do you know why that is?
― timellison, Monday, 18 July 2011 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
It's annoying when you're trying to listen to Jack Kerouac!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 18 July 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
Does that 10 minute limit go away if you pay for it? That might be a strike against coughing up the money if not.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 18 July 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
It doesn't, but I think Geir was suggesting it's only UMG stuff?
― timellison, Monday, 18 July 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
i just joined
― Hot Tub Timelord (Latham Green), Monday, 18 July 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
really enjoying spotify
― buzza, Monday, 18 July 2011 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
So does the offline mode let you download tracks off of spotify to your phone even if you don't own those tracks?
― Moodles, Monday, 18 July 2011 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, but only if you have a premium sub. If you stop the sub, you'll lose the ability to listen offline.
Apparently the 10 minute track thing is a licensing issue with Universal Music group, but has been ongoing for several months. Is it the same in the US. Not great if you want to listen to The Orb for example.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
UMG people claim it is a technical bug, but don't seem to hurry correcting it.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Monday, 18 July 2011 09:01 (twelve years ago) link
And, not it's not only UMG, but when Mike Oldfield only allows Spotify customers to listen to the short bonus tracks from his reissues 70s albums, that is more a matter of actually will from the artist side than a technical bug.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Monday, 18 July 2011 09:02 (twelve years ago) link
And, not it's not only UMG, but when Mike Oldfield only allows Spotify customers to listen to the short bonus tracks from his reissues 70s albums, that is more a matter of actually will from the artist side than a technical bug mercy.
― Hadrian VIII, Monday, 18 July 2011 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 18 July 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
I added a bunch of playlists from other people to Spotify on my laptop at home. I'm logged in on my work computer now and I don't see any of the playlists I subscribed to. Anybody know why or what I can do to get those playlists on this computer?
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 18 July 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
i can see on mine that youre subscribed to loads via your public profile
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 18 July 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
mr pitchfork 500 fan
For the people asking how this compares to Mog, Rdio, Rhapsody, etc. I'd say that if you are using one of those services and you like it, there aren't any massive reasons that I have found to switch to Spotify Paid.
I've used them all and have liked Rdio best due to the excellent web interface and related music discovery tools, but I've also been frequently annoyed by gaps in the library. From what I can remember the Mog, Rhapsody, and Spotify libraries are comparable, but I personally hated the UI on both Rhapsody and Mog (the Mog iPhone app is actually quite nice, and maybe they've improved the desktop). I'm sure that I'm a small minority, but the fact that Rhapsody doesn't scrobble natively (Rdio, Mog, and Spotify all do) was a major con.
For the immediate future I think I'll pay for Rdio and use Spotify Free to handle the library gaps, but Spotify improves more rapidly (and this seems likely to me) I'll eventually switch.
― fffv, Monday, 18 July 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
Facebook integration and library/playlist sync on Spotify are good ideas, but I'm not in love with them in terms of execution. Playlist sharing on Spotify is also awesome, but this is more due to the number of users than superior execution.
― fffv, Monday, 18 July 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
when I interviewed at MOG two years ago they said they had arranged some incredibly cheap deal with all the major labels. MOG is a really small company so I think their margin is very small which probably bodes well for their continued existence. It's kind of weird how much PR Spotify has gotten since MOG has been here doing essentially the same thing.
― akm, Monday, 18 July 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
almost the entire todd terje discography doesn't work for me, along with many other tracks. Hopefully this is a temporary glitch.
― skip, Monday, 18 July 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
can someone w/ spotify check & tell me if there's a lot of metallica on this? </in character> (really though)
― markers, Monday, 18 July 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
they have this: http://www.amazon.com/Blackest-Album-Industrial-Tribute-Metallica/dp/B000657L9C
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Monday, 18 July 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
all i need :)
― markers, Monday, 18 July 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
so why do some tracks on spotify not work at all? i double click and nothing plays!
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― skip, Monday, July 18, 2011 3:14 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark
Not sure what's going on there for you guys, seems to work fine for me. Just listened to Eurodans, Snooze 4 Love, and the Prince track ...
― dmr, Monday, 18 July 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
really hate with a 30 second clip of kelly rowlands comes in between songs on my queue
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 July 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
ok they just dropped "i'm on one" by dj kahlid into the middle of my listening to the blade runner soundtrack
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 July 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
They did that to me, but when I was listening to When Saints Go Machine.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 18 July 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
I restarted the program and it works. <3 ILM best of the 50s playlist.
― skip, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
dunno if all of these will still feature on the USA Spotify but this list of The Best 100 Comedy Albums on there is great
http://broken-tv.blogspot.com/2009/08/top-100-comedy-albums-on-spotify-part.html part 1 http://broken-tv.blogspot.com/2009/08/top-100-comedy-albums-on-spotify-part_09.html part 2 http://broken-tv.blogspot.com/2009/08/top-100-comedy-albums-on-spotify-part_14.html part 3
― piscesx, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
also a couple of good p!tchfork playlists, based on their recent 'tracks of the 90s/00s' lists on the site:
http://open.spotify.com/user/jrisgod/playlist/7K4gKC0gMk7ZsSYWERY96a Top 500 of the 2000shttp://open.spotify.com/user/aphone/playlist/3HG5Hc8SRHjiDVtzsTLyxp Top 200 of the 1990s
again that's presuming they work in American mode.
― piscesx, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
― skip, Monday, July 18, 2011 3:04 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
how do you find ilm playlists?
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 July 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
pretty pissed i haven't gotten my invite yet tbh
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
here's the 50s list: http://open.spotify.com/user/nstewart/playlist/4IKcWqGQQ5cN1QTT0ya7xo
― skip, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
I don't have an invite either but I am so enjoying the new MOG and hope the new beta stays permanent!
― Mount Cleaners, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
can i invite ppl? if someone tells me how i will invite u j0rdan
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
go to the website and log in; when you click on your username in the upper-right corner of the page you should see a "share Spotify" link that should lead you to a page where you can create and send invites
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
or from the spotify application, click once on your username, select 'account', click on 'share spotify' tab
― scraping wheatus off the wheel (NickB), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
hmmm it says i have no invitations to give, sorry s@rge
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
it's okay -- i "registered" for an invite, so just sitting on my hands here
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 July 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
i've got quite a few invitations if anyone wants to ilxmail me - assuming transatlantic invitations work.
― joe, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't even requested an invite yet -- might just give them five bucks a month
― markers, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
j0rd did u try through cocacola?https://www.spotify.com/us/coca-cola/
that worked for me
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
there are invitations via klout too
― max, Monday, 18 July 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
ah ok that 50 playlist kinda makes me understand why ppl are freaking out abt this
― max, Monday, July 18, 2011 4:38 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ha i whored myself to klout and disgraced my family then i didn't have enuff klout, serves me right
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 July 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link