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From: ogden on 30 Jun 2010 18:28 Krusty wrote: > 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. One example of how it comes in really handy is when I got the rough Glastonbury lineup I was faced with the conundrum of who to try to see. It's a doddle to just pick a load of names from the list, punch them into Spotify, listen to the three or four most popular tracks and then file them under 'must see', 'see if i'm wandering past' or 'avoid'. It's hard to do that if all you have is an existing archive or 79p for a download every time you want to listen to something in particular you don't already have. > > 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 The existence of something like Spotify, with a free option and a premium package for buttons, means I can no longer even try to morally justify downloading hooky music. So I don't bother. A fine example of the free market in action. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: Krusty on 1 Jul 2010 04:57 ogden wrote: > Krusty wrote: > > Champ wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > One example of how it comes in really handy is when I got the rough > Glastonbury lineup I was faced with the conundrum of who to try to > see. It's a doddle to just pick a load of names from the list, punch > them into Spotify, listen to the three or four most popular tracks > and then file them under 'must see', 'see if i'm wandering past' or > 'avoid'. YouTube would be my first port of call for that, simply because there's a good chance of seeing what they're like live, which can be a world apart from studio tracks. E.g. I quite like Florence's studio stuff, but if she was singing live, I'd want to be as far away as possible, preferably with earplugs. -- Krusty
From: Champ on 1 Jul 2010 05:28 On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:02:27 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >Youtube is a brilliant place to find crappy videos shot on mobile phones >of bands playing live which don't give you much of an idea of anything. >And videos of cats doing funny things. And not much else. Yeh, I'm on YouTube! As you were... -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: ogden on 9 Jul 2010 09:33 ogden wrote: > Paul Corfield wrote: > > And what would you say is worth listening to these days? > > Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (really unsure about this one mind) On which note, I cannot recommend enough that you check out the new EP the Mumfords have done with Laura Marling and the Dharohar Project. The first (Devil's Spoke / Sneh Ko Marg) and fourth (Meheni Rachi) tracks are pant-wettingly good. V, otoh, asked "what's this? it's just noise. your musical taste's getting worse" but she likes Westlife so I take that as a seal of approval. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: Gavin on 9 Jul 2010 15:01
On 2010-07-01 10:28:25 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> said: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:02:27 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: > >> Youtube is a brilliant place to find crappy videos shot on mobile phones >> of bands playing live which don't give you much of an idea of anything. >> And videos of cats doing funny things. And not much else. > > Yeh, I'm on YouTube! > > As you were... As am I,... oh! -- Gavin. Moto Guzzi California Aquila Nera GSXR600K1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk |