see, neither of those services allow you to save to a libraryit's what makes grooveshark so wonderful imomore like mobile itunes than frustrating radio
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 1 April 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
well i guess lastfm doesbut not in the same way
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 1 April 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
the grooveshark app expires without a subscription or something. any way around that?I do notice the downloaded songs are in the Grooveshark directory so you can still get at them, butthere doesn't seem to be any other apps that will play mp3s from arbitrary directories
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 1 April 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I recently had Spoitfy for a while in the USI noticed that Grooveshark had more albums that I was looking forSpotify must kind of suck
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
They don't have all the Grifters though... was trying to access that at work the other day.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
It was very helpful to me when a friend and I recently created a group and counted down our Top 100 songs on Facebook. About 90% of the time, we were able to link to something on YouTube, but now and again, we needed to link to Grooveshark. A couple of songs were so obscure that first I had to upload the song to Grooveshark myself--takes a few days for them to make it available. I'm mystified as to the logistics of it all--the legality, how it's supposed to generate revenue, etc. With me, that's true of half the stuff I use on the internet.― clemenza, Friday, April 1, 2011 4:49 PM (5 hours ago)
divshare would have been a lot quicker.for example, here is one of my spring sounding mixes: for chamber pop fans
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice of you to mention Grifters, Evan. Still my favorite band ever. There's a torrent of practically all their material floating around somewhere
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm been holding out on Crappin because I work at a record store and I'm always hoping a used copy comes through. One time the CD did but it was totally shredded..
Missed out on a bundle of the first four records on ebay too, bidding ended at under $50 or something.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha wait I'm not constipated, to be clear.
haha
xp - quicker maybe but the thing about grooveshark is that now those songs are available to other -- unknown! -- people. i uploaded the rangda record when i noticed that it wasn't on there. now, if you listen to false flag on grooveshark, you have me to thank. and you don't have to beg me or prove your worth to me with your outstanding ratio or even know me or that i exist -- you can just listen to it. that's nice!
i haven't listened to grifters in ages. maybe i should.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe I should upload Milf (one of my top 5-6 favorite bands ever) to share with all of you, but I don't like signing up for stuff usually.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
see, that's the spirityou signed up for ilx, take it the extra inch
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
a streaming grifters song that I likea streaming milf song that I like
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes! Sell out!
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
What version is that?
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, Ok
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
speaking of sunshine pop, it's spring and i couldn't find this on grooveshark, so i added it...for you! and you, and you, and you. and you over there. "haunted places" and " i try to think of you when i can" are my personal favorites
The Groop
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I also have no idea why, but "The Continental" refused to upload. Huh. It's pretty corny anyway, you don't need it.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 12:35 (thirteen years ago) link
The other day I saw Cave of Forgotten Dreams, and loved the music. On the Herzog thread it was recommended that I listen to Ernst Reijseger's other sdtk music, so I went to grooveshark and looked it up, added it to my music, and today (a day later) I am listening to it. (Requiem for a Dying Planet)
Legally! For free!
I <3 u grooveshark
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I also <3 grooveshark! (and I think I have you repping for it in the Chicago thread to thank for that). It can be annoying when the tracks are in alphabetical order or some are randomly missing, but since it's essentially "legal" file-sharing. Lala's only one listen rule was pretty annoying too. Hopefully they never change their horrible name and not super appealing interface (though it's easy enough to use).
― rob, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
searching it is incredibly unreliable, you need to think of every permutation of the names involved. but i really really like it.
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, and sequencing tracks if youre doing an album, yeesh.
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
glad my insistent rambling is useful to someone !!
did anyone listen to the groop?
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
You guys know you can sort by track number, title, etc right?
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i knew that, yes
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
the problem is that people are understandably very unreliable about uploading track nos. also, they misspell shit, or format things strangely.
i've been using it for a year, it's def worth any hassles tho imo.
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
and i have the groop in my sights for playing a little later today, thks!
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
so perfect for spring
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, if there aren't track numbers, then they just play in alphabetical order (unless I'm missing something). Obviously not a huge problem--slightly more annoying is when album tracks are duplicated or put under that "more songs" tab. Still, Lala's demise really messed up my office life, so I'm happy grooveshark isn't perfect and might not get popular as said upthread.
The Groop is nice.
― rob, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, theyre sorta like a smoothed down version of the free design? this is v. nice for a day like today.
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
_like_ the inclusion of steel on goin back
― the entire premise of your tweet is incorrect (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah -- they're like mamas and papas + free design with a little of the association thrown in? i dunno. pure golden sunshine. "haunted places" has this funny bit where the guy singer gets really emotional, and you know he was really *feelin it* in that way that the guy who sang "cherish" was really feelin it.
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i have the groop cd!
― omar little, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a handful of Yoko Ono solo records on here -- but no Double Fantasy?
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Why is everyone going nuts over Spotify when there's Grooveshark?
Some weird discrepancies - like the one JC mentioned above - but otherwise, search, click, play all. No ads, except the occasional Victoria's Secret visual ad that may turn heads in the office.
I've put in for a spotify invite so I can see for myself, but in the meantime, I'll just listen to what I want in the order that I want on Grooveshark.
― (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 25 July 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
Because, afaik, Grooveshark isn't at all supported by labels and/or artists, all the music is uploaded by users and is pretty much open to being removed at any time the copyright holder decides they don't want it up there.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 25 July 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
in theory that's the big difference yes^^ but in my experience not so much a real difference since music is being removed from spotify all the time as well
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 25 July 2011 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
i imagine that in terms of sheer #s spotify has more stuff than grooveshark.
also grooveshark's metadata and cataloging sucked; i remember albums getting split apart by a labeling issue and stuff like that /librarian
― call all destroyer, Monday, 25 July 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the metadata is the biggest problem. I always have to pull up Wikipedia/Amazon tracklistings to assemble albums myself from whatever scattered tracks exist in the database. The fact that it's Web-based is nice, though.
― jaymc, Monday, 25 July 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
metadata blowz
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 25 July 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
i'll admit that i haven't used grooveshark in a while...
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Monday, 25 July 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, I am back to using grooveshark because spotify just doesn't have a lot of things I would like to hear. Grooveshark may not be perfect, and I wish it scrobbled to lastfm for free like spotify, but honestly I don't really care about that so long as there are things I actually want to hear instead of Kelly Clarkson ads interrupting my transcendental jams.
― Yasmine Teeth (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 November 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
Have we had this yet? Couldn't see any likely threads on new answers:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/new-lawsuit-means-all-major-labels-are-suing-grooveshark/
― Schleimpilz im Labyrinth (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
dag
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 January 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
Since I had to change my gender on spotify in order to avoid loud annoying makeup ads in between my transcendental jams, I have gone back to my old friend grooveshark.
Does anyone know what's up with their legal situation? I have no idea if digitalmusicnews dot com is a legitimate site or not, here is some unfortunate evidence? Maybe?
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120117grooveshark
Grooveshark attorneys are now exerting heavy legal pressure on Digital Music News, with the goal of outing a very problematic whistleblower. ... The aggressive and broad-reaching subpoena is designed to force the disclosure of the identity of the anonymous whistleblower, and gain access to any and all correspondence between Digital Music News, Grooveshark employees and plaintiff Universal Music Group.
― La Lechera, Monday, 30 January 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
Don't know, but Grooveshark doesn't come out of this article looking at all well:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/dec/12/grooveshark-music-site
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 30 January 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
eek, nagl
In the meantime, some eyebrow-raising emails have come to light. Grooveshark investor Sina Simantob, who is CEO of Highland Wealth Services and executive chairman of Escape Media, which operates Grooveshark, wrote: "We bet the company on the fact that it is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission."
― La Lechera, Monday, 30 January 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
Oh wow, I'd be surprised if grooveshart is around in another year.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 30 January 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
Hahahah @ "grooveshart", whoops.
Hm. I want to root for these guys 'cause they're a Gainesville business, but... yuck.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Monday, 30 January 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
definitely all kinds of stuff up on grooveshark that's not on spotify, almost anytime i look for something on spotify that's not there, i find it right away on grooveshark
― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 February 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
I stopped looking anywhere near this site because it's run by dicks and I'm not going to encourage their assery
oddly enough, I have no qualms about using private torrent sites. no profit made, there
― valleys of your mind (mh), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
i am one of the disgusting savages who still uses grooveshark from time to time
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
i savagely use grooveshark, it's been helpful w/metal and old blues and folk especially.
― omar little, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
i use gs to play random music after our meetings.
mh - what's wrong with the guys that run it? are the *actual* sharks?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
I know the entire music business is shady, but basically it's run by jerks who heavily monetize their site through ads yet have no real business plan for paying artists, I believe. Additionally, some artists who specifically requested that their music be removed found it added back later.
The site administrators basically said "hey, we remove when people ask, but we can't guarantee that someone else won't upload it later." I can't remember if it was through legal action or someone spilling the beans, but it was basically implied the people who keep uploading music that was supposed to be removed was the site founders.
― valleys of your mind (mh), Saturday, 25 February 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
ah jeez i didn't even read anything upthread when i posted. sounds shady, which would explain why they have all this stuff up that spotify doesn't.
it's def my second choice either way, spotify is just leagues better.
― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 25 February 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
I can't remember if it was through legal action or someone spilling the beans, but it was basically implied the people who keep uploading music that was supposed to be removed was the site founders.
yes I read the same thing. Robert Fripp has documented it, somewhere.
― akm, Sunday, 26 February 2012 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
Grooveshark faces ban in UK, top executive murdered: http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/grooveshark-faces-ban-in-uk-top-executive-murdered/
― marcos, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
i just happened to google the site since i was wondering why so much stuff is available here but not on spotify (particularly drag city) but now i'm guessing is that they're just uploading shit and dgaf?
― marcos, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
i dunno how it is now but a few years back you could upload stuff without even having an account. some things i uploaded back then are still there (given away by my dodgy labelling) so it's a bit of a surprise they managed to keep going for this long.
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
Done.
http://grooveshark.com/
I had actually spent a lot of time putting together a couple of project-related playlists, now relegated to digital dustbin of history.
― clemenza, Friday, 1 May 2015 11:30 (nine years ago) link
try thishttp://groovebackup.com/
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 1 May 2015 11:35 (nine years ago) link
or thishttp://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/34goss/meta_grooveshark_shut_down_forever_today/cqupd1g
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 1 May 2015 11:37 (nine years ago) link
http://giraffesocialmedia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/spotify-vs-grooveshark.jpg
― hunangarage, Monday, 4 May 2015 02:05 (nine years ago) link
The groovebackup link isn't working for me. I had also put together a bunch of playlists that I'd used for teaching for years.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 4 May 2015 02:09 (nine years ago) link
I loved it, I'll miss it, I'm completely surprised this didn't happen three or four years ago.
― pplains, Monday, 4 May 2015 02:32 (nine years ago) link
It was kinda like having a girlfriend with a terminal disease.
"You think we can listen to Countdown to Ecstasy, just one more time?"
"Sure thing. Let's make every moment count here."
― pplains, Monday, 4 May 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2015/05/28/im-a-former-grooveshark-employee-and-heres-what-i-need-to-tell-the-industry
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 June 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
that's interesting but I think that fellow should have run his rant through a spell check.
― akm, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
Shock news here
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20150720/ARTICLES/150729990?p=1&tc=pg
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 July 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
The Startup podcast covers the rise and implosion of Grooveshark.https://gimletmedia.com/episode/dear-music-fans-season-3-episode-4/
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 27 June 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Ooh. I love Reply All, but I've never listened to Startup. Seems like a good episode to check out.
― jaymc, Monday, 27 June 2016 04:16 (seven years ago) link