Spotify

Mardur · #1 09-09-2011, 11:42 AM

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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.

Scribbles · #2 09-09-2011, 12:20 PM

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

Jhahl · #3 09-10-2011, 12:48 AM

pretty awesome service for sure

Pico · #4 09-10-2011, 03:12 AM

is this gay porn because my parents check my history nightly

Mardur · #5 09-13-2011, 06:58 PM

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.

Scribbles · #6 09-13-2011, 11:39 PM

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

Mardur · #7 09-14-2011, 12:26 AM

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 · #8 09-14-2011, 12:32 AM

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

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

xnolanx · #9 09-14-2011, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Pico [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

is this gay porn because my parents check my history nightly

same........

Mardur · #10 09-14-2011, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Salty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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.