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Spotify |OT| All the music, all the time
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Backwards Marathon
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Just downloaded it, seems pretty cool and nifty. Will have to see how often I use it
SolidEyeSystem
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The gaf playlist just exploded with awesome, it now has 775 songs.
Awesome Animals
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I see some Discovery was added! Yay!!
Linked the wrong playlist. That was my secret evaluation playlist. Norwegian electronia take two: http://open.spotify.com/user/kottila/playlist/6rLw8XuVJjCFRKGpKyW8VTAwesome Animals said:
SonofdonCD
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I still get random songs that just don't play. I don't understand it. It never says anything about it; no error message, no "not available in your country", not anything. And this could happen with any album that I choose. Like half the album won't work.
I was at Marvin Gaye, and I wanted to hear his live version of What's Going On. I tried this one version, and no go. I tried it from another album, and no go again. Just like the song, I wanna know what's going on.
I was at Marvin Gaye, and I wanted to hear his live version of What's Going On. I tried this one version, and no go. I tried it from another album, and no go again. Just like the song, I wanna know what's going on.
Awesome Animals
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SonofdonCD said:
I've been having the problem too, and it seems to be random. I've had songs not play, and then return to them later and have them working again. I honestly don't have a clue what is going on. But, I think it has gotten worse, because yesterday was the first time I have had that problem. I'm thinking it may just be that the client needs an update. I hope Spotify can take care of it soon. I went looking in there support forums, and someone did post the problem, but there doesn't seem to be anything from Spotify support even acknowledging the problem.
Ok, America. I can understand Sweet Home Alabama (
) making top-50 in most played songs. But New York, New York, the weird version with the long intro?
http://open.spotify.com/track/3zb34RYWKNld1fGgKJo8Yy
It may be trolling, I remember the Finnish people making this the post played song on Spotify.
http://open.spotify.com/track/3zb34RYWKNld1fGgKJo8Yy
It may be trolling, I remember the Finnish people making this the post played song on Spotify.
So far I'm really digging Spotify, but there's one pretty serious problem. I installed it on my home computer and spent time starring a bunch of albums I wanted to listen through. The next day I installed it at work and my starred list was blank. "That's weird," I thought, "I would have figured your starred list would be tied to your account, not the computer you're at." Today I open up Spotify at home, and now the starred list I had before is gone, replaced with the one song I starred while at work.
Anyone else having a similar problem? This has me reluctant to spend time searching and starring things, for fear of them disappearing when I use another computer.
Anyone else having a similar problem? This has me reluctant to spend time searching and starring things, for fear of them disappearing when I use another computer.
Drakken said:
They seriously need to fix their shit. But yes, it happened to be on day 1 and the fact it's still happening is absolutely ridiculous.
After it cleared everything (same situation as you) everything appears to be syncing now. I am still doing double duty adding to a playlist too b/c I'm afraid of it happening again.
Awesome Animals
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xcrunner529 said:
I do hope they work out their kinks soon, but I have to imagine that since Spotify is currently invite only that we are a test market for them to work out the kinks.
djtortilla
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kottila said:
thanks dude
Awesome Animals
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f0rk said:
not in America. It seems that the only people having these problems are the new American market. Please correct me if I'm wrong, are European Spotify users having the same problems? Are these problems new? Or have they been around since you first started using Spotify?
Diseased Yak
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Really loving listening to this at work. The sound quality for the free version is really good, I'm tempted to subscribe just to see how better it sounds.
Also loving the GAF playlist, I've already starred a few songs that I'd not heard before that I'd like to hear more from that artist. I've added a few tracks (some Bon Iver that was missing
Also loving the GAF playlist, I've already starred a few songs that I'd not heard before that I'd like to hear more from that artist. I've added a few tracks (some Bon Iver that was missing
Awesome Animals
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Diseased Yak said:Really loving listening to this at work. The sound quality for the free version is really good, I'm tempted to subscribe just to see how better it sounds.
Also loving the GAF playlist, I've already starred a few songs that I'd not heard before that I'd like to hear more from that artist. I've added a few tracks (some Bon Iver that was missing
Yea, I wasn't sure which Bon Iver to add because it is all so good!
I see the appeal of the social exchange but it's rather annoying that the selection can be downright limited compared to say, Grooveshark. But then the legal relationship with the labels is what it is.
The forced playlists and lack of an ad hoc session list like grooveshark's is annoying as well.
It's interesting, but I don't find myself in love with it just yet. Both this and GS have their advantages as well as glaring flaws.
The forced playlists and lack of an ad hoc session list like grooveshark's is annoying as well.
It's interesting, but I don't find myself in love with it just yet. Both this and GS have their advantages as well as glaring flaws.
SonofdonCD
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Goddammit, now I have ANOTHER problem.
The previous two problems I had are seemingly gone. But now after a few songs, like normal, it begins to play the ad track (only using the free invite for now; with all the problems I'm having no way will I pay). But only the ad doesn't play. At all. And there's no way for me to MAKE it play, so I can finally go on to the next track.
So basically I'm stuck looking at the ad on the bottom left of the program, not having any way to bypass it and play the next track.
WTF PEOPLE?!
EDIT: OMG FINALLY, it let me skip to the next track. I don't know what I did or if I did anything at all. If only this program would work for me as intended, as I'm really liking the service.
The previous two problems I had are seemingly gone. But now after a few songs, like normal, it begins to play the ad track (only using the free invite for now; with all the problems I'm having no way will I pay). But only the ad doesn't play. At all. And there's no way for me to MAKE it play, so I can finally go on to the next track.
So basically I'm stuck looking at the ad on the bottom left of the program, not having any way to bypass it and play the next track.
WTF PEOPLE?!
EDIT: OMG FINALLY, it let me skip to the next track. I don't know what I did or if I did anything at all. If only this program would work for me as intended, as I'm really liking the service.
Wired All Wrong
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I have that happen to me once in a while. I just sign out then sign back in and it fixes it. It is annoying though.SonofdonCD said:
Loving the GAF playlist too. I've been adding a bunch of songs and I hope more people start doing the same. 88 people subscribed and only a handful of people adding their tunes to the playlist. Start adding songs to the playlist people!
I'm still on the fence about on a subscription.
On one hand, the selection is excellent, the sound quality is great, and the prices are just right.
On the other hand, I've had issues with the client (lost my starred music twice), ads have, although only once or twice, got hung up so to speak, no gapless playback (a crime when I listen to classical and symphonic metal), mistagged songs, and literally two albums have disappeared and are now listed as not available in the US (WTF?)
Edit: Oh yeah, the lack of customization on the starred playlist is annoying too. Can't rearrange the order of Title/Artist/Album, can't adjust their size without it resetting, and can't remove or add stuff you'd want on there. Very annoying. Therion's Gothic Kabblah doesn't actually sort in track order when sorting by Album too.
It's still the best legal streaming solution I've seen so far, however.
On one hand, the selection is excellent, the sound quality is great, and the prices are just right.
On the other hand, I've had issues with the client (lost my starred music twice), ads have, although only once or twice, got hung up so to speak, no gapless playback (a crime when I listen to classical and symphonic metal), mistagged songs, and literally two albums have disappeared and are now listed as not available in the US (WTF?)
Edit: Oh yeah, the lack of customization on the starred playlist is annoying too. Can't rearrange the order of Title/Artist/Album, can't adjust their size without it resetting, and can't remove or add stuff you'd want on there. Very annoying. Therion's Gothic Kabblah doesn't actually sort in track order when sorting by Album too.
It's still the best legal streaming solution I've seen so far, however.
Awesome Animals
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xcrunner529 said:
ignore the troll.
EDIT: And a small gripe I have is that playlists aren't protected from duplicates. I'm worried that as the GAFlist grows, duplicates will begin to occur.
Subterranean
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There still hasn't been a day I haven't started up Spotify to listen to music since it has launched in the US. Really loving the service.
Squall ASF
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Signed up but haven't had much time to mess with it. Can someone explain to me what the point of this is vs. just downloading music? If I can just dump music on my computer and phone's hard drive (which I can obviously use offline) what's the point of this program?
Squall ASF said:
You still have to dump the music on your harddrive before you can listen to it. With this you basically get an ITunes style client that gives you instant access to millions of tracks. No searching for download links, managing meta data, importing, etc.
Also, you can open any playlist people made and instantly listen to all the music on it. It's brilliant and for me changed the way I listen to music.
Squall ASF
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Antagon said:
Thanks for the explanation. Seems like it's only useful for people with limited drive space or if you are morally against pirating. I could see it being convenient if the full version was free, but I don't see how it's worth 10 bucks a month when I can do this all free with minimal effort.
Squall ASF said:
First of all:
Marrshu said:
(Even though they hardly get any money for it now, it's a start and a good way of showing the industry we're ready to pay for good services)
Secondly, it's a fantastic way of discovering new music. Downloading works fine if you know what bands you like and just want to listen to them, but then there's people like me: all-eaters, who urge to find new good songs. I don't know how many new bands I've discovered through Spotify, or how many old-school classics I had forgotten about.
Plus, it's the ultimate party music machine. It's worth $10 for that alone. Log in at any party and people will be able to show their music, queue up. Everybody's happy. As I said before, I haven't been to a party in Sweden for the last two years that wasn't run by Spotify, everybody's using it.
There is a play queue. Top left.Davidion said:
So much this. Being able to listen to an album in order without checking the track listing on Wikipedia makes Spotify worth it. Also, Grooveshark won't exist in its current form by this time next year.xcrunner529 said:
It's easier to quickly discover new music on Spotify. Not to mention this is a good compromise for consumers and the record companies. For the price of one album a month, you can try a bit of everything.Squall ASF said:
Awesome Animals
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If he chooses to obtain his music from illegal means, let him. There is nothing we can do to stop him. He was never going to honestly use Spotify.
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