Of all the aggregators for new releases, this is the best one I've found http://spotimy.co.uk/
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
i use this to listen to new albums that i don't necessarily want to download -- pretty convenient imo
otm. also great for an artist who has like 5 records out and I own and really like two of em, to backtrack and hear the others ...
― dmr, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
xpost Yes, individual songs and albums as well.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
what bothers me the most is that they added all these label and year and genre search functions, but there's still no way to properly browse one label's output or a certain year for that matter
yeah and then if you do the label search, there doesn't seem to be a way to view all of the artists. You just get a limited number of artists listed up top with an ellipse and then a huge list of all of the songs below.
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
this five-times rule kind of makes you confront mortality, like, i will only hear frank black's 'abstract plain' four more times in my life, if that
― sarahel hath no fury (history mayne), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
OK, I'm still not seeing how you share individual songs or albums to facebook...
― timellison, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
if yr on a mac it looks like u can control click a song and select "share to..." (n.b. i haven't tried to actually share anything)
― markers, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
Aha, yes, that works.
― timellison, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
also while a track is playing it's in the lower left below the artwork. little arrow coming out of a box is their Share logo.
― dmr, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
it's probably been said here but the Stones section is worth it alone. soooo much.
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Thursday, 4 August 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
Why does it keep crashing? I have to keep dragging it to my applications folder. Not sure if it's me o que.
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
uh i'm an idiot and just now turned on the facebook/social connection stuff. so much fun!
― future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
also, the point has been made a million times now, but it is mindboggling to me to think about how i listened to music 15 years ago compared to now. even 10 years ago, i was heavily into the mp3 stuff via audiogalaxy, but this is just...*pukes* holy shit. 2011 has a lot of problems but spotify ain't one
― future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
by the way, has anyone heard of Spotify?
― future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
i just figured out the social thing too, if that makes you feel better. i also puked with mirth.
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
i immediately switched my playlists off of public because because i don't have anything in shareable shape yet.
i'm trying to find it on the spotify website, but i can't - is there any limit on the number of playlists/subscriptions you can have with a free account? feel like i saw a limit somewhere but spotify isn't making it very clear.
― future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
does this have collaborative playlists yn
― markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks to Spotify, I just learned there is a DFA remix of "Cupid Shuffle". OMGOMGOMG.
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, apparently this is some deep house guy named Darryl James who uses the name DFA and has nothing to do with the label? This is still dope tho.
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:29 (twelve years ago) link
Lol spotify
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 5 August 2011 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
does this have collaborative playlists yn― markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 04:17 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 04:17 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
y - right-click on a playlist and select "collaborative playlist" then share/send the playlist link to anyone who wants to contribute.
― a million anons (onimo), Friday, 5 August 2011 10:32 (twelve years ago) link
The mobile version + unlimited data package has genuinely changed my life all over again. I tend to listen to much more music on the move and I'm discovering so much already. Killing my phone battery though.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 August 2011 11:06 (twelve years ago) link
Is a Spotify membership a set length contract or can you cancel at any time?
― Jeff, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
You can cancel at any time.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Well that didn't take long.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 5 August 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
ty onimo
― markers, Friday, 5 August 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
This. Selection is crap and interface/search is either broken or functional but hopelessly obscured and convoluted. But people sending you tracks/playlists - YES PLEASE FOREVER.
otm expect i got no problem w/ the selection. the playback design feels songbird-like in some very bad respects (is there a common-sense 'now-playing' queue i'm not seeing or are they really trying to foist a new playlist-only paradigm on people??) but the playlist sharing is as fluid as any service i've come across, like it wasn't even a feature i paid attention to but it may be the only reason i keep messing w/ it, fantastic. other than that sound quality doesn't seem to be there on mobile, compared to rhapsody at least, i could be wrong though.
― tremendoid, Friday, 5 August 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
(is there a common-sense 'now-playing' queue i'm not seeing
it's on the left menu, under "play-queue"
― future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
ok i guess i don't have it (windows version?). i know how to queue stuff but even then the way random search results, playlists, etc. get dumped to/overwrite what's there already is maddening. and there's only so much you can do under the hood, i get claustraphobic; must...customize...
― tremendoid, Friday, 5 August 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
can a brother rearrange a column, somthing?
― tremendoid, Friday, 5 August 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
i have the windows version too. Are you sure you don't have it? on the left side of the screen, the second item on the list, beneath "what's new" and above "Inbox".
― future events are now current events (Z S), Friday, 5 August 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah i got play queue it just doesn't act the way it should i mean.
― tremendoid, Friday, 5 August 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
so how does playlist sharing work for songs that aren't on spotify
― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 August 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
www.muxtape.com
― Notinnymane (k3vin k.), Saturday, 6 August 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
Does that still exist?
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Saturday, 6 August 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
they just show up gray or are removed from the list depending on whether people have "display unplayable tracks" checked
if it's gray and you have the track, you can import it as a local file
― dmr, Saturday, 6 August 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
they only have the clean version of "get ur freak on," SHUT THE WHOLE THING DOWN
― get to drankin you shiftless fucks (reddening), Sunday, 7 August 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Simpson
― grey for me to poupon (crüt), Sunday, 7 August 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
Does Spotify upload my local files to its servers ?
No. Local files that you have imported into Spotify are not uploaded from your computer.
You can share local music in the same way that you can with streaming music. However, the music will only be played if it can be matched with music that can be played by the other users that you shared with. That is, if the music is available as impoprted local music on their computer, or if it can be found in the Spotify streaming catalogue.
pretty weak, and i'm not talking about the typo!
― tremendoid, Monday, 8 August 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, they just fixed the bug in the iPhone app that made it crash during new playlist creation, which was my biggest complaint.
Cool thing: when you creat a playlist on your home computer, it instantly turns up on your iPhone, without restarting the program or anything.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
doc pemberton, inventor of coca-cola, is not a welcome guest in the middle of beethoven's 7th symphony
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 August 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
hello this is john maus, please listen to my new album on spotify
― markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 03:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, finally paying for my subscription. If only to keep shit like Amos Lee interrupting my Black Flag listening from ever happening again.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
― markers, Monday, August 8, 2011 11:47 P
― markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
Fuck you spotify for inserting some Jack Johnson-alike in the middle of Bad Brains.
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
oh man the worst ad is the one w/ the dude who starts by saying PSST or something like that
guarantee you some ppl are going to be at their desks doing work and listening to music but not really paying attention to it, and they're going to flip out when that comes on
― markers, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
happily enjoying my $5 a month ad-free account, been listening to Otis Redding all afternoon.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/08/10/kicking-and-streaming-why-indies-tolerate-spotifys-minuscule-royalties/#more-52994
Ian Mackaye and others express their views re Spotify royalty payments
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
But guess what royalties Dischord Records gets from streaming services like Spotify? “They’re negligible,” says Ian MacKaye, the D.C. label’s co-owner and public face. Although specific deals are confidential, Spotify tallies its royalty payments in fractions of a cent per stream—meaning a label might only make a few dollars, even if tens of thousands users play “Waiting Room.”
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder what counts as a "play" for royalty purposes.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link