Music for the Masses

[andrewducker]

So, I've been playing with Spotify (bypass the "invitation only" bit by going here) and am so far very impressed.  It's a music streaming service that does it _right_.  Not only does it search for music faster than most local music apps do, but it's managing to play songs without gaps between tracks.

It's still not quite there - it's missing a few big name holdouts (Beatles, Pink Floyd) and a fair chunk of small label music (It's got Covenant, but not Apoptygma Berzerk), but I hope it'll keep adding more music.

It's add-supported, which will put some people off (or £9.99 to play without adverts) - I haven't heard/seen any ads yet, probably because they're trying to suck me in first...

If they keep this up then the only reason to actually have a music collection will be to put music onto my MP3 player.

Comments

[accordingly.livejournal.com]

last.fm and spotify are very different.

I use last.fm to listen to new bands (type in a band name & listen to artists similar to them) but Spotify is good for when you know what band you want to listen to. It also has a lot more content (and more gets added all the time, keep checking back every few days), whereas last.fm often only has a few tracks by bands. But last.fm pays artists and I'm not sure Spotify does. You can also make playlists on Spotify which is cool.

Anyway, I'm going to continue to use both.

Oh and the ads on Spotify don't bother me at all, they're very infrequent.

[andrewducker]

They are paying the rights owners:
https://www.spotify.com/en/work-with-us/labels-and-artists/