Spotify (Invites being sent out 09/13 @ midnight EST)
 

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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.

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

pretty awesome service for sure

is this gay porn because my parents check my history nightly

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.

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

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.

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

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

same........

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.