ipad app looks real good honestly
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
They've finally released an iPad app?
*updates app*
Oh wow!
― mike t-diva, Friday, 4 May 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
Is there an anti Spotify backlash forming? Why exactly?
― Moodles, Friday, 4 May 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
artists don't really get paid
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
Aye, I'd honestly rather folk just stole my stuff than use Spotify.
I think that can be arranged.
― Mordy, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
again that would mean listening to arab strap
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
i take the logic of spotify as being 'we should accept that people now expect music to be free and on-demand, and making it not so will actually make them less likely to go and buy records by artists they enjoy, or to see them tour'
i'm not sure it's good logic
― thomp, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like the labels are more to blame here if they are letting Spotify use their music on economic terms that are not in their favor.
― Moodles, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
"making something free will not stop people buying it" is slightly flawed logic imo
― Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
there's something of a - > ??? - > PROFIT issue, yes
― thomp, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
Moodles OTM, if you feel Spotify isn't returning value, renegotiate your contract.
― Mordy, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
oh dearhttp://www.fellody.com/
matchmaking app for spotify. it supposedly matches up people in your area who have similar taste.
no thanks i dont want big hairy bearded spotify users contacting me! male or female
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 14 May 2012 05:04 (eleven years ago) link
Don't be afraid of intimacy!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
Bob Dylan has heard of it.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
Because his stuff came and went and came back again?
― Shakes-a-maxion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
Well, until tonight it'd been gone since I had Spotify...
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
I always thought he was gone, so thanks for the tip. But brief glance at intranetz seems to say he came back in the beginning of February.
― Shakes-a-maxion (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 May 2012 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah hadn't checked yet. One of the things that's hilarious is that not only are all his Columbia records on it -- so are all the budget three-packs and the like.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 17 May 2012 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
Loving the great compilations on here...stuff that might cost $28 at Tower back in the day.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d195/richhunt35/rootsofdrone.jpg
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Mount Cleaners), Saturday, 19 May 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
Fellody bills itself as a means for finding people to meet up with for concerts, not merely a dating app. That actually would be quite useful for people like me who find themselves frequently going to live performances alone because my eclectic musical tastes dictate a low likelihood of having friends who want to see a band they've never heard of (or don't like).
This must be an issue for lots of us. If you want to see a live show by an obscure band that your spouse/friends/others don't want to pay to see, do you call around (or look online) for someone to go with, or do you just go alone? If the former, what means do you use to find someone? Online forums? Facebook et al.? Music websites? Blogs? Send a group text to your friends?
― Lee626, Saturday, 19 May 2012 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
Obvious answer: go alone.
― Ian Hunter Is Learning the Game (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:35 (eleven years ago) link
go with a stranger to stand next to a bunch of strangers? what's the point?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 21 May 2012 09:57 (eleven years ago) link
stranger things have happened
― Djibril Citté (onimo), Monday, 21 May 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet... (sorry)
anyway, last.fm does something similar over here - will list people attending events and even recommend people from your friends who might like to attend based on their playlists.
― koogs, Monday, 21 May 2012 10:18 (eleven years ago) link
point is they don't stay strangers for long, and I have someone to talk with about a shared musical interest before and after the show.
i've never been a good loner, but i do often go to concerts alone and have learned over the years to like it. If I go with friends, I wind up talking with my friends, but if I go alone, I strike up or join conversations with anyone that seems interesting and meet new people (tactfully of course - I do realize not everyone is up for gab). Striking up conversations is especially easy since we start out with at least one obvious common interest.
― Lee971 (Lee626), Monday, 21 May 2012 10:25 (eleven years ago) link
Going for a four billion evaluation.
― bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
So Spotify has launched in Australia and New Zealand...
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
how does Rdio compare?
― Moodles, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
Is there a way for me to use this that doesn't involve me broadcasting what I'm listening to on Facebook?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, you can turn that off.
― timellison, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
Rdio seems to basically Spotify but running in the browser instead of its own app (there's also a mobile app apparently that you get with your 9.99/month sub)
In the UK at least Rdio pretty much sucks. You're rpesented with a big homepage of music, 2/3 of which is greyed out because not available here. I can understand not having the rights, but if you can figure out that you don't have the rights, why can't you figure out not to display the music?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 11:19 (eleven years ago) link
[Originally posted this in wrong thread...]
In Australia: Well fuck, was all prepped to hate Spotify, and have no FB acct, but made a fake one and am already hooked, looking a better PC speakers
― seven league bootie (James Morrison), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:29 (eleven years ago) link
Rdio seems to basically Spotify but running in the browser instead of its own app
yep I think that is the main difference. I know some people who use it over Spotify for that reason (i.e. can't install the Spotify software on a work computer but can open a browser and listen to Rdio no problem)
― dmr, Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, May 21, 2012 8:49 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
if you're using the same version as me, go to the File menu and click 'Private Session' -- of course you have to do this every single time you turn on Spotify/your computer, or else it just defaults to public mode. i hate it too, and always forget to make it private until someone leaves an obnoxious comment about what i'm listening to on FB.
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Huh, in mine I can just go to preferences and uncheck "Show what I listen to on Facebook" and it stays like that forever.
― hot slag (lukas), Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
if you feel Spotify isn't returning value, renegotiate your contract
seems like a lot of labels have done this, some of the ones I lamented disappearing upthread are back (rvng, sacred bones)
still no drag city though
― dmr, Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
can't you just remove the Spotify app from your Facebook account?
― Moodles, Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
i wish tzadik would come back. i'd pay probably double the amount for the tzadik catalog
― Mordy, Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
― hot slag (lukas), Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:36 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark
oh dag, hadn't even thoguht of that -- my spotify preferences menu only has something that says "Share my activity on Spotify Social," no mention of Facebook though
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
what about doing this?
In Facebook, open the menu on the top right corner of the screen.
Choose Account Settings
Choose Apps from the menu on the left side of the screen
Remove Spotify.
― Moodles, Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
oh sweet, thanks dude
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
can't share tracks with your friends that way tho
― jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
i'm a spotify user but i just looked at rdio and it actually looks like something that might be worth looking into a bit more
― markers, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
the fact that i can use it from a browser is p nice
i really try to avoid desktop software
and good music
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha
― markers, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
― jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:15 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
well, i don't share tracks w/ people on facebook, or do anything at all w/ my facebook account really -- a lot of my annoyance was that 'x is listening to x on spotify' had become the sum total of my facebook activity
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
apparently my wife was listening to the vines a lot last week. i assured her that there would never be an artist she'd listen to on spotify that i'd be too embarrassed to have show up on my fb, but this one def challenged that assertion.
― Mordy, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link