SwingDJs

Ya - I have heard of it, but I didn't know what it did.

I was looking for a tune somewhere and a Spotify play list for Basie turned up. i read (haha) their mega list of 'rules', clicked agree and this play list of tunes from some Basie album went live. Decent computer sound.

So what's up with Spotify? It streams song. That it? Why is it cool?

jOhn

Here's the deal:

• It's a big library of songs online.
• You can play whatever you like.
• Basic access is free. There are ads.
• It's legal, but artists are unsure about whether it's good for them.
• You can pay for improved service (better sound, no ads).

Competing services are Pandora, Rdio, LastFM, Google Play, iTunes Radio.

trev wrote:Here's the deal:

• It's a big library of songs online.
• You can play whatever you like.
• Basic access is free. There are ads.
• It's legal, but artists are unsure about whether it's good for them.
• You can pay for improved service (better sound, no ads).

Competing services are Pandora, Rdio, LastFM, Google Play, iTunes Radio.

Very helpful! Thx. The bare facts! In short lines. Direct!

Where does the content come from? Some of the Basie stuff is a bit 'obscure' amnd varied on this play list-
https://play.spotify.com/album/2u41kLvZKyQwohUUCS91vH

Ugh! An ad! I killed it. I hate that stuff. So disturbing to hear 21st century crap after a early 20th century musical experience.

Johnny don't wan't no peas and rice and coconut oil and crappy ads.

Eyeball wrote: Ugh! An ad! i killed it. I hate that stuff. So disturbing to hear 21st century crap after a early 20th century musical experience.

Johnny don't wan't no peas and rice and coconut oil and crappy ads.

That's what you "pay" for free access. I pay $10/month for Spotify Premium - no ads! I find Spotify to be a great resource for my musical research, which almost always leads me to more purchases elsewhere after I can easily and quickly search and review full-length tracks/albums.

Jesse

JesseMiner wrote:

Eyeball wrote: Ugh! An ad! I killed it. I hate that stuff. So disturbing to hear 21st century crap after a early 20th century musical experience.

Johnny don't wan't no peas and rice and coconut oil and crappy ads.

That's what you "pay" for free access. I pay $10/month for Spotify Premium - no ads! I find Spotify to be a great resource for my musical research, which almost always leads me to more purchases elsewhere after I can easily and quickly search and review full-length tracks/albums.

Jesse

Sad thing was that I didn't kill the ad. It began where it left off when I finished playing the Basie track.

I would or will use Spotify in the future. 10 dollars is worth it if you are using it a lot.

Aside from just seeking out random songs, can you create play lists or do they put similar type tunes together for you? Some times it is nice to be surprised.

btw - were you not able to do my avatar?

Eyeball wrote:10 dollars is worth it if you are using it a lot.

Aside from just seeking out random songs, can you create play lists or do they put similar type tunes together for you? Some times it is nice to be surprised.

You can create playlists - and you can also create playlists for offline use (still using Spotify) - I know people who DJ from it.

You can also share playlists with others, have communal lists, follow other users etc - it's bringing in quite a few social network style features.

Eyeball wrote: Aside from just seeking out random songs, can you create play lists or do they put similar type tunes together for you? Some times it is nice to be surprised.

btw - were you not able to do my avatar?

You can certainly create playlists and share with others. Click on any of the playlists posted in the Swinging Spotify Playlists discussion to get you started.

And I will get your avatar fixed shortly - it's on my very long to-do list!

Jesse

straycat wrote:

Eyeball wrote:10 dollars is worth it if you are using it a lot.

Aside from just seeking out random songs, can you create play lists or do they put similar type tunes together for you? Some times it is nice to be surprised.

You can create playlists - and you can also create playlists for offline use (still using Spotify) - I know people who DJ from it.

You can also share playlists with others, have communal lists, follow other users etc - it's bringing in quite a few social network style features.

I remember I was on here once with a list of song titles and someone asked me if I was putting together a Spotify list. I said no and didn't ask what it was. I go through periods of not wanting to learn anything. Now, back to my cave. Haha.

I can't recall what that list was right now, but I think people here were adding titles and I was updating the list for several weeks or months.

JesseMiner wrote:

Eyeball wrote: Aside from just seeking out random songs, can you create play lists or do they put similar type tunes together for you? Some times it is nice to be surprised.

btw - were you not able to do my avatar?

You can certainly create playlists and share with others. Click on any of the playlists posted in the Swinging Spotify Playlists discussion to get you started.

And I will get your avatar fixed shortly - it's on my very long to-do list!

Jesse

Thx and double thx. I will scope it out with my new avatar.