Spotify - anyone heard of it?

Just noticed that. Do you know why that is?

It's annoying when you're trying to listen to Jack Kerouac!

Does that 10 minute limit go away if you pay for it? That might be a strike against coughing up the money if not.

It doesn't, but I think Geir was suggesting it's only UMG stuff?

i just joined

really enjoying spotify

So does the offline mode let you download tracks off of spotify to your phone even if you don't own those tracks?

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.

UMG people claim it is a technical bug, but don't seem to hurry correcting it.

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.

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.

lol

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?

i can see on mine that youre subscribed to loads via your public profile

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.

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.

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.

almost the entire todd terje discography doesn't work for me, along with many other tracks. Hopefully this is a temporary glitch.

can someone w/ spotify check & tell me if there's a lot of metallica on this? </in character> (really though)

they have this: http://www.amazon.com/Blackest-Album-Industrial-Tribute-Metallica/dp/B000657L9C

all i need :)

so why do some tracks on spotify not work at all? i double click and nothing plays!

― max, Sunday, July 17, 2011 10:20 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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 (Yesterday) Bookmark

almost the entire todd terje discography doesn't work for me, along with many other tracks. Hopefully this is a temporary glitch.

― 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 ...

really hate with a 30 second clip of kelly rowlands comes in between songs on my queue

ok they just dropped "i'm on one" by dj kahlid into the middle of my listening to the blade runner soundtrack

They did that to me, but when I was listening to When Saints Go Machine.

I restarted the program and it works. <3 ILM best of the 50s playlist.

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

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 2000s
http://open.spotify.com/user/aphone/playlist/3HG5Hc8SRHjiDVtzsTLyxp Top 200 of the 1990s

again that's presuming they work in American mode.

I restarted the program and it works. <3 ILM best of the 50s playlist.

― skip, Monday, July 18, 2011 3:04 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

how do you find ilm playlists?

pretty pissed i haven't gotten my invite yet tbh

here's the 50s list: http://open.spotify.com/user/nstewart/playlist/4IKcWqGQQ5cN1QTT0ya7xo

I don't have an invite either but I am so enjoying the new MOG and hope the new beta stays permanent!

can i invite ppl? if someone tells me how i will invite u j0rdan

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

or from the spotify application, click once on your username, select 'account', click on 'share spotify' tab

hmmm it says i have no invitations to give, sorry s@rge

it's okay -- i "registered" for an invite, so just sitting on my hands here

i've got quite a few invitations if anyone wants to ilxmail me - assuming transatlantic invitations work.

i haven't even requested an invite yet -- might just give them five bucks a month

j0rd did u try through cocacola?
https://www.spotify.com/us/coca-cola/

that worked for me

there are invitations via klout too

ah ok that 50 playlist kinda makes me understand why ppl are freaking out abt this

there are invitations via klout too

― 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

got my invite

do you guys think i could be in a coke commercial?

believe and u can achieve :)

like

me & santa claus pull up the new washed out album, the arrow on my screen hovers over the "play" button & as i go to click the mouse it switches to slow motion. as i make contact with the mouse, moisture sprays from the mouse as the first song on the washed out album plays joyously. i turn to santa and dramatically snap open a can of coke, he grabs a glass bottle and cheers. i turn to the camera and say "thanks, coke!"

idk

The new Washed Out isn't available on Spotify (at least in the US and I assume elsewhere if it's on Sub Pop worldwide), so I'm guessing this won't happen. Not that I mean to destroy a dream or anything.

In my spotify library of my own files, every track name is highlighted, but only some of the album and artist names are highlighted with a link - even the same artist in the same album. Is there a reason?

OK, I'm already converted because it is reading my iTunes library (~500 GB) and yet it is SO MUCH FASTER than iTunes, which is barely usable on my computer. Playlists created by others automatically pick up the tracks already in my library and play those high-bitrate mp3s instead of streaming. The playlists are the long-term 'killer app' aspect of this service but the ease of integration with my current setup is pretty amazing.

hi dere this seem interesting