Spotify - anyone heard of it?

Still, though: All the Kraftwerk albums!

all?

yeah.

Oh, OK, not all. Not the first three, or "Exceller-8" or "Elektro-Kinetic"....

what plans do the spotify bigwigs have to change that around? is this coming year going to make or break? surprised the major labels haven't clubbed together to create their own version yet, maybe in 2017 eh

surprised the major labels haven't clubbed together to create their own version

they pretty much have with Spotify - the labels have a huge chunk of equity.

They've changed the pricing structure for one thing (now there's a £5/month not-so-premium option), and they've capped the amount that new users can listen to for free each month. And it always feels like the ads are getting more annoying.

pro tip #1: to mute adverts, press pause, lower volume, and press play again

pro tip #2: dub your spotify playlists onto cassettes, but be at the ready with your finger on the pause button of your tape deck for those adverts. afterwards you can just listen to your tape and not have any adverts, a proper mixtape, like the good old days.

or just pay 10 quid a month for no ads and the best iphone app there is

I was grooving on this for a couple months til Spotify apparently clamped down on my US residence and I'm disabled from playing much anything. Might give it another try if I can find another IP-faker.

or just pay 10 quid a month for no ads and the best iphone app there is

EMPHATIC CO-SIGN

I would if I used it more than I do.

pro tip #23: dub your spotify playlists onto cassettes minidisc, but be at the ready with your finger on the pause button of your tape deck 'split tracks' button for those adverts . or afterwards. You can just listen to your tape it later and do it then, then go back and remove any tracks of 30 secs or thereabouts (check first in case they are short tracks for real. Then you will have a proper mixtape, and not have any adverts like the good old days.

Spotify to launch in US, sort of.

pro tip #23: dub your spotify playlists onto cassettes minidisc, but be at the ready with your finger on the pause button of your tape deck 'split tracks' button for those adverts . or afterwards. You can just listen to your tape it later and do it then, then go back and remove any tracks of 30 secs or thereabouts (check first in case they are short tracks for real. Then you will have a proper mixtape, and not have any adverts like the good old days.

TS: Tape vs. Minidisc, which of these two is most the outdated technology in 2010?

the most outdated even

tapes ain't that outdated, they were hip just a moment ago (chillwave, witch house etc.)

Fuck tape.

(on my iPhone that initially came out as 'faucet rape', fuck a Steve Jobs)

So Spotify on my laptop crashed and I had to uninstall and now it won't let me install again for free? Is this right?

Ahh, it seems so.

xp - do you have a link for this? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the problem...

That doesn't make sense - the Spotify client should be independent of your user account and your user account should be independent of any one computer or installation. E.g. I was able to download and install the official Linux client (which you need a subscription to use), I just couldn't log in until I paid up.

Every time I tried to open spotify - windows would have some message (yes, Vista...) (often a different message) saying it couldn't open it, or it wasn't supported, or the pragramme has not opened properly and will now close. I tried to download an update but I just got into a loop of "you've already got it" or "it's already open". So I uninstalled it (and even then Windows wasn't happy). Went to d/l another freebie but it seems I need a code and/or money. It's a pity because it worked like a dream until to-day. Sigh.

Anyone with Spofity Premium here?

I am not on Spotify Premium yet, and I have also yet to have an mp3 player, but I do consider to do something about both. There are just a few things I am interested in facts about.

- I guess I will go for an iPod, but if I go for a different player, will the offline version of Spotify still work?
- Perhaps the most important question is about adding mp3s not on Spotify to the playlist. I am aware this is possible on Spotify (even on the free version), but is it also possible to add mp3s from your mp3 player in the offline version or will non-Spotify songs only work on the online version of Spotify? This is rather important because Spotify is, after all, far from complete (Beatles, for starters....).

1) Spotify doesn't work on an iPod. You'll need an iPhone (which also works as an MP3 player through iTunes synching).

2) You can add non-Spotify songs to Spotify playlists on your computer. If you mark these playlists as "offline" on your iPhone, and if you have the iTunes integration options activated on both computer and phone (note that they aren't switched on by default), then the non-Spotify tracks will synch to your phone.

PS - you don't need to plug your phone into your computer for the non-Spotify tracks to synch - this will happen wirelessly.

it does work on ipod touch afaik

But iPod touch is also a phone. I don't need a phone. Already got a Nokia.

But iPod touch is also a phone. I don't need a phone. Already got a Nokia.

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Friday, December 17, 2010 5:15 PM (1 minute ago)

iPod Touch is not also a phone

a lot of ppl refer to the iPod Touch as the iPhone w/o the phone

I suppose the point is it needs a net connection, right? Checked and my Nokia is not available with Spotify. At least not yet.

I don't know much about Spotify, but I do know you can get online on an iPod Touch via wifi

It seems like iPod Touch is the thing. Looks like fancy tool after all. A bit expensive, but then, the alternative to Spotify for me would be to get an iPod Classic, which is even more expensive, and then spend a year or two, plus 3-4 external HDs, transferring my entire CD collection onto it.

Wait, an iPod Touch is also a phone but an iPod Classic is more expensive? Also, why is your enire CD collection not yet digitised? I threw out like 800 CDs recently because they're worse than useless.

Seriously, get a high-capacity MP3 player, get an external hard drive, rip all your CDs at 256-320 kbps (you only have to do it once) and enjoy life. Everything I have ever owned is always with me and I've got backups at home.

Wait, an iPod Touch is also a phone but an iPod Classic is more expensive?

Here an iPod classic seems to cost around 200 NOK (roughly 35$) more than an iPod Touch (which is not a phone). Remember the iPod Classic is of very solid material, plus it has enormous capacity.

Oh, I see what you mean. Per Gb though the Classic wins hands down.

Still a bit sceptic towards the idea of transforming a few thousand CDs into mp3 though. Would take some time....

Which is why having Spotify on the player, and only adding the files not on Spotify, would save a considerably amount of time.

It takes time, but it's your music, you own it, it will never be taken away, and no ads.

Back in the day it took me several weeks to convert my music, but I didn't have music databases to autopopulate track names, and I had to burn all the MP3s to CD-Rs (part of what I chucked out recently was ~150 CD-Rs full of CD-to-MP3 rips). You don't have to worry about any of that now.

I know I'm evangelising, but really, it's a no-brainer imo.

Still a bit sceptic towards the idea of transforming a few thousand CDs into mp3 though. Would take some time....

This + same dilemma with vinyl = being a lazy fuck and only listening to Spotify or new stuff I download.

There must be millions of people in the world with yards of vinyl doing nothing but being part of a
collection.

Somehow people opting for iPod/iPhone + Spotify over digitising what they already own saddens me, and it shouldn't really - ultimately the important thing is being able to hear the music - but I think what happens is the non-available-on-Spotify stuff gets forgotten.

Anyway, Spotify is also worth it for, like, for instance, being able to have El De Barge's self titled solo debut on the player. It was deleted ages ago from all kinds of commercial purchase and I have also not been able in any possible way to find it on Pirate Bay or similar.

There must be millions of people in the world with yards of vinyl doing nothing but being part of a
collection.

I hardly have any vinyl at all. It was all about casettes for me, but I rebought most of the ones I actually liked on CD.

but I think what happens is the non-available-on-Spotify stuff gets forgotten.

There is no danger of me ever forgetting about The Beatles or Pink Floyd. Or Travis for that matter. :)

We'll always need someone to remember Travis.

Anyway, Spotify is also worth it for, like, for instance, being able to have El De Barge's self titled solo debut on the player. It was deleted ages ago from all kinds of commercial purchase and I have also not been able in any possible way to find it on Pirate Bay or similar.

― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 18 December 2010 12:20 (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Ah, yeah, you want a network connection for stuff like that.

onimo I've got four milk crates of vinyl under the stairs, no way am I ripping all of that. Completely reasonable.

The concept of Arcade Fire is quite interesting. They are not available on commercial download nor Spotify, yet their album topped a lot of chart this summer. Or maybe exactly that was why? People had to buy the album, as the songs weren't available alone.

onimo I've got four milk crates of vinyl under the stairs, no way am I ripping all of that. Completely reasonable.

I see "reasonable" as "it's acceptable that I can't be arsed right now as there's things to do and loads on Spotify anyway" but a small part of me feels really bad that I've got boxes of 7" singles that haven't seen a turntable since they were in my last house 9 years ago.

Then again how easy was it to click on the wee green button and cue up a wee drunken 10 Beefheart song playlist in memory? Greatness of spotify/youtube/grooveshark instant access right there.

xp yeah, I don't even know where my turntable is anymore. Only really hanging onto the vinyl because I loved it so much. CDs were always a bit cheap-looking and sad, and cassettes were disgusting savages.

cassettes were disgusting savages

true but then for teenage me they were the gateway to everything I'd never heard and couldn't afford. I've still got 80's c90 playlists in my head from long lost tapes friends gave me to an extent that it's sometimes jarring when the wrong song comes on next when I play an old song on spotify.