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Spotify is the next generation of desktop music players that streams full albums to your computer. It has over 3.8 million different songs. What makes it so special? Available for both mac and PC It's completely legal Over 4 million tracks Listen to whole albums Share playlists and searches with URLs that automatically open in Spotify Not impressed? Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL2QatInht8 --- How do I get it? Spotify is now available in the US! Sign up for an invite here: http://www.spotify.com/us/sprite/ --- I really think Spotify has huge potential and it'd be awesome to directly link to playlists on SA that automatically play using Spotify. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Jul 27, 2011 |
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# ? Feb 15, 2025 04:10 |
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Daveproxy keeps timing out and bombarding me with ads. ![]()
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I managed to get to the page using http://mark7.info/ but it says I need an invite code.
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A couple of playlists for you all; The main goon playlist from the old thread: http://open.spotify.com/user/lordbost/playlist/57GG9G42iMhIZ7Ej3IeWnG Aural contraceptive; listen to it with your partner and if you still like them then it's probably love. http://open.spotify.com/user/charliebrooker/playlist/2uz17uyzXjsodWYzwsgp5J The music used in Charlie Brooker's screenwipe/newsipe http://open.spotify.com/user/charliebrooker/playlist/1cbjbEfXuZesvIYHnN9ilP
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Try this proxy guys: http://www.htmlblock.co.uk/anonymous_web_browser/ The other ones didn't work for me, but that one did.
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Uh, guys, Spotify will not work in other countries after 2 weeks. Trust me, I downloaded it in Finland and when I arrived in America it keeps stopping every two weeks. The only way I can get around it is to have friends from Finland log in every time it stops. In other words, you can proxy to get around to downloading it, but you can't (very well) from using it.
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Skyler posted:Try this proxy guys: http://www.htmlblock.co.uk/anonymous_web_browser/ HTMLBlock gets me to the site and download page but downloads garbage files. ![]()
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I'd post some invite codes, but unfortunately it's stopped giving them to me. Sorry ![]()
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edit: nevermind
Green Typewriters fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Aug 9, 2009 |
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Spotify is awesome, but too good. The ads are so un-intrusive I find no reason to upgrade to Premium at all. It seems to depend on the time I listen to music; right now at 00:40 I can expect 1 audio advert every 40 mins or so. Seeing as I have the window closed all the time I see none of the visual adverts at all.
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If you like the idea of spotify you should check out https://www.jukefly.com Its a glorified Youtube playlist manager really but it kinda just works. Pick an album and it will play it. It pretty much has all the features of spotify but works in the U.S. The interface is busy as hell though so try not to stare at it too long. I use it at work, just search an album hit play and minimize it.
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I am pretty unimpressed in regards to spotify's catalogue, but as a free legal service I am well delighted with how unobtrusive the ads are. I think that a lot of newer albums / singles could be added, but they are working on expanding the collection of music by the day. I am mostly using spotify to listen to older more obscure recordings of rock / blues musicians though.
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Hi, I'm Jonathan from Spotify.
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Morkvitalja posted:Hi, I'm Jonathan from Spotify. Hi! I'm Mike from Massachusetts!
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Well, poo poo. Looks like I have no excuse now. Thanks for the proxies and the postal codes, this is perfect.
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I've been using the Premium Version (10 bucks a month) for a while now, and I've really fallen in love with Spotify. There ARE still some annoying holes in the catalogue, but the program is incredibly easy and barely needs any ressources at all. As nice as the integrated Radio is, it would also be cool if they expanded the possibilities for searching and browsing the catalogue a bit. EDIT: Not sure if it was already posted somewhere, but Spotify is also planning to launch in the US this summer: http://www.grindefx.com/spotify-plan-to-launch-in-the-us-this-summer/ DominoDancing fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Aug 8, 2009 |
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Awesome, I just got an account signed up. My problem now is the download page isn't working for me. Can anyone else get the mac client to download through a proxy? edit: got it to work through http://mark7.info using https://www.spotify.com/en/download/mac/
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You can download it without using a proxy.
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Charlie Mopps posted:You can download it without using a proxy. ![]()
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Spotify is brilliant and I have paid the monthly fee for a some months and use the program every single day. However, recently all Dylan tracks was removed. A serious dent in the Spotify catalog. Tolli fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Aug 8, 2009 |
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Tolli posted:However, recently all Dylan tracks was removed. A serious dent in the Spotify catalog. The catalog varies by where you live. I live in Norway and I still get to listen to Bob Dylan.
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I was skeptical before trying this. I imagined lots of ads & noticeably poor sound but actually, it's really impressive. Interface is spot on, streaming works really well...I guess this is the future.
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The Erland posted:The catalog varies by where you live. I live in Norway and I still get to listen to Bob Dylan. Thats true, but I live in Norway too and Bob Dylan is currently not available (only 1 live album and some tracks here and there)
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Don't know how long the Spotify guys are going to look at multiple registrations from one IP block and the same postal code... :P
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Thanks, this is really cool to use when I'm away from my music collection
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Is there a way to extend the period after two weeks using a proxy or is it just easier to make a new account? I loved Spotify when I tried it out earlier this summer. Something as simple as this would slow piracy a ridiculous amount.
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It's so good, that I find myself listening to stuff on it that I already have on my hard drive. Sucks about Dylan though, last time I checked there was a metric shitload of his stuff there.
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Dylan's titles are still available if you're in France.
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Isnt Rhapsody the same kind of service ? http://www.rhapsody.com/tfxb.html?mboxSession1250055249570-576259 Never got to try it due to country restrictions.
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its good with very large bands, but its pretty poo poo for artists who dont really release that many albums and only really release singles and eps instead. They just seem to omit large swathes on artists discography's unless they appear on some lovely compilation.
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Can anyone explain how this is better/different to last.fm?
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Pandachops posted:Can anyone explain how this is better/different to last.fm? You choose exactly what artist and tracks you want to listen to, and it plays them, instead of Last.fm's method of generating a radio station of similar music. It has that functionality too if you want it, but with some good fine grained controls such as "only play music of genre x from the 1950s, 60s and 70s". It can post to your Last.fm page natively too.
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Well, the first backlash has arrived: an artist claiming the amount he gets paid isnt worth the trouble:quote:I’d Rather Be Raped By Pirate Bay Than Go With Spotify
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Honestly the whole thing does seem too good to be true. I've been listening for the last 20 minutes on the free service and have havent heard an ad (ok actually one came on as I was about to hit post but still) Wheres the profit coming from? Also the rating system makes no sense as it appears to be generated entirely on plays making it just a vauge popularity bar thing. Not that rating systems really make sense most other places either mind, UI designers just dont seem to be able to let them go.
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Charlie Mopps posted:Well, the first backlash has arrived: an artist claiming the amount he gets paid isnt worth the trouble: Interesting...I'd like to hear more about this case. As it is his statement is pretty worthless without any number on how often he was actually played. Not being from Sweden I know nothing about him, but from what I gather from Wikipedia he's not what I'd call a young and hip artist, so perhaps his target audience are not the people who are likely to use Spotify. Three Red Lights posted:Honestly the whole thing does seem too good to be true. I've been listening for the last 20 minutes on the free service and have havent heard an ad (ok actually one came on as I was about to hit post but still) Wheres the profit coming from? There is at least some advertising revenue, and also there are people like me who pay 10 bucks a month for the premium service. Since Spotify uses some kind of P2P technology, server costs probably aren't as high as they would otherwise be either. DominoDancing fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Aug 13, 2009 |
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I have used spotify and it's not bad but I honestly don't understand why it's being so hyped when grooveshark does the same thing. EDIT: oh and don't know if this has been covered but even if you register another postal code and use the app, after 14 days it'll notify you that you can't login because you're not listening from your registered postal code. travisray2004 fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Aug 14, 2009 |
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Morkvitalja posted:Hi, I'm Jonathan from Spotify. Got premium an hour ago, so hah! Take that, Jonathan! "That" being my money.
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Return to Sender posted:Is there a way to extend the period after two weeks using a proxy or is it just easier to make a new account? Only ways are to have someone from the country that you set up the account with log in, and then use it. Or create new accounts I guess, but that's a more lengthy process.
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You can set up a SOCKS4/5 proxy and sign in through that but I haven't found any reliable ones. I'd be willing to chip in and actually buy a private one for goons only but I really don't know much about setting something like that up.
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I got myself an VPN account on https://www.ivacy.com. You get 100 mb when you sign up, which is more than enough to sign on to Spotify every now and then. It works perfectly and is free of charge. Edit: Some people are reporting, that Spotify have blocked Ivacy.com. Aww... Footy fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Aug 21, 2009 |
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