Has anyone else heard of Spotify?

Marty_J

I'm pretty sure he's already said that.

You do have to pay for music though, so I'm not sure how it qualifies as "free".

superscaper

Marty_J wrote: »

I'm pretty sure he's already said that.

You do have to pay for music though, so I'm not sure how it qualifies as "free".

The streaming is free. Just like most of the songs on we7. You just don't actually have a copy of the music stored on your own pc. Although at least with we7 there are quite a few songs you can download for free as well as stream.

techygirl_2

This is true, Spotify doesn't offer any free downloads, but the Independent listed it as the music website of the year today, so it ain't all bad!

magyar

I have had Spotify for the last couple of weeks and can confirm it's
(a) legal
(b) free, and
(c) brilliant!

Basically if you're listening to a load of songs in a row you'll get a few adverts now and then, but no more intrusively than on commercial radio.

techygirl_2

Glad you like it magyar - for those in London, it was in the metro as being one of the top 5 web inventions this year, so its not just you and I that think its great! http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/best-things/

aaranj

I too must vouch for Spotify. I've been using it since the BETA and it is very good. The music is free to stream because there are some advertisements, they are usually only short and not really too annoying. The reason you need an invite at the moment is because it is still in BETA. If you want you can have an invite code and check it out for yourself. I have 4 left

techygirl_2

There's a temporary back door that you can access Spotify without an invite here - https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/

And there's loads of Xmas songs on there so Merry Christmas!

parahandy

aaranj wrote: »

I too must vouch for Spotify. I've been using it since the BETA and it is very good. The music is free to stream because there are some advertisements, they are usually only short and not really too annoying. The reason you need an invite at the moment is because it is still in BETA. If you want you can have an invite code and check it out for yourself. I have 4 left

Hi do you still have any of these invites left? I've just read about it in the Mail On Sunday, and would like to check it out.

LizD_2

Hi

The get started link above still works - I've just signed up today.

buglawton

Ditto and havin' fun with it so let's all thank techygirl