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From: ogden on 30 Jun 2010 05:53 Champ wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:34:42 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" > <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > > >Champ wrote: > > >> <ridiculously late to the party> > >> > >> So, er, what is it that Spotify actually does? > > >In its most basic form, it gives you an app on your PC that gives you > >free streaming of thousands of tracks, with the odd advert here & > >there. Here's a grid showing what the different free/pay options give > >you - https://www.spotify.com/uk/get-spotify/premium/ > > Don't really see the point. I can already play 1000s of tracks on my > PC, cos I've already got my music collection ripped. And I can play > local MP3s on my phone, using the phone's local app. Does Ogden > really pay £9.99 a month for this? I do. Because I often listen to new music, not just my existing back- catalogue, and a tenner a month is substantially cheaper than buying albums all the time and lets me freely sample new stuff. If your tastes are firmly stuck in the 70s then YMMV. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: Charlie on 30 Jun 2010 06:02 On 30/06/2010 08:54, Krusty wrote: > ogden wrote: > >> RB wrote: >>> >>> Quick question; does anyone know how to bodge a generic CD player >>> onto a mid-90s K1100LT? >> >> CD player? Bat out of Hell? >> >> Get with the times, daddio. Spotify, mobile phone, line in. Problem >> solved. > > Unless you want to listen to AC/DC, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, The Parlotones > etc etc. > > MP3 player plugged in yer ears is the way to go. No, let's go properly retro. CDs fail utterly to capture the true atmosphere of a musical performance. Does anyone know how to bodge an Edison wax-cylinder phonograph onto a ...?
From: Krusty on 30 Jun 2010 06:04 Champ wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:34:42 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" > <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > > > Champ wrote: > > >> <ridiculously late to the party> > >> > >> So, er, what is it that Spotify actually does? > > > In its most basic form, it gives you an app on your PC that gives > > you free streaming of thousands of tracks, with the odd advert here > > & there. Here's a grid showing what the different free/pay options > > give you - https://www.spotify.com/uk/get-spotify/premium/ > > Don't really see the point. I can already play 1000s of tracks on my > PC, cos I've already got my music collection ripped. And I can play > local MP3s on my phone, using the phone's local app. The point is it's the easiest way to listen to all sorts of other stuff you haven't got, which you can obviously then download/buy if you want to. > Does Ogden really pay �9.99 a month for this? He does. It's pretty good value if you don't want to 'steal' music, but Spotify Free is even better value if you don't need the bells & whistles. -- Krusty
From: spike1 on 30 Jun 2010 06:21 And verily, didst Charlie <nospam(a)all.ta> hastily babble thusly: > On 30/06/2010 08:54, Krusty wrote: >> ogden wrote: >> >>> RB wrote: >>>> >>>> Quick question; does anyone know how to bodge a generic CD player >>>> onto a mid-90s K1100LT? >>> >>> CD player? Bat out of Hell? >>> >>> Get with the times, daddio. Spotify, mobile phone, line in. Problem >>> solved. >> >> Unless you want to listen to AC/DC, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, The Parlotones >> etc etc. >> >> MP3 player plugged in yer ears is the way to go. > > No, let's go properly retro. CDs fail utterly to capture the true > atmosphere of a musical performance. Does anyone know how to bodge an > Edison wax-cylinder phonograph onto a ...? Sod that, just get a small chamber orchestra fitted into your sidecar. It'd be a tight squeeze and the wind section might have to settle for sitting on a trailer, but... -- | spike1(a)freenet.co,uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | | | in | "I think so brain, but this time, you control | | Computer Science | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
From: Jim on 30 Jun 2010 06:58
On 30/06/2010 11:21, spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote: >> No, let's go properly retro. CDs fail utterly to capture the true >> atmosphere of a musical performance. Does anyone know how to bodge an >> Edison wax-cylinder phonograph onto a ...? > > Sod that, just get a small chamber orchestra fitted into your sidecar. > It'd be a tight squeeze and the wind section might have to settle for > sitting on a trailer, but... I've done various gigs on flatbed artic trailers - might get a bit hairy at motorway speeds though, it's difficult to keep playing when the music has blown away. |