Tegis Posted May 4, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2010 You can invite friends to Spotify Free if they live in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France or Spain. And I've got invites, pm if needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I must say thanks once again Tegis. It is pretty awesome. I just came across the first Coldplay album once again, and currently listening to it. I loved that album as a kid..was only 11. >_> Still a top album imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b6bloke Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I have had the free version of this for some time now but decided to go premium and have it on my mobile, bloody class!!! My phone has an FM transmitter so can put it through mt car stereo too. Shame I dont get invites to send out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Spotify on the 3GS/4G now runs in the background if you have iOS4 and have the latest Spotify update (01/07) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted October 4, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2010 Spotify on Windows Mobile. Took a while longer than Android and iOS :-) Clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted April 14, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted April 14, 2011 Free accounts get a 10 hour per month limit. Shame for some I guess. I have a premium account but my kids use the free service. A family type account of some sort would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Grooveshark it is then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 14, 2011 Author Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2011 Spotify will kill the music business far more than illegal downloading ever did. The money artists get for plays on spotify is absolutely pitiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Spotify will kill the music business far more than illegal downloading ever did. The money artists get for plays on spotify is absolutely pitiful. Interesting discussion there about what they do get, what they should get, what business model is sustainable in the context of current technology and cultural expectations. I'm sure that discussion's happening somewhere, I just don't know where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 14, 2011 Author Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2011 1 million unique plays on Spotify for Lady Gaga's "poker Face" earned her an incredible $167. That was the most popular Spotify song in a five month period last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 1 million unique plays on Spotify for Lady Gaga's "poker Face" earned her an incredible $167. That was the most popular Spotify song in a five month period last year. So what business model does work? Given that the old "We tell you what to buy and you buy it at the price we set" model doesn't work any more. Or at least it does for some, including the saintly Lady Gaga. But not for much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted April 14, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted April 14, 2011 1 million unique plays on Spotify for Lady Gaga's "poker Face" earned her an incredible $167. That was the most popular Spotify song in a five month period last year. One has to wonder where the money ends up (cough record labels cough) as they have 1 000 000 paying customers and 9 000 000 free (ads) users as of 6 months ago. That's quite a source of income. And they haven't even launched in the US yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 14, 2011 Author Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2011 Oh a huge chunk goes to the "industry", it just doesn't go to the artist. It's a huge stitch up by the labels and spotify. Its wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 14, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted April 14, 2011 1 million unique plays on Spotify for Lady Gaga's "poker Face" earned her an incredible $167. That was the most popular Spotify song in a five month period last year. Hence why a great many artists work isn't on there and a number of songs are regularly removed from it. I seem to remember a big name band (I want to say Metallica...but unsure) spoke about how much they could expect to receive from Spotify usage of their songs and it was pitiful. And thats for one of the biggest bands, ever. I like the idea of Spotify, and indeed I've been a regular user, but I'm not sure it works, and with a 10hr/month limit coming in on the free user profiles, I'll be removing it from my computer soon enough. Music pricing as Peterms raises the issue is complex. Everyone thinks the price of a CD is too much (and it is), but the band itself doesn't see much of that cash - they tend to make their money touring more than anything. IIRC Radiohead's self release of In Rainbows, with the 'pay what you want' policy, was one of the most profitable releases of all time. That model isn't viable long term however because, of course, not every band is Radiohead on the back of a 15 year career (at that time) at the top, and not every band can pretty much self record produce and destribute a top quality album off their own back. It's, for me anyway, certainly a better approach than the standard one from the consumer's point of view. A compromise from that towards the traditional method might work out, but what that compromise I'm unsure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 The current Spotify ad is offering to rent my place out to visiting royal wedding tourists. It's nice to get a day off (or get paid extra), but does anyone really give a monkeys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 No. Spotify? Not interested at all. I'll stick to torrentland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 They've loosened the leash on free Spotify for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Anyone fancy adding to the VT playlist again? I've just been listening to it again. Some interesting selections on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 11, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2012 I've not used Spotify since I last posted in this thread I think. The change to the free user account absolutely killed it for me. It's apparently taken off in the US though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 11, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2012 Absolutely adore Spotify now. I have the £4.99 a month sub and it's worth every penny imo. Enjoying some of the new apps for it too, particularly the Pitchfork and Tunewiki ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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