oops, I mean 25 cents
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
25 cents for artist and label, seemingly. It will be interesting to see how labels deal with the percentage of that paid to artists.
― timellison, Thursday, 11 August 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, labels get a chunk of that plus then the majors all own a piece of spotify itself so they win either way.
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 11 August 2011 04:37 (twelve years ago) link
Whoever uploaded Young Gunz "Can't Stop Won't Stop" fucked up.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 11 August 2011 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
"fancy a beer?"
"wha? Fan Ci Dabeer?"
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 August 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/08/11/indies-drop-spotify-and-spotify-responds/#more-53078
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe I should hold off before ponying up for a subscription, I don't want to pay in time for a bunch of labels to start jumping ship. I was afraid this was too good to be true.
Nice to see a Del Cielo reference though, loved those girls.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Hardly an avalanche of withdrawals though, is it? In the UK, indie representation is very high, and this goes right through to self-releases.
(One of the more notable non-participating labels here is Ministry Of Sound, so I am denied the opportunity to savour Example and Wretch 32... but I can live with that...)
― mike t-diva, Friday, 12 August 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
I guess Century Media just feels more like a big deal to me because I listen to a lot of metal, which was already an underrepresented genre on Spotify.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 12 August 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
If any of you guys in the US needs an invite, I apparently have a couple.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 13 August 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
No Royal Trux or Hagerty, just sayin
― Jung Danjah (admrl), Friday, 19 August 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
Noticed the Royal Trux, Hagerty, and RTX problem yesterday. Hopefully they'll get on that.
― thinveneer, Friday, 19 August 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
it's a big, serious problem, yes. Someone tell them
― Jung Danjah (admrl), Friday, 19 August 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
Is that a Drag City issue? The label has its own distribution method for digital, right?
― QuantumNoise, Friday, 19 August 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
So I like Spotify, but I still like to own records. I feel like listening to stuff on Spotify feels like I am not invested in an artist in any personal way, and I guess that matters more to me than I thought. But if we're talking about just listening to happy hardcore at 9 in the morning, fine
― Jung Danjah (admrl), Friday, 19 August 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
xp-maybe
lord i hope they get drag city
― markers, Friday, 19 August 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Also lists seem cool, but I am having trouble finding more obscure lists and all the live versions and soundalikes annoy me (as the live versions on Last FM annoy me). WTF is with all the re-recorded Specials stuff? It's horrrible! Not a Spotify issue, but still
― Jung Danjah (admrl), Friday, 19 August 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Are there any like cool folks with good taste who publish regular playlists?
― Jung Danjah (admrl), Friday, 19 August 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Seems highly unlikely that Drag City will ever sign on for this. They're not on Rhapsody either. Would be a major coup if they did I guess?
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 19 August 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
no more holger czukay. fuckers.
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 20 August 2011 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
Biggest fail is this 10 minute song thing.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Saturday, 20 August 2011 06:59 (twelve years ago) link
I like the idea of Spotify but I just can't get into it. Maybe I'm just too short on time to waste (and I don't want to give up my other time-wasting habits), or maybe I just don't find it to be terribly user-friendly, or maybe the social aspect of it isn't very fun since none of my friends have joined or been invited to join.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Saturday, 20 August 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
My only complaint is that I've noticed when I import my iTunes library, it replaces restricted catalogs like Apple with awful covers of the same songs. I just sat through bar band versions of Badfinger's "Baby Blue" and song track off Double Fantasy.
― Darin, Saturday, 20 August 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
some of the bugs are pretty funny -- they were just trying to cut into baroness with a michelle branch ad, but it said it "couldn't play the track" or something, where "track" meant their ad
― markers, Saturday, 20 August 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
so i had to click on the next track in the album, and baroness just started playing again
I don't use this to play mp3s I have, just stuff I don't have.
― my brother's a basedgod (The Reverend), Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
Lately spotify hasn't had any of the stuff I look for on it, but there's enough stuff saved in my to-listen playlist that I can chill until I forget to care about those other things I can't find.
The social aspect has yet to be useful to me.
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Saturday, 20 August 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
no Crass, no Angry Samoans... but they do have Michael Hurley's Bellemeade Sessions, which I had been looking for for years and had never heard.
― sleeve, Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
there's quite a lot of hurley on there for some reason! hate how i can never tell what stuff is just on my drive and what i can link to though.
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
so, what is this?
currently listening to miles davis' "he loved him madly" and that's 32:12. is it a region thing? I'm in the US.
― original bgm, Monday, 22 August 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
it's a metadata issue affecting stuff from universal music group iirc; it may be fixed at some point.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 22 August 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
ah, thanks.
― original bgm, Monday, 22 August 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Where did ZE Records go?
― Can't Stop the Rop (seandalai), Monday, 22 August 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
10 minute limit means White Light/White Heat with no "Sister Ray"
― Viriconium Island Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 August 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm...even though I have Sister Ray in my iTunes I still can't play it in Spotify.
― Can't Stop the Rop (seandalai), Monday, 22 August 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, thats super annoying. Quite a few of those 10 minute plus tracks I actually have in my library can't be played.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 22 August 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't had a single problem with 10+ minute classical music
― Rob Based and DJ EZ God (DJP), Monday, 22 August 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
anyone else seeing some kill rock stars shit on here now!!!
― markers, Monday, 22 August 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
awww yeah
more marnie stern, more elliott smith
feelin this tbh
― markers, Monday, 22 August 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
been loving this, have been playing a lot of 2011 music for the first time ie Cults.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
is anyone else having lots of "can't play next track" issues? it seems to be happening when it wants to play an ad but instead just stops playing everything all together.
― (gr8080), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
yes, you just have to click on the next song or whatever
― markers, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
i had the same problem, but i was trying to listen to music from a different room and was getting really annoyed that it seemed like i had to click on each song in order to hear it. that's kinda weird and not very useful.
― it was pleasant and delightful, just like (La Lechera), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
I get it too. makes the ads extra annoying. maybe that's the point!
― dmr, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, happening constantly for me as well
― original bgm, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, its definitely happening a lot more frequently.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
it seems like i'm getting less ads when it happens tho-- i don't mind ads as much as i mind having to click to the next track LOL FIRST WORLD PROBS
― (gr8080), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Someone at Spotify central should figure at how to delete those songs properly instead of leaving these ghost tracks around.
― Viriconium Island Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link