I solve the music in the kitchen problem by simply living in a small flat. That way, the kitchen is the living room with the PC and the speakers
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Sat May 15, 2010 14:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Grim... wrote: Hmm. I don't hear the adds so I can't comment, but the speed at which it can play music is voodoo - even across a 3G network. I've never known it stop to buffer before. The adverts are incredibly jarring, but you're right about the speed. Even when my Internet is arsing about, Spotify is flawless. Voodoo. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Sat May 15, 2010 20:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
When my internet is fucking about, it almost always lasts to the end of the song and then dies. When using it on the phone, it's just very unreliable in my experience. It'll always die a couple of times on the way to work. So I never use it any more. |
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Sat May 15, 2010 20:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
I wasn't impressed with the iPhone version. Not anything to do with the program or service itself, but entirely because 3G is patchy as hell here. I'll be in the car, and it'll switch between 0-5 bars of nothing/GPRS/Edge/3G constantly. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sat May 15, 2010 23:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Malabar Front wrote: I wasn't impressed with the iPhone version. Not anything to do with the program or service itself, but entirely because 3G is patchy as hell here. I'll be in the car, and it'll switch between 0-5 bars of nothing/GPRS/Edge/3G constantly. Fair comment - even on the Isle of Man (we're not exactly a massive land mass.....) 3G is all over the place, at its best it manages pretty much 1/4 meg ADSL, at its worst it's just not there at all, wouldn't want to rely on it for listening to my music on the move. Doesn't the iPhone app support offline mode though? (Loses the point of it all a bit though I guess.) As silly as it sounds, despite being the ultimate 'your own anywhere in the world internet radio station', I reckon Spotify works best in your own house. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
As Spotify have closed the loophole that bypassed the need for an invite, I don't suppose one of you kind paying members has a spare invite code that I can pass to a friend of mine? |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
It says here: https://www.spotify.com/uk/get-spotify/overview/ That there's no need for an invite. |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Oh sorry, my bad. I didn't realise Spotify Open was different to Spotify Free. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
I solve the music in the kitchen problem by simply living in a small flat. That way, the kitchen is the living room with the PC and the speakers
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| Author: | SkyKid [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
I got a wireless audio transmitter. After a few teething problems, it now works very nicely. Play.com were selling them for around £20 IIRC: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/667/874/-/5180776/One-For-All-SV1740-USB-Wireless-Digital-Audio-Sender/Product.html?searchtype=genre |
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| Author: | devilman [ Fri Jun 04, 2010 19:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
devilman wrote: As Spotify have closed the loophole that bypassed the need for an invite, I don't suppose one of you kind paying members has a spare invite code that I can pass to a friend of mine? *flutters eyelashes* |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Spotify has stand-up comedy CDs on it! |
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| Author: | devilman [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 13:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Grim... wrote: Spotify has stand-up comedy CDs on it! Ooh.. excellent. Any good ones you can recommend? While I've created playlists of the stuff I'm into, I'm going through them pretty often so I need something new to listen to - Spotify Radio helps a little but it has a funny idea of what classes as 'rock' and it seems to like Bryan Adams a hell of a lot. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 14:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
I point you here, sir: http://comedify.com/ But I do love Robin William's set: http://open.spotify.com/album/226CWKQhUKZhUDEX1Wdvv3 |
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| Author: | devilman [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 21:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Don't suppose anyone's got an invite for Spotify going spare? I think I've convinced my brother he should be using it, but he's not filling my account with his rubbish. Shame that Spotify Unlimited (which I'm on) doesn't generate invites really or I'd be able to sort him out myself. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 22:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
I have loads... but I thought you didn't have to be invited any more? |
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| Author: | devilman [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 22:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Curiosity wrote: I have loads... but I thought you didn't have to be invited any more? It was more the case that you could bypass the invite system. They closed that loophole a while back. |
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| Author: | Derek The Halls [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 22:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
In some ways I prefer the ad infused version of Spotify now the Shockwaves ad has disappeared. I heard some music in an ad that I liked today. It was 'Die Antwoord' with Enter the Ninja. Some breathy high pitched female euro vocals sounded quite nice. So I looked up the video on youtube Oh dear. 
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 23:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
devilman wrote: Curiosity wrote: I have loads... but I thought you didn't have to be invited any more? It was more the case that you could bypass the invite system. They closed that loophole a while back. Well, feel free to PM me and I'll try to work out how to send him an invite |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 23:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Oh dear indeed 
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| Author: | devilman [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 23:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Curiosity wrote: devilman wrote: Curiosity wrote: I have loads... but I thought you didn't have to be invited any more? It was more the case that you could bypass the invite system. They closed that loophole a while back. Well, feel free to PM me and I'll try to work out how to send him an invite Duly PMed! |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 23:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Grim... wrote: Oh dear indeed It's scarily well constructed and produced though. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Using Spotify on more than one PC, and get annoyed when it's local music on one PC isn't played on another, because the file isn't there? Simply put your favorite tunes in a Dropbox* folder, and tell Spotify to look for the music there**. *Don't have Dropbox? Use my referrer link to get you some. If you use more than one PC, you'll soon wonder how you got along without it. **If you use different operating systems on each PC, you'll have to put it somewhere with the same address, ie. /home/dropbox/ or c:/dropbox/ |
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| Author: | Runcle [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Would people be up for a collaborative monthly spotify playlist? Heres the link to one I've just set up now. Just subscribe then add as many songs as you like, just not loads of the same band. I've added 5 to start us off. http://open.spotify.com/user/runcle/playlist/12RFhS9SYZJuZLAk9hlYHB |
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| Author: | markg [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Added another five in there. |
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| Author: | Runcle [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Ha, I listened to one of my songs went back to put another one on and saw there was 12 new tracks. |
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| Author: | romanista [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Grim... wrote: *Don't have Dropbox? Use my referrer link to get you some. If you use more than one PC, you'll soon wonder how you got along without it. **If you use different operating systems on each PC, you'll have to put it somewhere with the same address, ie. /home/dropbox/ or c:/dropbox/ already had this, clicked your referrel link, and got 250 mb extra due to accepting a certain gary bowman's referral, who's that? added a song to runcle's playlist.. dancing on this nice rerggae tune with my daugter right now 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
What the fuck? Fuck you, Dropbox! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
romanista wrote: added a song to runcle's playlist.. dancing on this nice rerggae tune with my daugter right now Is it Feel The Rush? Best Shaggy song no-one's heard ever. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Dropbox is so fucking good. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 13:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Not at referrals, it seems
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| Author: | pupil [ Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
http://new.thelounge.com/uk/about-us#PureMusic New UK competitor to Spotify, launching December, could be interesting... |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
In case anyone didn't know Spotify have got rid of the 5 plays per track limitation so it's actually useful again without a paid account. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Huzzah! I'd stopped using it as about half my regular playlist was over 5 plays. How the fudge are Spotify making money, though? |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Advertising I guess, same way that YouTube do (or don't). |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:35 ] |
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That's what I mean - there isn't that much advertising on Spotify, really, and the charges they must have to pay to allow unlimited access to all that music must be horrendous. It can't be sustainable as a business model, surely? |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:42 ] |
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I dunno man, it must be I guess. It's been a few years now and I wouldn't think that people would still keep chucking money at it with no hope of a return. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Mr Kissyfur wrote: Huzzah! I'd stopped using it as about half my regular playlist was over 5 plays. How the fudge are Spotify making money, though? Not sure that it does make money yet. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
"You have listened to 6 of your 10 hours free monthly music"
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:06 ] |
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Got a premium subscription, free for 30 days so I'll just see how much we use it. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:08 ] |
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Oh for fudge's sake. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 13:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
It costs less than 0.14 pints of beer per day (London beer, at least). Pay the nice people! |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 13:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Like I say it depends on how much I use it. Even when it was all free there would be months at a time when I'd just end up not using it at all. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 13:48 ] |
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I was directing that at Mr Chris, as he appeared to be complaining. Actually, I worked that out on £10 a month - isn't it cheaper than that if you don't have mobile access? |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 14:01 ] |
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Yeah, it's only a fiver if you don't want mobile access. I figure I probably stand a better chance of getting my money's worth by paying a tenner a month and having that too. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 14:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
I'm like Mark - some months I won't use it at all. Also, I, as you well know, am a mahoosive cheapskate. |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Jul 05, 2013 14:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
I have to say that after having had Spotify premium for some months now I wouldn't be without it. After a while of keep on listening to the same old tunes or looking for new albums by people I already listened to I'm finding so much new music to listen to. A tenner a month for this and six quid for Netflix is nothing. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
The recommendations have started to include "songs that are popular in your area". I'm not sure how well that will work... |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:17 ] |
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The closer I get to South West London, the more Mariah Carey keeps showing up? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:39 ] |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jun 23, 2014 13:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spotify - Free music streaming thingy |
Spotify* listens are going to start counting toward the Top 40 this week (100 listens = 1 "purchase"). http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/j ... gles-chart That's a pretty big deal. *also Deezer, Napster, Xbox Music, Music Unlimited and Rara |
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