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Is there a site that compares (up to date) catalog sizes of the different services? Rhapsody used to have the largest, but I couldn't abide their website. Rdio has a great site, but their selection wasn't so great. Mog has been a decent compromise, but I'm interested if Spotify has a larger library.
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Thanks.. Your klout link worked for me (Had never used klout before) Is there a way to play a personalized station? I am a fan of having my music selected for me.
There's a Radio section. You can choose genres and decades, but nothing equivalent to an "Artist radio".
"The radio feature will eventually be available. However, I can't say exactly when that will be. Be reminded, that Spotify is not chiefly a radio service. The lack of a radio feature for the time being is a factor of licensing agreements with the rights holders but it will eventually be available.
So the lack of a radio feature in no way limits your ability to search for and play the song of your choice. Just to be clear, when the time comes, the absence of a radio feature will be available for free as well as Premium users, as it is not typically one of the main benefits of a Premium subscription. "
http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/radio_mode_missing...
Spotify will change your life from one appreciating ownership to one preferring access. At least it did with me.
As long as they have all the weird music I listen to, sure. Is there a way to check their selection without signing up? I don't see any way to check if they have Soul Coughing, Zyklon Boom, Любэ, the original Grand Theft Auto soundtrack, Tub Ring, etc? (These are the first few songs I see in my playlist on my iPhone.) I'd be pretty pissed if I signed up and got a Top 40's equivalent for my money.
Soul Coughing - Y Zyklon Boom - N Любэ - N GTA - Only GTA IV and Vice City Tub Ring - Y (these guys have a great sound, thanks for the heads up!)
Spotify seems less exciting than Grooveshark, which has been available in the US for a long time. http://www.grooveshark.com
If "exciting" means "Actually paying artists and not fucking them over constantly and abusing the DMCA to get away with it" then yes, it certainly is less exciting .
I've been using Spotify since the UK closed beta (a few years ago, now). At first it seemed like the most amazing thing ever, but slowly I fell out of love with it, and now I barely use it. Why? 1) The ads. At first they were reasonably infrequent and unobtrusive. But gradually they became more frequent and more and more obtrusive. Eventually some companies were deliberately producing jarring ads to grab your attenti…
As I think you have realised some of your issues (ads and artist payments) could be solved by paying for premium. Premium customers also get access to some music that isn't available for free (and early access to lots of new albums). I think the problem for you though is the music you listen to. I have never seen music start to disappear (and I listen to a wide variety of music). It's also not reasonable to expect ar…
I agree. I previously used Grooveshark for this purpose, but the number of times I found mislabeled or corrupted tracks sparked me to switch to Spotify a while back.
A win for iTunes over Spotify, for me, is AirPlay. I know I could use AirFoil with Spotify and achieve much the same thing, but then I lose the (fabulous) remote control from iPad/iPhone capabilities.
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If "exciting" means "Actually paying artists and not fucking them over constantly and abusing the DMCA to get away with it" then yes, it certainly is less exciting .
Do you actually have a source concerning paying artists or are you just fabricating everything you say? http://www.grooveshark.com/labellist
Step 1. Pick an artist! I'll go for "Britney Spears". Step 2. Pick an album! I'll go for her latest "Femme Fatale". Step 3. Find that album on Groove Shark! Easy enough, it's right there under "Britney Spears". Step 4. Check which label that album is distributed under, Wikipedia states it's under the label "Jive" (who are a division of Epic, part of Sony). Step 5. Search through that list for any label associated with the ones I just listed.
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So here they are, making money of the latest Britney Spears album, yet they aren't licensed to! What a surprise! This is all Grooveshark do. They will only remove after they get a DMCA request because "oh our users upload it! We didn't know! Those naughty users!". That label list is 95% small labels nobody cares about that very few people listen to the music of, none of the larger labels are on there. I would love to see Grooveshark publish a breakdown of what % of their music (based on listens) is licensed vs. unlicensed. I'd bet $100 it's less than 50%.
"oh but it's too hard to get licenses! It's the big bad RIAA!!". Wait a second, we're posting in a thread about a company doing exactly what Grooveshark should be doing and doing it successfully!
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