Author Topic: Spotify. Worth the money? (Read 3831 times)

Cerveza mas fina · « **on:** January 10, 2013, 05:16:51 PM »

I looked for perturbator but hes not on it. There seems to be some hiphop though.

Whats the advantage over stuff like grooveshark?

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:23:21 PM »

100000x yes. It's soooo fucking worth it, especialy the mobile app. Just type what you want and bam its there. And you can lead the discographies of the bands they dont have on it also. I dont use any other service because I like having a base app whem in on my home pc instead of a web interface. That's the only downside of Spotify, there isn't really a "web app" but the executable and mobile apps are great (atleast on iphone)

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:25:11 PM »

Yeah I got the iphone app.

How broad is the collection?

How does the offline stuff work?

headwalk · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:28:27 PM »

perturbator are all about bandcamp.

archnemesis · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:31:34 PM »

I've been using Spotify for many years and I like it. There is still plenty of music missing, but it's perfect for listening at work.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:32:24 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 10, 2013, 05:25:11 PM

Yeah I got the iphone app.

How broad is the collection?

How does the offline stuff work?

you basically make playlists, then select "Offline Mode" and it downloads them and you can play them whenever. The US connection seems pretty broad, just none of the obvious (although they added Metalica a month ago) and the sorting is kinda bad

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:39:36 PM »

spotify is absolutely the one service I have no problems paying for each month. I use it all the fucking time, all day at work. It has most everything I want to listen to.

Vertigo · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:50:39 PM »

I also pay for the monthly service.

It's actually stopped me pirating music,I love the offline feature which means I can have all my playlists with me.

Awesome stuff.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:54:08 PM »

so from what i understand the service is basically like paying a monthly fee to have someone pirate all your music for you?

Himu · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:10:42 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on January 10, 2013, 05:54:08 PM

so from what i understand the service is basically like paying a monthly fee to have someone pirate all your music for you?

No you can listen to spotify for free on your comp. But if you want access to albums and shit anywhere in the form of spotify premium you have to pay. It is like netflix. A legal alternative to getting awesome content. You pay and get instant access to thousands of classic albums and many NEW albums on release.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:12:44 PM »

you only get 128kbps MP3s with Free, and ads. If you pay you get unlimited streaming no ads and 320 kbps. You also get to use the mobile app. It's worth it. I just rationale it by the fact that I used to buy a CD or a record a month for the same price it costs.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:13:24 PM »

absolutely worth it

use it all day errday

haven't launched iTunes in months

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:13:29 PM »

How do i convert things i liked on the radio to a new playlist?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:23:34 PM »

I usually just right click the album art and add it to a new playlist. I think that should work.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:28:13 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 10, 2013, 06:13:29 PM

How do i convert things i liked on the radio to a new playlist?

Using the star function works best imho

Himu · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:42:01 PM »

I haven't used itunes in a year because of spotify.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:57:53 PM »

getting an android and realizing that i can finally go back to the old drag-n-drop method for mp3s was like being born again

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #17 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:34:17 PM »

Absolutely worth it. Can't remember the last time I see iTunes or pirated music.

chronovore · « **Reply #18 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:48:24 PM »

I used it a lot in the USA, but am unable to access it from Japan. I could pay for premium, but the 12,000 songs in my iTunes library is preventing me from giving a fuck.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #19 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:52:13 PM »

I use it in Japan. You should have signed up for the Premium service while you were there, Chrono. If you'd installed the app on the machine you use here, you'd be able to use it fine. Then you can keep the subscription active with gift cards from the US

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:53:10 PM »

If you want to use it now, sign up for a free vpn, install the app (including the godly mobile ones) and have someone in the US send you a gift code.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #21 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:55:38 PM »

a good vpn is unblock-us but I don't know if that will force you to using europes Spotify (which is a bit better anyways than the US one). theres a free trial, try it out

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #22 on:** January 10, 2013, 08:06:27 PM »

Aye. I signed up for a premium account back in the US and didn't run into any problems streaming and saving-for-offline-play (phone & iPad) during my visit home.

Himu · « **Reply #23 on:** January 10, 2013, 08:36:38 PM »

Haven't pirated music in a year

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #24 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:13:41 PM »

does Japanese Spotify have J-artists?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #25 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:20:38 PM »

there is no Japanese spotify - best bet is Sony's service(s) (which are a confusing mess according to a mutual friend of ours who works with them)

Reb · « **Reply #26 on:** January 11, 2013, 04:04:30 AM »

I pay monthly, it is godly combined with my Sonos Play:5.

archnemesis · « **Reply #27 on:** January 11, 2013, 04:29:26 AM »

I only listen to two Japanese bands and they're both on Spotify although some albums are missing.

chronovore · « **Reply #28 on:** January 11, 2013, 05:06:37 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on January 10, 2013, 07:53:10 PM

If you want to use it now, sign up for a free vpn, install the app (including the godly mobile ones) and have someone in the US send you a gift code.

Yeah, I'm signed up, but the app is telling me something about my locale not matching my listed one. I guess I'll have to solve it; I am made of free time right now, so why not?

Thanks!

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #29 on:** January 11, 2013, 07:50:12 AM »

I haven't bought a song in YEARS. I think maybe since high school or something. Or University.

That said I havent pirated music in years either.

But this has me thinking that it could be so hassle free I might pay for it.

Rman · « **Reply #30 on:** January 11, 2013, 09:16:42 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on January 10, 2013, 09:20:38 PM

there is no Japanese spotify - best bet is Sony's service(s) (which are a confusing mess according to a mutual friend of ours who works with them)

Par for the course with Sony it seems.

I love these services. I don't use Spotify, but another service. I'm done owning music. With this, Netflix and the occasional Amazon/iTunes rental, no more plastic discs cluttering up the place.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #31 on:** January 11, 2013, 09:21:02 AM »

Could you have 2 people on 1 spotify account?

Quote from: Rman on January 11, 2013, 09:16:42 AM

Quote from: Cormacaroni on January 10, 2013, 09:20:38 PM
there is no Japanese spotify - best bet is Sony's service(s) (which are a confusing mess according to a mutual friend of ours who works with them)
Par for the course with Sony it seems.

I love these services. I don't use Spotify, but another service. I'm done owning music. With this, Netflix and the occasional Amazon/iTunes rental, no more plastic discs cluttering up the place.

PSN+ soon

future is subscribtion based entertainment.

If youre done with it you unsubcribe.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 11, 2013, 08:41:44 PM »

I would sign up if they didn't make me use Facebook login

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #33 on:** January 11, 2013, 08:46:16 PM »

you dont have to

Huff · « **Reply #34 on:** January 11, 2013, 08:56:30 PM »

It used to require facebook integration which is why I've never signed up. Now that it doesn't I'm going to give it a shot

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #35 on:** January 11, 2013, 09:03:46 PM »

I love the facebook integration for what it's worth. It's nice and easy to share songs and playlists to firends etc. Also being able to see what firends are listening to is cool.

Robo · « **Reply #36 on:** January 11, 2013, 09:20:00 PM »

I only wish they'd fix some of the local library functionality on the desktop application so I could use it as my singular player. Having to switch between applications because the player is overriding my tags, tagging songs incorrectly and sorting them out of order is incredibly obnoxious. Until that happens, I won't pay for it.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #37 on:** January 11, 2013, 10:41:26 PM »

I only use the free desktop version, don't mind the ads, get a lot of enjoyment out of it. If I were the type to carry around a bunch of music with me I'd probably pay.

archnemesis · « **Reply #38 on:** January 12, 2013, 03:57:15 AM »

There is a cheap ass premium version that I use that only lets you stream unlimited music from non-mobile devices.

Fifstar · « **Reply #39 on:** January 12, 2013, 05:48:02 AM »

I like it for checking out albums, although I don't feel like paying for something where the artists themselves get barely any proftit.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #40 on:** January 13, 2013, 12:15:14 PM »

It's weird how spotify has almost every radiohead album but you can only get Vitamin String Quartets version of In Rainbows. Also, almost no Boards of Canada library to speak of. Fuck this service!

No actually it's pretty cool. Thanks for the rec Evilbore.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #41 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:03:44 PM »

Hows the offline stuff work? I mainly listen to music at work but I don't want to be streaming stuff all the time and killing our network.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #42 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:27:01 PM »

i installed it today and it doesnt seem very good at finding new music for me. like i can't search a few tag words to find stuff? maybe i missed something.

is nice to be able to listen to albums from bands i never bothered to pirate.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #43 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:29:43 PM »

no you can't search for tags just artist name / album name / song name/ playlist name

if you want to discover music I reccomend going onto

http://sharemyplaylists.com/

Barry Egan · « **Reply #44 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:32:40 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on January 13, 2013, 07:27:01 PM

i installed it today and it doesnt seem very good at finding new music for me. like i can't search a few tag words to find stuff? maybe i missed something.

yea it seems like you basically need to either go by the "similar artists" category or start paying attention to what other people on your friends list are listening to in order to find new music. It's not like the AMG database where they classify by genre and mood.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #45 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:36:23 PM »

download some of the apps also. I use Filtr, Digster, Pitchfork Soundrop

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #46 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:38:20 PM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on January 13, 2013, 07:32:40 PM

go by the "similar artists" category or start paying attention to what other people on your friends list are listening to in order to find new music.

nobody i know listens to the same music i like

so how good is their selection beyond the big names? I mean I can find Pantera, Iced Earth, Opeth, Mastodon, and stuff like that but what if I'm looking for new progressive instrumental heavy metal with jazz influences? seems poor for anything but big known stuff.

or is that the point of the service all together.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #47 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:39:55 PM »

bandcamp seems more suited for my purposes.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #48 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:40:26 PM »

anything on bandcamp / reverb nation usually is auto added to spotify I think

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #49 on:** January 13, 2013, 07:44:12 PM »

Quote from: MyNameIsMethodis on January 13, 2013, 07:40:26 PM

anything on bandcamp / reverb nation usually is auto added to spotify I think

doesnt seem like it. few of the things i've been listening to aren't there. Intervals, Temple, Gru... Widek is there.

And on Widek there's a track where Halcyon is featured but the Halcyon on Spotify isn't the right one lol.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #50 on:** January 13, 2013, 08:10:25 PM »

You can install apps like Moodagent for that, or use the built in Pandora clone. Use that apps tab, people, it's gold.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #51 on:** January 13, 2013, 08:14:43 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on January 13, 2013, 07:44:12 PM

Quote from: MyNameIsMethodis on January 13, 2013, 07:40:26 PM
anything on bandcamp / reverb nation usually is auto added to spotify I think

doesnt seem like it. few of the things i've been listening to aren't there. Intervals, Temple, Gru... Widek is there.

And on Widek there's a track where Halcyon is featured but the Halcyon on Spotify isn't the right one lol.

weird. The selection on Spotify can be irratic.

http://thebestoftheworstofspotify.blogspot.com/

Barry Egan · « **Reply #52 on:** January 13, 2013, 08:17:31 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on January 13, 2013, 07:38:20 PM

seems poor for anything but big known stuff.

or is that the point of the service all together.

I guess it kinda is. The library seems kind of focused on present stuff, too regardless of how popular it was in the past. If they have stuff from the 60s for instance its "best of" additions published in the last few years.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #53 on:** January 22, 2013, 11:16:26 AM »

fistful maybe it's just the particular kind of music you listen to. Mostly underground metal right? I'm pretty sure I've read that Spotify has always been shit with metal. I've been able to find pretty much everything from the music blogs I visit (GvB, cokemachineglow, fuck, even eric p's blog).

Although I was always bummed that they never had the Weeknd's shit until the trilogy was released.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #54 on:** January 22, 2013, 12:55:18 PM »

oh it's most definitely the kind of music i listen to. it seems to be fine for the major bands that everyone knows about but like i mentioned earlier, it seems to be poor unless you specifically know what you're looking for.

then again what I am currently looking for is pretty obscure.

chronovore · « **Reply #55 on:** February 06, 2013, 09:38:22 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on January 13, 2013, 07:27:01 PM

i installed it today and it doesnt seem very good at finding new music for me. like i can't search a few tag words to find stuff? maybe i missed something.

is nice to be able to listen to albums from bands i never bothered to pirate.

Are you using the band's radio station? It seemed similar to Pandora to me, when I was using the service.

archnemesis · « **Reply #56 on:** February 07, 2013, 03:06:51 AM »

What kind of underground metal? I think related artists and label search e.g. "label:relapse" is a pretty good way of finding new music. Another way is befriending people with similar taste and then occasionally glance at the friend feed.

Pandora had a better search algorithm, but on the other hand their catalog was really limited.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #57 on:** February 07, 2013, 04:55:29 AM »

Can you add people who you aren't friends with on facebook? I don't think anyone here is my friend on facebook but I'd like to see the music you're all listening to.

Still trying to work out the most efficient way of using this, I feel like I'm doing it wrong

archnemesis · « **Reply #58 on:** February 07, 2013, 05:05:40 AM »

Sure, you can use "spotify:user:[username]" from the Spotify client. You can also add people from playlist searches.

FatalT · « **Reply #59 on:** February 07, 2013, 03:59:32 PM »

I pay for the yearly subscription for Pandora for higher quality streaming and no ads. I use the app on my desktop and the app on my phone in my car as the radio. My sub ends next month though so I'll check out Spotify. I just like how Pandora does the whole genre/artist mix-up stations.

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Author Topic: Spotify. Worth the money? (Read 3831 times)