Er, at "how" much, obviously.
― What do you want? This ain't an egg shop (grimly fiendish), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
FEAR COMES IN WAVES: TRIANGLE
this makes me lol every time i hear it.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
premium now offers offline listening? why this would be useful i really don't know but still
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i would happily take a survey so spotify know how to accurately advertise to me. because if i, a non-driver, hear that fucking bad driving done by a lol child advert one more time i may go steal a car and run over some children. i use spotify to stop me 'stealing' music but at this rate, i may just have to go back to it. or find a job and buy records again.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Friday, 16 October 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Bob Dylan catalogue no longer on Spotify (or isn't on there as of right now) :(
― Officer Pupp, Sunday, 18 October 2009 07:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Aye he pulled everything, this - http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/aug/17/major-labels-spotify - implies that it was something to do with the labels making money as spotify shareholders without any of that revenue reaching the artists.
― Suggest Gandhi (onimo), Sunday, 18 October 2009 10:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh god, that newly prominent 'Buy' button is going to prove dangerous.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 18 October 2009 12:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Foetus
* (Not Adam) (single) * Ache (album) * Blow (album) * Damp (album) * Deaf (album) * Flow (album) * Limb (album) * Male (album) * Null / Void (album) * Rife (album)
― Suggest Gandhi (onimo), Monday, 19 October 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Just installed Spotify on my brand new iPhone. Did someone say that there wasn't an Artist search? Well actually, there is.
It all works very well - pretty fast, and a good high bitrate - although it looks like you can't add new playlists directly on the iPhone. The one aggravation is that the app doesn't seem to remember your previous searches - so if you break off halfway through an album, you've got to re-run the whole search to get back to where you were, unless you've already added the album to a pre-existing playlist.
(Oh, and there's no scrobbling of course.)
― mike t-diva, Monday, 19 October 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
You know, I'd idly wondered about this. I'm so glad I kicked the Last.fm habit before the Spotify mobile app appeared, because that would have driven me insane.
― What do you want? This ain't an egg shop (grimly fiendish), Monday, 19 October 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
judas
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 October 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
New Grant Hart album http://open.spotify.com/album/5PBaS8oAyN58OphJkFSQGT
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 19 October 2009 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
An email from them offering 6 months premium at £7.99 a month. They're weakening (although I bet they've introduced whatever's caused all the stuttering the last couple of days in order to help persuade me. You'd hope 'offline' wouldn't suffer those problems).
― j.o.n.a, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
ARGH. CONSERVATIVE PARTY BROADCASTS INTERRUPTING KRAFTWERK ALBUMS?!?!?
FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF
I thought these ads were supposed to be "appropriate" - WTF WTF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF
oh god that was awful.
― Strawberry Letter 22 (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Conservatives-Slam-Brown-In-New-Adverts-On-Digital-Music-Service-Spotify/Article/200910315410147?lpos=Politics_Second_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_9&lid=ARTICLE_15410147_Conservatives_Slam_Brown_In_New_Adverts_On_Digital_Music_Service_Spotify
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
FEH FEH A SKEEVE TO THEM
You're bloody right I don't want to hear Tory propaganda when I'm trying to enjoy music. I feel unclean.
― Strawberry Letter 22 (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Spotify deserve to lose listeners for this. No way am i giving money for a subscription now to them when they accept money from the evil scum that is the tory party. Fuck Spotify.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
£5 subs now though!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
That £2 subsidy is thanks to the Tories. Do you really wanna go there? ;-)
― Strawberry Letter 22 (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
when spotify spouts tory propaganda pish they get zero money from me.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Suddenly glad this hasn't reached America yet. I couldn't stomach paying for Sarah Palin ads between my songs.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
(You don't get the ads if you pay. But if they're getting money from the Conservatives, they dont' need mine.)
― Strawberry Letter 22 (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
This suddenly makes me glad I only ever get adverts where motorcyclists die every 2 songs.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
when spotify spouts tory propaganda pish they get zero money from me
Oh, come on. They're the Tories, not the BNP -- which, I accept, would be a very different matter. And it's hardly "spouting propaganda pish": hellfire, if broadcasters/websites/print publications only took ads from companies or organisations they explicitly supported, the world would be a very different place. You might think it'd be a better one, and I'm not going to argue -- but that's advertising-supported business models for you.
Either way, I think it's a little Spartist to have a pop at a business for accepting money from the fucking Conservatives, cock-ends though they might be ;)
― What do you want? This ain't an egg shop (grimly fiendish), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
otm
― Bob Six, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Downloading plsylists for offline use on the iPhone is pretty slow. Also you have to be a) using the app, b) connected to wi-fi and c) plugged into the mains (for more than a few downloads). Best solution is to open the app at bedtime and let it run overnight.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 23 October 2009 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah seriously if you're not going to consume any media that has ads for the Tories then you're pretty much going to have to move to another country for the next year.
It might actually drive me to pay for a subscription though.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 October 2009 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Also I've found myself mostly using Spotify for classical music and DJ mix albums and ads in general are beyond intrusive in either case.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 October 2009 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
VLAH. just got Toried again. I turned the sound off until it was done.
― Strawberry Letter 22 (Masonic Boom), Friday, 23 October 2009 15:02 (fourteen years ago) link
AGAIN! two in one album is surely excessive.
― Strawberry Letter 22 (Masonic Boom), Friday, 23 October 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, it's just started making me reccomendations. I didn't know it was going to do that.
I was expecting them to be totally off (as iTunes ones usually are and last.fm ones often are) but it just suggested me Nitin Sawhney and that is completely OTM.
― The Paisley (shop) Window Pane (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link
[freshspotify] new music for you on spotify!
Depeche Mode
* Ohrwürmer (album)
Eh?
― George Mucus (ledge), Friday, 6 November 2009 11:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Ohrwurm = earworm (ie catchy song) in German, I think? Probably some compilation thing for .de market?
― anatol_merklich, Monday, 9 November 2009 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I've just my first ever actually *appropriate* spotify ad!
For Miike Snow, who I don't actually like - but at least they're even remotely in the right sort of ... area.
― Persian Pickle (Masonic Boom), Monday, 9 November 2009 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
hey pfunkboy
good news! spotify have added some music by artists you've told us you love.
click on any of the titles to play in spotify (we're afraid some releases may not be available in your country yet though).Redd Kross
* Third Eye (album)Scott Walker
* Humble Beginnings - The Early Years (compilation)
Jesu
* Opiate Sun EP (ep)
happy listening :)
from freshspotify
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 9 November 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm listening to bluegrass. How likely is it that I'm going to be receptive to an ad for GTA: Chinatown Wars? (Rated T for Teen.)
― I never saw the advantage of peeing while standing. (Upt0eleven), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:11 (fourteen years ago) link
does the take that singstar ad really start w/ "THE GREATEST DAY OF YR LIFE HAS FINALLY ARRIVED". I was lol-ing so hard I wasn't sure if I heard it correctly.
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 12 November 2009 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
can any premium types tell me just HOW much better the 320 is than the 160. i can't bear the sound quality in Spotify much as i love the service. is it loads better? their own forum has frankly been no help.
― piscesx, Thursday, 12 November 2009 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't hear the difference at all, but I do a terrifying amount of my listening on crappy built-in iMac speakers, so I'm no use. I signed up for premium simply so I could use the iPhone app.
― What do you want? This ain't an egg shop (grimly fiendish), Thursday, 12 November 2009 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
tell me just HOW much better the 320 is than the 160
twice as good ;) roughly the same quality as the m4as you can buy on itunes plus
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 12 November 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, I want this now. Where can I get an invite??
― dog latin, Thursday, 12 November 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
(you haven't needed on for about a year... in the uk anyway)
― koogs, Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
You do again since they started the iPhone thing. Webmail me yr email address DL if you still need.
― j.o.n.a, Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Those Spotify ads are fascinating...there's one where a guy pronounces the "h" in "Sky HD" as, "haitch," which I find totally baffling. And why do so many ads have announcers speaking in really bad fake American accents?
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Pronouncing H as "haitch" is fairly common in England (maybe Britain in general as well).
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I just passed my remaining 13 (! -- they kept giving me more) to http://www.spotipartners.com/ ... they seem to be as good a source as any.
― What do you want? This ain't an egg shop (grimly fiendish), Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Don’t leave your invites unused. People are dying to get access to Spotify.
Blimey, I had no idea it was so serious.
― j.o.n.a, Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i haven't tried this out, but theres a deep url that looks like it will let you sign up without an invitehttps://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/
― scout, Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
got 25 invites
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 12 November 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
And why do so many ads have announcers speaking in really bad fake American accents?
This is a feature of many adverts on TV in Britain, especially done in that deep film trailer voice.
― Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 12 November 2009 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link