New Free Streaming music site (paid for by advertising)

nicenswift

Financed by advertising, the free version of Spotify is the place where most people start. Simple to download and install, in no time at all you’ll enjoy having all the music in the world at your fingertips, instant access to whatever song you want with no restrictions, and the ability to create and share playlists with friends.
Search
Find and browse by artist, title, album, genre, year.
Radio
Specify your own radio channel based on genre, year and artist.
Share
Create, share and collaborate on play lists and share links to music.

Its fantastic :j

Sign up for free here

https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/

buglawton

Was mentioned in the Guardian today too, installed here just now in 5 mins. It's good. No Ipod Touch version avail yet, probably for 'political' reasons.

tillytat

Great, thanks for this. Just downloaded and about to try it out.

buglawton

No Beatles, if you search you get a laughable selection of cover versions. Funnily enough I once disposed of ALL my Beatles CDs as they were getting just TOO familiar!

techygirl_2

And its in the NME this week too..the beatles never play ball with anything digital, nor do AC/DC.. hence why you can't buy them on iTunes either. Stuck in the dark ages!

James_N

nicenswift wrote: »

Financed by advertising, the free version of Spotify is the place where most people start. Simple to download and install, in no time at all you’ll enjoy having all the music in the world at your fingertips, instant access to whatever song you want with no restrictions, and the ability to create and share playlists with friends.
Search
Find and browse by artist, title, album, genre, year.
Radio
Specify your own radio channel based on genre, year and artist.
Share
Create, share and collaborate on play lists and share links to music.

Its fantastic :j

Sign up for free here

https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/

I gave it some pretty obscure things to find - and had long playlist of way-old things from yonks ago. Rock on Curved Air!
Here's a test for you: It knows the difference between Purcell: Dido and Aeneas and Dido "Life for Rent". Both of which are good, at the right time.

Thanks again - a happy and productive afternoon working and listening now.

Just a thought: why bother buying CDs now?

James_N

Ah - but will it still work when I get home to a proper computer, my imac?

katiejones

excellent thankyou - just downloaded naturally 7

techygirl_2

I use Spotify on a macbook pro, so I don't see why not James_N..

mymatebob

I must admit I can't be bothered installing it so I tend to use lastfm

James_N

James_N wrote: »

Ah - but will it still work when I get home to a proper computer, my imac?

Ah yes, a proper OS X dmg file !!!