Yet another reason that I buy CDs and make my own rips.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
it's pono or bust for the lot of us
― Garth Brooks In ... The Life of (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
porno or bust?!?
― Moodles, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
That's especially lame that they did that on the FLAC versions too, which are supposed to be lossless.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
i may well be wrong on the per play pointbut they're pointed about not sharing those stats
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
the thing I didn't know until that Times article is that Spotify pays a different royalty rate for whether the play was a free account or paid
it generally pays 0.5 to 0.7 cent a stream (or $5,000 to $7,000 per million plays) for its paid tier, and as much as 90 percent less for its free tier.
since only 25% of accounts are paid that seems like a huge percentage of plays that aren't worth shit really
― dmr, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
also insane that the Gangnam Style youtube video has made $8 million
― dmr, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
well they're worth something in that they're more likely to be converted into a paying user if spotify works well
― iatee, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
Are free accounts still unrestricted in the US? When it switched to 10 hours/month (or whatever it is) in the UK, a lot of people jumped ship but I assume some proportion were incentivised to subscribe.
― questino (seandalai), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
I had a free account and then it ran out of freeness so I got a paid one, I think you just get a few months or something
― iatee, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
Really? I've had a free account for a while now. I guess I don't use it that much though.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
Good article by a Galaxy 500 dude on what Spotify does (not) do for artists:
http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8993-the-cloud/
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 31 January 2013 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
Oh and to be clear I still don't care.
I still do not believe it is Spotify's problem. They are legally offering this music. If artists are upset they should be bringing it up with their labels.
― Mordy, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
you gotta feel for damon but at the same time it's hard to square this:
"As businesses, Pandora and Spotify are divorced from music. To me, it's a short logical step to observe that they are doing nothing for the business of music-- except undermining the simple cottage industry of pressing ideas onto vinyl, and selling them for more than they cost to manufacture. "
with this:
"In fact, I subscribe to Spotify for $9.99 a month (the equivalent of 680,462 annual plays of "Tugboat") because I love music, and the access it gives me to music of all kinds is incredible."
― iatee, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
that's to say 'the business of music' includes the consumer side of things too
― iatee, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Not harshing on the artist (well I guess I am kinda) but he's not getting anything from the vinyl edition of the tugboat 7" since they first got sold way back when. I'm under the impression small vinyl runs still often sell out these days?
― badg, Thursday, 31 January 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/02/27/spotify-the-social-network-arrives-begins-rolling-out-follow-features-to-users/
― markers, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
Rooting for Spotify, can't decide if I feel guilty about that or not.
― eris bueller (lukas), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
had that follow tab for months
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
it told me to follow lana del rey. couldnt find a fuck off button.
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
i still don't have it
― markers, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
give me yours
― markers, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
months is an exaggeration but def a few weeks at least. I wouldnt say its a big deal tbh
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
I dont trust its recommendations one little bit eitherhttp://i.imgur.com/us20Q6F.png
so you can have them markers!
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
skrillex is your favorite band
― markers, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
daniel ek knows you better than you know yourself
i was more upset about the xx and lana del rey
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
the last fm app is waaaaaaaaaay better
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
that seems like a company without a future but it's been here for a while and it's still around so
― markers, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
last.fm is great.
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
i just got this update. it says people are "following" me who haven't received the update. kinda strange.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 06:32 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
no, the last.fm app on spotify is better at recommending than the new spotify feature
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
I got this today. Cheeky fuckers.
http://mikeatkinson.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/spotifyfail.gif
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
wow they know you so well!
I had no idea personal recommendations had been rolled out yet.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
I just also subscribed to Mog. In large part bc they have the ECM catalog, which for me is no small deal.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 10 March 2013 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
Spotify doesn't seem to understand the whole point of recommendations is to introduce you to unfamiliar music you'd probably like based on what you listen to, not stuff that's all over the radio that you already know
― Lee626, Monday, 11 March 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
if you've had spotify installed on your iphone since upgrading from iOS4 you might wanna uninstall it and reinstall again from the app store. have a feeling i'd been running the older version for iOS4 for ages when i could have had this slick new version!
― Crackle Box, Monday, 11 March 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
They just released the Spotify app for my Samsung TV in the US, woo!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
weirdly, for about a day this weekend, the whole pink floyd discography was available on spotify (the remasters)....now it's gone again....
but i listened to obscured by clouds on my phone you can't take that away from me
― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
All still available on Mog.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
Got the update today and now search seems helluva slow and clicking on artist link from search results doesn't do anything. Anyone else having problems?
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah search is bollocksed and the new interface is weird.
― aztec table rapper (seandalai), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
been slow for a while. Since I got my new laptop for xmas Spotify takes about 5 mins to load up too
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not in love with the new iPhone interface, I don't really like having the little play strip at the bottom of the screen come up by default instead of the full screen view and it seems like my playlist are taking much longer to load.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
oh things are waaaaay faster for me, i have iphone 4. i did wipe the app and reinstall from scratch tho.
― Crackle Box, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't noticed any speed differences, but I do hate the new artist and album pages.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
The stupid fucking app still just stops playing for some reason. I don't pay $10 a month to be a beta tester for spotify.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
you've tried re-installing it? that fixed any glitches i've had. i usually have about 10gb synched offline and i've got about 1000 playlists; this is the first version of the app where it seems comfortable with that...
― Crackle Box, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link