They have the potential to be profitable though. Still only a small fraction of the potential audience online. A lot of their costs won't increase as fast as their revenue as they add more users.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 July 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
it's definitely possible someone will come with a better way to give people What They Want re: online music, which may not be What Nerds Want. But at this point, with Spotify adding users and coughing up advances to get those AOR titans to come around, if someone had a killer curator app or whatever, it seems just as likely that spotify would buy it than that a new empire would build up around it.
― da croupier, Monday, 1 July 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
that's possible, but i think it's equally likely that they reach a point where they hit nova, sell out to facebook, revamp interface and restaff 90% of their people and then who knows.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 July 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
reznor's thing has to be some kind of 'you like NIN, consider psychic tv' deal, right? i dunno if your average late adapater really wishes a nerd was there to nudge them towards hipper shit when they're jamming out to the 90s at the office.
― da croupier, Monday, 1 July 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
adapter, sorry
it's "adoptater"
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 1 July 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
the new yorker profile that talked about daisy made it sound like trent is a music nerd with an obscene amount of money who is basically looking at this and saying "hey there's a market!" seems doomed to me, but what do i know.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 July 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
d'oh
― da croupier, Monday, 1 July 2013 16:30 (ten years ago) link
haha I suggest you dont take your mobile if you're going for a swimhttp://i.imgur.com/0jpPMID.png
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link
the chillout room on there is the least chill place ive ever seen btw . Its like ILX!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link
I like the chat in Soundrop, its fun to talk shit and rag on each-others taste.
― Rocky (ku4u1u), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link
hah It's like ILX but with music playing!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 00:45 (ten years ago) link
You haven't listened to Betfaker Fe Min by Oum Kalthoum for a while. Play now?
I don't even remember which song that is.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 02:55 (ten years ago) link
They got me, my curiosity got the better of me.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
The soundrop app is really sleek and nice. Sorry you android guys don't have it yet.
― This Is My Design, and I Used Helvetica (Viceroy), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
There's a lot of great rooms to choose from too... I like the "falling asleep" room. The "indie" rooms are not that great, OTOH.
― This Is My Design, and I Used Helvetica (Viceroy), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 03:17 (ten years ago) link
It actually works fine on the ipad. Chat is just too small tho its usable. They just need to fix the scale and the chat will work great. The app plays spotify tracks A-OK though. So if anyone has an ipad they can use it.
Various forms of dance/electronic rooms have the most users in soundrop but there's hip hop,rock,metal,jazz,classical,african,post-rock,punk even k-pop rooms amongst many others. The indie wok and indie folk rooms are the worst though, its true.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 03:42 (ten years ago) link
Spotify recommended me Giza by Gatekeeper and I had to check it out because it had groovy cover art:
http://open.spotify.com/album/0H44xNUhmOSIvnp1xQrHBl
Not bad
― Moodles, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link
Gatekeeper is great, I would recommend his other albums too.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 09:08 (ten years ago) link
seriously what is spotify's deal with the Byrds?
this morning:
"You listened to the Byrds, you might like..."
The BuzzcocksThe Small FacesBuffalo Springfield (first one that makes sense)Edywn CollinsTodd Rundgren
― "If you like the Byrds, try Depeche Mode" (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
old people like the Byrds, old people also like the Buzzcocks
― 10zing blogay (seandalai), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
"If you like Matthew Sweet, try Butthole Surfers."
― da croupier, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
they're nuts about the Small Faces too
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
The latest iphone/ipod app update appears to have solved a problem I've had for a long time. My giant full library playlist had been taking 5 or more minutes to load up on my ipod touch. Now it's coming up and playing immediately. Yay!
― Moodles, Thursday, 4 July 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
a lot of 'you listened to pan sonic, check out ___' recommendations over here
― original bgm, Thursday, 4 July 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
This is probably the best suggestion for me this week:
"You listened to Felt this week. Like to try Dr. Octagon?"
― miastha glendali, Friday, 5 July 2013 11:03 (ten years ago) link
Update to the iphone app changes the icon (again) and brings back ability to re-arrange track sequence in playlists.
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Friday, 5 July 2013 13:08 (ten years ago) link
Not seeing how to do that.
― Pastel City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 July 2013 14:10 (ten years ago) link
In a playlist, click the three periods on the upper right (...). Choose Edit. Then use the horizontal lines to the right of each song name to drag the track.
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Friday, 5 July 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
The Discovery feature is kind of neat, I guess. I don't understand why they couldn't add it and also keep What's New.
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Friday, 5 July 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah, thanks. Those lines do not appear on the Starred Playlist though.
― Pastel City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 July 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CwaQVtY.jpg
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Friday, 5 July 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
posted this to the drake thread the other night, still smdh:
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq313/doctorcasino/spotifyrecommend_zpsebf258e2.png
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 5 July 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
"Since you listened to Elton John, you might like this new release by Hans Zimmer."'
That release being the Lone Ranger soundtrack.
― da croupier, Friday, 5 July 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
"You haven't listened to Jah Pretty Face by Culture for a while. Play now?"
Jesus Christ leave me alone! I haven't listened to it for a very good reason and besides it's only been a couple of f'ing weeks!
*listens to Jah Pretty Face*
― Fizzles, Saturday, 6 July 2013 07:14 (ten years ago) link
*twice*
― Fizzles, Saturday, 6 July 2013 07:18 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 6 July 2013 07:48 (ten years ago) link
if anybody needs the "New Releases on Spotify" playlist:http://open.spotify.com/user/spotifyusa/playlist/3dEjWfgB5jC6zn6tLoy9yy
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 6 July 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
You listened to Oum Kalsoum. Here's the new album.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 7 July 2013 00:45 (ten years ago) link
Since you listened to Washington Philips, you might like this new release by Shangri-Las.
yes no the.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 7 July 2013 07:57 (ten years ago) link
Welp, I finally was inducted into the "try Depeche Mode" club. Since I listened to the Pretenders and the Beach Boys, they think an album I might like is Delta Machine.
― da croupier, Sunday, 7 July 2013 15:30 (ten years ago) link
"You listened to Blind Blake, here's a song you might like" ("Machine Gun" by the Peter Brotzmann Octet
^this is way fucked up at the same time as maybe being kinda OTM, in that maybe they've not just pegged me as some hopeless music nerd
― "If you like the Byrds, try Depeche Mode" (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 8 July 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
lmaoooooo
"You listened to Ludovico Einaudi, you might like Piano Tribute Players - A Piano Tribute To The Fast & The Furious"
― "If you like the Byrds, try Depeche Mode" (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
liveblog it!
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
Anyone for tennis?
http://i.imgur.com/iPzNBmY.png
― pplains, Friday, 12 July 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
my job recently blocked spotify :[
― Spectrum, Friday, 12 July 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
Dang.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 12 July 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
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― c21m50nh3x460n, Friday, 12 July 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
Quit your job, obvs.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 12 July 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
on the bright side I can start forgetting about the existence of Advance Auto Parts
― Spectrum, Friday, 12 July 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link