Spotify Thread
07-14-2011, 10:19 AM
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Spotify Thread
It's here. www.spotify.com Anyone sign up yet or are you waiting for the free beta like me. Can someone clarify regarding the free beta, can you use your phone?
Cliffs: Spotify is a music service from Europe that just opened today. Stream 15 million songs to your computer, mobile device, tablet. Prices range from free, $5, $10 a month. Might be good for those that want access to a huge variety of music and want to pick an exact song.
Cliffs: Spotify is a music service from Europe that just opened today. Stream 15 million songs to your computer, mobile device, tablet. Prices range from free, $5, $10 a month. Might be good for those that want access to a huge variety of music and want to pick an exact song.
07-14-2011, 10:20 AM
#2
All About Trance
Google Music?
07-14-2011, 12:41 PM
#7
FUCk That Spotify shit Try http://grooveshark.com/ Its free no need to wait for Invite!! This is my Remedy when I cant download Torrents at work!
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07-14-2011, 02:46 PM
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I loved Grooveshark but they were missing some key artists and for me personally I have to jailbreak my phone again and pay a monthly for their mobile version.
07-15-2011, 10:10 PM
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So I went on twitter and searched #Spotify to see if anyone was giving out codes. Someone retweeted that Demi Moore had codes. So I went to her account, saw her post with a link, put in my email, 5 mins later got an invite. Trent Reznor was doing this as well.
07-15-2011, 10:52 PM
#11
Sanest Florida Man
^thanks for the heads up. we'll see how it goes
with spotify don't you need to pay if you want mobile access?
with spotify don't you need to pay if you want mobile access?
07-15-2011, 10:55 PM
#12
Sanest Florida Man
I have a Zune Pass and while it doesn't give me mobile access on iOS devices (Windows Phone and Zune devices only) it's got everything else spotify does and I can stream from my 360 plus I get to keep 10 songs a month.
But I still want to check out spotify, I heard the hype for years.
But I still want to check out spotify, I heard the hype for years.
07-16-2011, 12:32 AM
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Suzuka Master
no invite for me 
lol someone wanna put the codes here, i dont use twitter
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nvm, just googled it, lets see if i get it quicker this way
lol someone wanna put the codes here, i dont use twitter\
nvm, just googled it, lets see if i get it quicker this way
07-16-2011, 12:44 AM
#16
Sanest Florida Man
I was gonna say where's mine! I had to check my junk folder to find it. I'm in!
07-16-2011, 12:56 AM
#17
Suzuka Master
wow that way worked, already got it
07-16-2011, 01:09 AM
#18
Suzuka Master
it wont connect ot the internet a;soijfaowijfe
is this happening to anyone else???
I cant search, and when i click top lists it says browsing failed. I looked on their website and i can reinstall it with an updated download thing but it still doesnt work, and i told my firewall to allow spotify through.
looks like i'm not the only one, i think the servers crashed??
is this happening to anyone else???
I cant search, and when i click top lists it says browsing failed. I looked on their website and i can reinstall it with an updated download thing but it still doesnt work, and i told my firewall to allow spotify through.
looks like i'm not the only one, i think the servers crashed??
Last edited by speedemon90; 07-16-2011 at 01:18 AM.
07-16-2011, 01:15 AM
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Sanest Florida Man
you sure you allowed it in the firewall? double check
07-16-2011, 01:20 AM
#20
Suzuka Master
control panel --> windows firewall --> allow a program or feature through windows firewall ---> checked spotify for both public and home//work
weird, it works now... after unchecking and checking the firewall thing it works. no clue but i'm back in business
weird, it works now... after unchecking and checking the firewall thing it works. no clue but i'm back in business
Last edited by speedemon90; 07-16-2011 at 01:22 AM.
07-16-2011, 08:02 AM
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Banned
Hadn't got my invite from Spotify, but I saw that Coca Cola was handing out invites. Signed up there and within five minutes had it.
Very interesting. Might have to try out Premium for a month to check out mobile.
Very interesting. Might have to try out Premium for a month to check out mobile.
07-16-2011, 02:38 PM
#22
Go Giants
Invite me
07-16-2011, 02:44 PM
#23
Sanest Florida Man
they're not letting me give out invites....
07-16-2011, 02:45 PM
#24
Sanest Florida Man
I got mine from Demi Moore's twitter page
07-16-2011, 02:56 PM
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Sanest Florida Man
07-16-2011, 03:20 PM
#26
Suzuka Master
07-16-2011, 03:25 PM
#27
Go Giants
Just asked Demi
07-16-2011, 03:43 PM
#28
Sanest Florida Man
she sent me n00dz too
07-16-2011, 03:54 PM
#29
I shoot people
I have apps on my Android phone (that were FREE), and lets me get free music, is this basically the same? And I've been meaning to ask... how are those apps legal??
07-16-2011, 04:43 PM
#30
Suzuka Master
SPotify is not free for mobile. You can get it on the desktop for free. You can search a lot of musicc and just put it on a playlist and listen to those, you can also play local files from the program.
In spotify you technically arent downloading the music, I think? You're just streaming it. Its more in common with pandora except you choose the music.
07-16-2011, 08:00 PM
#31
Go Giants
I dont fully get it...
07-17-2011, 09:18 AM
#32
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It scans your local hdd and throws those in the Local tab. If you have iTunes or windows media it will make tabs for those as well matching whatever music you put in those programs. Since I share laptops with my wife we don't autosync iTunes and manually add music.
Now if you use the search, you can search music you don't have. Type in just Muse and a ton of songs result. If you click the album column head then you have it nicely organized by album. Or at the top right corner all the albums are reflected.
If you've created playlists it reflects each respective playlist you've created.
As for mobile use you should download your phone's app. There is an iOS app that's already had one update. It allows you to wirelessly download music you own to your phone. Sadly these songs won't show in iPod mode. However with a free account you can wifi sync to Spotify and listen to whatever is in the Spotify library. I'm actually surprised I found Beatles and U2. I don't think grooveshark has Beatles.
Now if you use the search, you can search music you don't have. Type in just Muse and a ton of songs result. If you click the album column head then you have it nicely organized by album. Or at the top right corner all the albums are reflected.
If you've created playlists it reflects each respective playlist you've created.
As for mobile use you should download your phone's app. There is an iOS app that's already had one update. It allows you to wirelessly download music you own to your phone. Sadly these songs won't show in iPod mode. However with a free account you can wifi sync to Spotify and listen to whatever is in the Spotify library. I'm actually surprised I found Beatles and U2. I don't think grooveshark has Beatles.
Last edited by Doom878; 07-17-2011 at 09:21 AM.
07-17-2011, 11:30 AM
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I got an email last week from Trent about this, he sent it out to his original email list from the 90's. I guess it pays to keep old email addresses 
07-18-2011, 07:13 AM
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Interesting. I wirelessly transferred some songs to my iPhone but when it plays the song the first 20 seconds are the actual song and the rest of the song is a song I did not transfer over that I also own. Still buggy I guess
07-18-2011, 11:50 AM
#35
Go Giants
Ok, so I like you can play any song you want on your PC. So, if I pay, I can play it on my iphone as well?
07-19-2011, 07:08 AM
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Yeah on the iPhone app there's a artist/album search. If I do the search on my free license and search an album where I have one song, then that song is in bold while the others are greyed out. I can see the potential selection but I can't use them. Just like cochese said, wireless sync but might be buggy per my situation above.
07-19-2011, 07:12 AM
#38
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Also unless someone wants to point out what I'm doing wrong, you can only listen to songs on playlists you've synced. Wanted to listen to a song I knew I had on my computer, but couldn't because it wasn't in the playlist I synced.
07-19-2011, 07:32 AM
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I got an invite. It's OK. Using it primarily at work. One item I noticed was the music would skip on me every once and a while. Not a bandwidth issue here at work. Maybe just a beta glitch.