Spotify

[Mardur]

https://www.spotify.com/static/images/social-badge-en.png (http://open.spotify.com/user/thermodynamicist)

Let's talk about how great this service is. Should have some invites available soon~ (Edit: invites available today, read below)

I love the social aspect, feel free to add me and send me some music.

[Scribbles]

spotify is da bomb too bad my 5 yo macbook can no longer play sound through the speakers FUCK

[Jhahl]

pretty awesome service for sure

[Pico]

is this gay porn because my parents check my history nightly

[Mardur]

Bad news: I was given 2 standard invites this morning, but they went to friends.

Good news: I was just given 50 invites through Facebook. I'm going to bomb them out later tonight, if you want in add me on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/hanzosword).

[Scribbles]

i have mad invited but there is a very limited list of ppl on this forum whom i would give one to

[Mardur]

Sent out 50 invites and it gave me the option to invite more via facebook or email. Not sure what the limit is to this. PM me and maybe I can hook a brother up.

[Salty]

I got an invite but I didn't give a shit.

Why is spotify sweet? I'm actually curious no trollin

[xnolanx]

is this gay porn because my parents check my history nightly

same........

[Mardur]

I got an invite but I didn't give a shit.

Why is spotify sweet? I'm actually curious no trollin

Before Spotify, I would download albums from what.cd and then plop them into Foobar. Not terribly complicated.

With Spotify, all I do is search for a band/album/song/genre/whatever and play.

Nothing really changes except there's a lot less steps, wasted time and effort. It's also way easier to check out a random band if I didn't want to log into what.cd and torrent an album.

There's also a lot of fringe benefits. Everything is streamed online, so that's major space saved on your hard drive. If I'm at a friend's, all I have to do is download Spotify, log in, and I have my entire music collection. The social aspect is awesome. Some of my friends are a bit computer illiterate. Before I'd burn CDs and send them, now all I have to do is click and drag to instantly share albums to friends.

I've discovered and rediscovered a LOT of music since I started using Spotify and that more than justifies the introductory price of free.

The streaming quality is "good" but not pristine. Most people won't even notice. If you pay $10 a month (totally worth it) you get 320kbps, offline mode (music downloaded to your PC), smartphone support, etc.

Also, new releases are added just as fast as you'd fine them in a store. Matter of fact, a lot of albums are getting exclusive Spotify releases. The new Das Racist album leaked via Spotify, for example.

[superapan]

I've had Spotify since like 2008, it's really great.

And you yanks should be thankful for this swedish foreign aid. I pay an equivalence of close $15 per month, while you get away with just $10! Nerf!