nick205
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| posted on 11/4/12 at 08:39 PM |
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Spotify
Just wanted to share my new found love for Spotify and see if others are enjoying the same experience.
I've always loved music of all kinds and for many years was a keen audiophile. I spent a good deal of time and money on live gigs, records, cds
and HiFi. When kids cam along a few years ago this sort of tailed off; lack of space for a decent HiFi set-up, probing little fingers, noisey house
(3 kids), lack of spare time, lack of cash etc. all the usual things just meant music took a back seat.
Just recently I've been hooked up to Spotify more and more. It's totally re-invigorated my appetite for music old and new. So much so
I'm about to sign-up for the premium service so I can use it on my phone on the move and in the car etc. It's so good being back into
music and having it so readily available 
The only downside is it's made me start looking at all sorts of IT and HiFi hardware again and planning my ideal multi-room media system...which
could be costly 
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 11/4/12 at 08:45 PM |
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yeah been using spotify for a while now and it is great!
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Build Photo Album
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BenB
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| posted on 11/4/12 at 08:52 PM |
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I used to use it a lot until they capped the number of plays on the free version to try and force people into the pay-per-month tariff. Since then
I've discovered grooveshark.
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Fizzer
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| posted on 11/4/12 at 08:55 PM |
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Love it, I've been paying for a year now for the premium version.
It's great to:
A) get most of the music you want, anytime
B) be paying for music, like the good old days*
I just wish they would update the android app, it sucks tbh - (no folders)!!!
* yes, I really don't mind paying for music, and no, I haven't always paid for it
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nick205
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| posted on 11/4/12 at 09:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fizzer
Love it, I've been paying for a year now for the premium version.
It's great to:
A) get most of the music you want, anytime
B) be paying for music, like the good old days*
I just wish they would update the android app, it sucks tbh - (no folders)!!!
* yes, I really don't mind paying for music, and no, I haven't always paid for it
Ditto - I'm happy to pay for my music too.
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Not Anumber
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| posted on 12/4/12 at 07:29 AM |
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I still have one of the original free accounts with Spotify - no limits but it's interupted every now and again with adverts.
A really great concept that has let me explore several genres of music I would have never thought of listening too otherwise.
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Marcus
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| posted on 12/4/12 at 06:40 PM |
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I've been subscribing for 18 months now, got it on my ipod touch - all music available offline (deletes music after 30 days of inactivity, but
not a problem yet). I've been listening to allsorts, love the radio function. Got the new Springsteen album and Madonna one too on day of
release, for a tenner a month it's hard to beat!
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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GRRR
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| posted on 12/4/12 at 08:20 PM |
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I'm not sure.on Spotify to be honest - yes you can listen to anything you want but if you had a decent work music collection to start with I bet
you mostly end up listening to your old stuff. The top lists are full of kids music like Ed Sheeran and Jessie J too. I pay for premium after they
capped my original free sub with ads to 5 plays max, and basically at the end of a year, you'll have paid £120 for the priveledge of listening
to mostly music you already own, and if you quit spotify you're left with nothing to show for it. Plus you can't listen to music in the
car from your phone if you have a usb connection like my car does.
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Not Anumber
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| posted on 12/4/12 at 08:27 PM |
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...but is that what Audacity is for ?
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nick205
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| posted on 12/4/12 at 09:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Marcus
I've been subscribing for 18 months now, got it on my ipod touch - all music available offline (deletes music after 30 days of inactivity, but
not a problem yet). I've been listening to allsorts, love the radio function. Got the new Springsteen album and Madonna one too on day of
release, for a tenner a month it's hard to beat!
The radio station by artist is one of the features I really like too
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Fizzer
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| posted on 13/4/12 at 05:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by GRRR
I bet you mostly end up listening to your old stuff.
Nahhh
Have a look around, there's loads of great new stuff out there that isn't on the radio.
You might not FIND it on spotify but you can get it instantly on spotify.
Here you go, might not be your cup of tea but - some things I had never heard of before spotify:
death cab for cutie
spoon
Gotye
django django
the seal cub clubbing club
owl in the sun
sharks took the rest
Al green
Boy and bear
Pete and the pirates (little death)
frank turner
seasick steve
tv on the radio
So, because you have spotify, now you can download ALL of the above artists and then decide that you like all, none or some of it
in our office we can listen to music, the guy with the Ipod never plays much new music because he has to buy it to listen to it
I've already paid my tenner so I can have what I want!
I've even got white noise and the jungle book soundtrack for me litl'un... 
[Edited on 13/4/12 by Fizzer]
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