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Re: Spotify next generation explained

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Post by mseebach »

ErrantX wrote: post #10
whalesalad wrote: post #5

It's a shame that it isn't available legally in the US of A. I have to VPN into Sweden every couple of weeks to keep my account active. I'd be more than willing to pay a premium fee... but even that won't work, your address has to be in the country of your account. Reasons I enjoy Spotify so much... * Their client is super quick and simple * Songs load essentially instantly, it's like they're local. * They have an An…

Can you not "borrow" a friends address in one of those countries?

They (appear to) check the address on your credit card.

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Post by pirko »

One thing that I noticed in your inbox is the filter option, "Only show items from people I follow". Does that mean that you can send songs to other peoples inboxes that your are not friends with? Opportunity to spam music?

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Post by thatdepends »

mootothemax wrote: post #3

I love Spotify and think it's an amazing service, but have recently started wondering if it's just as bad for artists as AllOfMp3. After reading about Lady Gaga earning close to nothing for 1 million plays, I'm not sure if it's a service that we should continue to support that much. If 1 million plays don't earn you any money, what's the incentive for less well-known artists? http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta…

That would depend on whether or not you want to see the current music industry system saved or destroyed...

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Post by mootothemax »

mmelin wrote: post #6
mootothemax wrote: post #3

I love Spotify and think it's an amazing service, but have recently started wondering if it's just as bad for artists as AllOfMp3. After reading about Lady Gaga earning close to nothing for 1 million plays, I'm not sure if it's a service that we should continue to support that much. If 1 million plays don't earn you any money, what's the incentive for less well-known artists? http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta…

I think you'll find that an artist's income from 1 million Spotify plays far exceeds the equivalent income from ten plays at a radio station with 100,000 listeners.

I think you'll find that's an entirely subjective comment you've just made ;)

For example, there are plenty of radio stations who set up deals to play a new artist often for few royalties, because it's a cheap(er) way of promoting new and unknown artists.

Actually, no, you tell me precisely how much less artists earn from radio stations with few listeners. I think it might be the opposite to what you're trying to argue.

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Post by mootothemax »

sharpn wrote: post #4
mootothemax wrote: post #3

I love Spotify and think it's an amazing service, but have recently started wondering if it's just as bad for artists as AllOfMp3. After reading about Lady Gaga earning close to nothing for 1 million plays, I'm not sure if it's a service that we should continue to support that much. If 1 million plays don't earn you any money, what's the incentive for less well-known artists? http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta…

Spotify responded that these figures were way out (without giving the true numbers). If I remember correctly, the low figure was for a short period & related only to the Swedish market AND for only the Swedish co-writer's royalty - i.e. it was half of the Swedish royalties for a few months, not the full worldwide royalties for a calender year. Here's one report: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/7590782/Spotify-r…

Wow, thanks for the link, damned shame that their decent response didn't get the same press coverage.

So, phew, back to enjoying Spotify :-D

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Post by gizmo »

Spotify doesn't seem to work where I live, so I use Grooveshark instead.

Grooveshark has a gigantic library of music and instant streaming. Recommendation engine works well, and you can explore the playlists of other users to discover new music. I'm not sure how Grooveshark can stream music to everybody for free (or almost free for pro users), but as long as it exists I'll be a happy user.

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Post by binarymax »

sssparkkk wrote: post #12

Well, it's really too bad they haven't introduced better playlist-management. That's the one thing their client is lacking the most.

The playlist manager does need some enhancement (as well as having a listening history that spans sessions). But there are some cool features in here. I'm definitely keen on the local libraries and the starred tracks.

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Post by tonyskn »

superjohan wrote: post #17

Something I noticed while running the new version the first time: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johanhalin/4556877903/ In other words, uncheck that if you don't want Spotify modifying your tags in your audio files.

Definitely uncheck that button :) I had some jpop tracks in my library that turned automatically into this http://twitpic.com/1iuk5k.
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