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Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:23 am
by Falken
For those that missed this, or are in the US.

Spotify released their new client today with Facebook integration and possibility to play all your local files too.

Here is a video of new features, altho seems so far seems you have to update manually on their website.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gng29RIhIl8[/youtube]

And for those that doesn't heard of spotify, it is a music stream service, that is free and legal. They got tons of music and deals with all big companies and hell lot of small ones. You can also buy the MP3 direct in the client. And if you pay $10/month you can run the player on your phone and also access all music while offline.

Used it for about 1-2 years, and since almost first day been my only source for music :D . If you missed it check it out at http://www.spotify.com (Free accounts requires invites, but those are easy to find on the internet). Currently only available in 10 european countries, think US launch is scheduled for after the summer.

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:00 pm
by hallsofvallhalla
awesome, first I have heard of it but will definitely check it out.

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:54 pm
by rockinliam
yey ive got spotify, very useful, especially we our band makes a community playlist.

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:13 pm
by Jackolantern
I will check it out once it comes to the US :)

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:01 pm
by MAruz
Been using it for a while too. Before Spotify came around I mostly downloaded my music illegally through torrents, now I never do that anymore, I just start Spotify :D Miss out some high profiled music (like AC/DC, Metallica, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, The Beatles etc), but still is enough music to cover my needs :P

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:15 pm
by Falken
MAruz wrote:Been using it for a while too. Before Spotify came around I mostly downloaded my music illegally through torrents, now I never do that anymore, I just start Spotify :D Miss out some high profiled music (like AC/DC, Metallica, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, The Beatles etc), but still is enough music to cover my needs :P
Ye some artists said no to be on spotify unfortunatly. But now you can atleast add your MP3s with them to spotify :D

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:06 am
by Falken
hallsofvallhalla wrote:awesome, first I have heard of it but will definitely check it out.
Just read they started testing it in the US now: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/29/swit ... the-cloud/

And they say you can listen 20hours/month free, but if you get an invite (which is not too hard) you can actually listen to all music for free as much as you want :D

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:30 pm
by MAruz
I got tired of the so called commercials (actually more like self-promoting, talking about "new" features that made it into the player over a year ago :p ), and now I pay about $8-9 a month to listen to music without commercials or interruptions as much as I want :)

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:54 pm
by Falken
MAruz wrote:I got tired of the so called commercials (actually more like self-promoting, talking about "new" features that made it into the player over a year ago :p ), and now I pay about $8-9 a month to listen to music without commercials or interruptions as much as I want :)
Ye I do that sometimes too, my premium expired today actually :P
Also great to have it in the phone :)

Re: Spotify, how a music player is meant to be :P

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:12 pm
by rockinliam
Has anyone mentioned yet that they have released Spotify open where you can listen to 20hrs of music a month for free, with no invites needed?