Spotify - will it work

zinc · 4 Jan 2009 at 00:06

I'm sorry but thats such a horrible name..

I don't think they are doing themselves any favors not making it available in the US either. Somehow I think it will be just another last.fm, pandora etc and it wont get rid of piracy by any stretch.

Its drawbacks:

Not available in the US
No listening offline
No way to listen to it on your iPod or away from your computer
No linux client
Some artists are not on it yet - beatles, led zeppelin, ACDC, metallica

Does anyone know the bandwidth it consumes? Does it effect your ping playing an album in the background while playing games online

Augmented said:
Plus there's no Linux client yet

I also would like a linux version. If they achieve that then I might consider it.

shauncr91 · 4 Jan 2009 at 01:45

SiD the Turtle said:
Quick question: this is supposed to be ad-supported correct? Where are the ads?

Not that I'm complaining

You get a 30 second add randomly. It has taken over now as my primary music player and it seems to vary from once every 30 minutes, to once every few hours

I love it though because the adds are for decent stuff such as films, games, computers and consoles etc

JIM_BOB7813 · 4 Jan 2009 at 10:24

I think it's pretty good considering it's free, searching is really fast, seems to have quite a lot of songs, quality is fine.

zinc said:
Does anyone know the bandwidth it consumes? Does it effect your ping playing an album in the background while playing games online

It doesn't stream it, it seems to just download it all within the first 10 seconds, so it would probably give some lag spikes.

malef!c · 4 Jan 2009 at 10:32

Yet another plea for a spotify invite if anyone has one hanging about.
email is fatster (at) gmail.com

Thanks

edit:// zinc, if you are that miffed that you cannot get it in the US, get a cheap VPS in the UK and then tunnel through that.
I do that when I am in the States and I want to get to BBC iPlayer and it works like a charm.

Kemik · 4 Jan 2009 at 11:06

For those still interested.

Invite yourself from anywhere:
1) go to http://www.daveproxy.co.uk/
2) enter the following URL: https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/
3) Create your account, for UK postcode - check http://www.postcodesearch.org.uk/

If you're in the UK just go to step 2. Credit to digg.com

A[L]C · 15 Feb 2009 at 19:44

Seems to be a pay site now

Glaucus · 15 Feb 2009 at 19:45

A[L]C;13503828 said:
Seems to be a pay site now

Only if you don't want adverts.. But they only come on ever ~20mins and aren't long..

Still using it pretty much non stop..

Need to try some new music though, but have no idea where to start.

malef!c · 15 Feb 2009 at 19:49

A[L]C;13503828 said:
Seems to be a pay site now

You made me log into check!!
It is only the ad free version that will part you from your wedge

Phew!

Happy · 15 Feb 2009 at 19:51

AcidHell2 said:
Still using it pretty much non stop..

Red Porsche · 15 Feb 2009 at 20:01

AcidHell2 said:
Only if you don't want adverts.. But they only come on ever ~20mins and aren't long..

Still using it pretty much non stop..

Need to try some new music though, but have no idea where to start.

Artists radio? Think its a tab at the top of an artists page. Really good feature as it contains music that is similar to that artist. I also use the tags and just check out random songs from there. Its such a great program for introducing me to new music,cant recommend these features enough! Ive even listened to mozart and chopin

Glaucus · 15 Feb 2009 at 20:06

redporshe said:
Artists radio? Think its a tab at the top of an artists page. Really good feature as it contains music that is similar to that artist. I also use the tags and just check out random songs from there. Its such a great program for introducing me to new music,cant recommend these features enough! Ive even listened to mozart and chopin

never noticed that before

.. Will see what it's like.