Spotify - anyone heard of it?

I wouldn't go that far, I've gotten burned a couple of times by random songs being unavailable (why the hell would every song on Brandy's Full Moon be available EXCEPT for the two singles everyone knows and likes????) (well I can guess why but still)

Tell me about it. Spotify currently does not have approximately 30% of what I have in iTunes, and I've never NOT been overwhelmed by what I need to process, but it is incredible and fast.

I put my playlists up on sharemyplaylists, under the usename djperry1973, but I don't know how to effectively search for them

search by member

im finding a lot of stuff i wanna listen to is unavailable, im not whining, its free, but im definitely not giving up on itunes/mp3s yet

yeah Spotify is great but for me it's a supplement to vinyl / mp3's not a replacement

I plan to just keep using it free as a way to discover and try out new stuff

found you dan, thanks!

wait i can just go to "local files" and play songs from my itunes! i never have to open itunes again!(?)

yup

beware of putting local files into your playlists, tho

local files almost the best thing about spotify since it starts up 10000x faster than itunes

lol, sharemyplaylists ppl apparently do not like long grab-bag playlists; so far all 3 of mine have garnered 1 star ratings

i got a 5 star on my new jack swing one. it was probably you.

ha it wasn't! clearly the way to get a good rating is to get to the point rather than be a meandering hodge podge

im loving your playlists.

yay

I will be playing your New Jack Swing playlist tonight

the one that gus gus starts off is fanfuckingtastic.

that's the first one I did (and probably the most successful of the three)

So, when you have a song in a playlist that Spotify does not have, those who don't have it won't see it at all -- no "light gray" listing. That kinda sucks.

Obviously it makes sense for Spotify to do that.

can p much delete itunes and all of my mp3s?

No because then they won't show up on your Spotify!

ha yeah i got excited for a minute there

So, when you have a song in a playlist that Spotify does not have, those who don't have it won't see it at all -- no "light gray" listing. That kinda sucks.

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OK. If you want to see playlist tracks you cannot play, go into preferences and un-check "Hide unplayable tracks."

sorry if dumb question, but is there a way to view and sort the tracks in your library by bitrate, file size, play count, and other data fields that don't show up by default?

DJP did you put the alley cat mix in your playlist as a cruel joke

LOL no, I genuinely dig that mix! It would have been between that or the original; I pretend the album mix doesn't exist.

I don't know if I'll use itunes again, Spotify is much prettier as a music player. I feel like such a pratt for thinking Spotify was crap when it first came out.

Trust me, when you graduate to the paid ad-free service in a few months, you will seriously miss some of those ads.

lol

I could ditch iTunes and get over Spotify's tagging issues real fast if column browsing and smart playlists were possible.

That stuff will probably be available in a few years time. I don't know, I think dark colors are better for music, psychologically. I like the black and green, it's soothing. Although it is kind of a blatant rip-off of itunes.

bunch of white stripes stuff disappeared?

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/spotify-playlist-generator-creates-playlists-based-on-your-favorite-artist/

just found this and am at work so haven't tried it out yet. sounds quite good though and, if it works as described, a solution for those that want a bit of last.fm functionality.

That looks rather neat, will try when home!

Be careful, looks like you might download something you don't want!!

Oh, like what? Toolbars or advert shite?

How is this different to artist radio?

It generates a playlist

Try this for a web based playlist generator http://spotibot.com/playlist/

x-post: No there is a link there to some idiot software, be careful. I looked at the page, it isn't worth it.

decided it was actually better to try it at work than at home and it's fine. really basic but still quite impressive.

Spotify has made me appreciate the full album listening experience rather than always listening to random things on shuffle.

annoyed at the lack of a single repeat button so that I have to manually start 'livin on a prayer' every single time

lol

:-D

back from vacation and noticing Spotify saying I have a number of invitations I can send to USers. If this is still a thing and you need one, feel free to gmail omhalck. First come etc; also I cannot promise lightning-quick reaction at all times.

annoyed at the lack of a single repeat button so that I have to manually start 'livin on a prayer' every single time

dude make a "Livin' On A Prayer" playlist!

done and done

what is to stop someone from just going analog port in and recording anything they want and KEEPING IT!

HOME ANALOG PORT RECORDING IS KILLING MUSIC

I've wondered about similar questions myself, and ended up thinking:

1) analog port as in whatever the soundcard processes? vulnerable to random facebook chat alert dings and other unwanted sounds;
2) otoh the sound files are actually temporarily cached on your computer and you could probably get the exact digital file if you were superhumanly fantastic at decryption etc;
3) however if you wanted to care for the collection you'd get in one of those ways, you'd have an hell of a tagging and organizing task ahead;
4) all of which indicates that it seems too much hassle when the app allows you to call it up anytime you want anyway?

it's pretty simple to mute all sounds except for one app

(loving the ilm 50s playlist from upthread btw; is it a countdown or a countup or more random than that?)