why would they watermark on one service but not the other?
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Thursday, 16 May 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
i am def assuming they'll be watermarked. But there could be a ghost of a chance google was all, yo how about hooking us up with the uncut shit in exchange for some sweet ass private user info?
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 16 May 2013 18:27 (ten years ago) link
I use Spotify mostly on my desktop pc, but love using my ipad as a remote. The bugger is, I use the remoteless app for it, but it's absolutely shite. Crashes almost every time. Does anyone have any experience with other apps to do it this way?
I don't think the Spotify app can sync with your desktop and be used as a remote, can it?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
They're posting number of plays now? It's slowing it down something fierce.
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:56 (ten years ago) link
the client is fucked up
― markers, Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:56 (ten years ago) link
I've read the payout for spotify is something like .5 cents per stream, anyone know if that's accurate?
― anonanon, Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Less iirc, but it also differs based on whether the stream was a free user or a subscriber and whether you're a highly visited artist or a barely visited one.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
to the artist or the record company? if the artist, that actually sounds high to me. an artist would normally get what from a CD sale, $1? they'd get that from 2 plays of a 10-track album on Spotify.
― eris bueller (lukas), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
it'd be 20 plays, that's half a cent not 5 cents
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
but
― eris bueller (lukas), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
I see. Now that top 10 songs on artists pages include # of plays I'm trying to figure out the level of revenue that is being generated.
For example, icona pop - I love it has 27 million plays, and if it were half a cent per play that'd be about $130,000.
― anonanon, Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS
― Spectrum, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
okay.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
desktop app now takes about 20 seconds to open on current version of OS X
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
― Spectrum, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:43 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― folsom country prism (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
idgi
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
every four songs or so there's a 50% chance Spotify will play an ad for !!!!ADVANCE AUTO PARTS!!!!
― Spectrum, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Spotify has been opening quickly for the past few weeks now
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
xpost okay. i've had a paid account more or less since spotify came to the us so that was over my head
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
I know some of you get on your tall box and pull the ol' "you get what you pay for" routine with us degenerate cheapskates. That's cool. I grew up listening to commercial radio, even worked for a few stations over the course of about 20 years. I don't mind ads breaking up the flow. Usually my cue to push my chair back and go to the rest room. I'd rather pay Spotify for their service by listening to their commercials, giving their salesguys a few extra ears when signing contracts with accounts, but that's me.
But that said, goddamm, you'd think they could sell more than two fucking ads.
― pplains, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
dude go for it! i was rewinding lala for multiple plays when i was hustling.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
after Ver Floyd bite, who will be the biggest bands to hold out? Led Zep and the Beatles natch. who else? there's Oasis, Peter Gabriel.. any other big or biggish guns?
― piscesx, Friday, 14 June 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
oh OK so there's also Eagles, Zappa, Metallica..
― piscesx, Friday, 14 June 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
Metallica are on Spotify as is Zappa
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 14 June 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
Crimson.
― folsom country prism (Jon Lewis), Friday, 14 June 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link
What is up with "Discover" view? Why can't I get it to appear in the sidebar?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 June 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
https://developer.spotify.com/technologies/apps/discover-tab/
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 June 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
Peter Gabriel's there -- in Aus, any way
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Saturday, 15 June 2013 09:23 (ten years ago) link
if i'm using the spotify app on my phone to play archived playlists, am i using data from my cell data plan? trying to figure out if i can use this outside of the u.s. without incurring international data charges.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I think PG is only non-Spotify in the US.
I hope AC/DC shows up someday, but it seems unlikely.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
by "archived" i mean "synced"
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
I think if they're playlists that you've made available offline and you have spotify in offline mode then you're not using data. otherwise, you are.
― dmr, Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
I've started using the web player a bit. Good for just playing stuff quickly but managing playlists on it sucks.
― dmr, Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Like you can't highlight multiple tracks and drag, you have to move each track one at a time and it takes three clicks each. Bleagh.
― dmr, Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Alright I finally found Discover view. Kinda sucky except for the Songkick info.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
I have it on the web player but not on my desktop player(s) yet.
― dmr, Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
They killed 'What's New' in favor of 'Discover.' Completely bewildering why they would kill their new release section when it's probably responsible for a huge number of plays.
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
Not to mention the ease and speed it provided users to browse and quickly turn new albums into playlists.
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
haha wat
http://i.imgur.com/rgAjEB1.png
― pplains, Friday, 28 June 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
look at what ILX is doing to the Spotify recommendation algorithms
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
yeah those recommendations have been completely inane for me so far, sometimes not even the same genre
― ciderpress, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
You listened to Depeche Mode. Here's a song you might like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w72o3ojtP-g
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link
Spotify is big on Electric Six fans checking out Social Distortion
― da croupier, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
"Since you listened to The Cars, you might like this new release by The Allman Brothers Band."
― da croupier, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
You listened to Wire. Check out Autechre.
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
Since you listened to Richard Wagner, you might like this new release by Marlene Dietrich.
― Brad C., Friday, 28 June 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
If you like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, try Portishead
these are all real suggestions btw
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
ok we might have a winner
"Since you listened to LaBelle, you might like this new release by Christopher Cross."
― da croupier, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
If I start to find bands recommending The Cure or Depeche Mode for everything then I know DJP is working for spotify
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
the new release in question, inspired by my checking out the LaBelle's '71 self-titled album, is two discs of Chris live in Paris, 2012.
― da croupier, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link