Spotify - anyone heard of it?

strong rumors that beatles are coming to streaming on xmas

chrismas eve, yes

Nice

damn, new version loads fast as hell! right on

i mean, launches fast as hell

Just verified this. Indeed.

are you talkin about desktop or mobile

desktop

any ideas abt what's the best free distributor for uploading your own music to Spotify etc.? there's loads to choose from, looking for something pretty... minimal, open-sourcy...

examples:
http://www.tunecore.com/
https://www.recordunion.com/
http://members.cdbaby.com/

My main criterion for a distributor was that it be free to me, since I don't expect my music to make money. So I've been using OneRPM, and it's been fine.

If you don't mind spending a little bit, I know other people who like distrokid.

Sounds good, thanks! (I dont expect to profit either so free is nice)

(My cumulative total royalties are steadily approaching $1.00. Just give another few months.)

Hehe...

Beatles thing true btw http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/23/beatles-back-catalogue-music-streaming-spotify-apple-music

HEYYY I was just having an intense listen to Chris Bell's "I Am The Cosmos (Deluxe)" album and after the fifth track it stopped playing and Spotify says the album does not exist. Did it get unlicensed in mid-listen? I hate the cloud.

So now that the Beatles are streaming, who's left?

Drag City
Neil Young
Prince

If DC signed an exclusive deal with a service I would probably switch. They seem pretty stubborn and undifferentiated in their anti-streaming stance tho.

anyone happen to know the legalities of uploadeing a parody track to Spotify?

Peter Gabriel solo stuff isn't on there

I respect Drag City's position honestly

As little as I care about listening to the Beatles myself, I'm sort of happy that I can now play them for my kids without some sort of oldfangled musical disc aparatus.

Um, I think Neil Young and Prince are on Spotify in the US btw -- are you in the UK?

anyone happen to know the legalities of uploadeing a parody track to Spotify?

― niels, Wednesday, December 23, 2015 3:11 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There are loads of "cover" versions, i.e. with band names that are sooooo similar to the real name, I believe actual Parody tracks are covered by the Free Speech regulations.

xp they are not on Spotify in the US (well, there are a few terrible Geffen-era NY records)

Unless it changed recently, I am sure that I have listened to a bunch of classic Neil Young and Prince records on Spotify.

prince used to be on there but not for like a year now iirc

yea it changed they are no longer there

looks like Beatles 1, red album, blue album, past masters and the core original albums. no BBC or Anthologys yet. also no Mono? weird.

xp mark g thanks!

spotify mysteriously uninstalled itself from my mac

No Domino Records either, I think.

I think I would jump ship for whatever service got the full Tzadik catalog.

Streaming has ended for me. I hope this is ok for my fans. It's not because of the money, although my share (like all the other artists) was dramatically reduced by bad deals made without my consent. It's about sound quality. I don't need my music to be devalued by the worst quality in the history of broadcasting or any other form of distribution. I don't feel right allowing this to be sold to my fans. It's bad for my music. For me, It's about making and distributing music people can really hear and feel. I stand for that. When the quality is back, I'll give it another look. Never say never.

Streaming is the worst audio in history. If you want it, you got it. It's here to stay. Your choice. Copy my songs if you want to. That's free. Your choice. All my music, my life's work, is what I am preserving the way I want it to be. It's already started. My music is being removed from all streaming services. It's not good enough to sell or rent. Make streaming sound good and I will be back.

- Bernard Shakey

i thought spotify was playing music on Ogg Vorbis format at 320Kbps? or at least for premium? personally speaking i can't hear the difference between a FLAC and 320.

in another quote neil said that it was worse sound quality than AM radio so i mean...also neil is an insane person fwiw

neil you can hook nicer speakers up to your laptop man

once you go PONO you can't go back

I think Spotify on its higher quality settings sounds pretty good, no idea what he's talking about tbh.

And I'm one of those people that complains about the shitty cymbal sound in mp3's.

yeah like i said 1) he's still trying to sell a competing device & service and 2) dude's blasted his ears w/crazy horse for decades

Laptops are the worst computing in history.

domino was there as recently as this week in the us, as my billion ffs listens can testify

Whoops, must have been thinking of some other label. My bad.

solo john, paul, george, ringo all there too (last time i checked, paul was and george wasn't)

the worst quality in the history of broadcasting or any other form of distribution.

Has he just heard kids playing music through their phones on the bus and thinks that's what streaming is?

He's like the coffee shop that won't make my latte with skim milk because they think it is the worst quality in the history of milk or any other form of dairy.

Except they also won't believe you that not all milk is skim milk.

solo john, paul, george, ringo all there too (last time i checked, paul was and george wasn't)

xp or that they are the only one with the whole milk toblerone

I don't need my music to be devalued by the worst quality in the history of broadcasting or any other form of distribution.

This is how I feel about Beatles remasters too.

I had a bunch of Prince albums saved back when his catalog was online, now they are still on my list but when I click to open them they're empty :(

I wonder if there's a plan to add the Beatles anthologies to Spotify?

Look, the Beatles stuff is showing plays of <1000 right now. So stop reading this thread, go to Spotify, and let's get You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) to #1 asap.