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Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 14 9:45 pm Post subject: Streaming music
im potentially after a music streaming service. They seem to have similar ranges, but any preference here for Spotify, rdio, deezer, last fm or anything else? I want online streaming, offline playing and the artist to get paid.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 14 12:39 am Post subject:
I've had both Spotify and Google and I have to say that if you're anal like me then Spotify was loads better for being able to create your own folders and sort your music. Also Google wouldn't allow certain songs to be played offline.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45431
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 14 7:44 am Post subject:
I too am considering this so interested in people's experience

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 14 7:56 am Post subject:
We use Spotify.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 14 9:58 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

I've had both Spotify and Google and I have to say that if you're anal like me then Spotify was loads better for being able to create your own folders and sort your music. Also Google wouldn't allow certain songs to be played offline.

I'm probably not as anal, BUT, I do want to be able to simply select an album to play, in order, as it was created. Last time I poked spotify this wasn't obvious/easy. Can you do that without having to create a playlist? Rdio, you just click and it plays as the artist intended.

kGarden

Joined: 01 Dec 2014
Posts: 178
Location: Suffolk, UK

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 14 11:48 pm Post subject:

My kids have Spotify and are very happy with it. Both are musical, so I'm pretty sure I'd hear from them if they weren't happy with it and/or their peers were using something better.

We also have Sonos in the house (ripped all CDs to a PC and then Sonos picks up those tracks and plays them on any Sonos device in the house), and Sonos also hooks up to the kids' Spotify accounts (and to any internet radio station)

Haven't tried anything else though, so have no comparison to offer.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 14 1:03 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

sgt.colon wrote:

Nick, what you can do on Spotify is download their program onto your computer and from there you can set up folders, I.E. Male artists A-G and then move albums into that folder. Then if you install the Spotify app on your your phone or tablet, all your folders will be there with said albums. This you could not do with Google music.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 15 9:27 pm Post subject:
Spotify Premium currently £0.99 for 3 months, offer ends 23 Jan.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 15 9:34 pm Post subject:
Cheers.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 15 9:47 pm Post subject:
I love Spotify, I just add everything I love and want to hear again to a playlist but if it's a new artist I pick an album and listen to that by itself so yes you can do exactly what you want to be able to do

Marionb

Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 5267
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 15 9:53 pm Post subject:
I am totally naive about this sort of thing.... does joining Spotify mean that you can download your favourite songs onto your laptop (or whatever) and save them there to listen to whenever you want? Sorry if this sounds stupid, I honestly dont have a clue...

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 15 10:01 pm Post subject:
No its a streaming service so the music never becomes yours you just get access to it

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 15 10:16 pm Post subject:

joanne wrote:

No its a streaming service so the music never becomes yours you just get access to it

Imagine turning on the radio but you get to choose the play list.

Marionb

Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 5267
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 15 10:24 pm Post subject:
I think I'm getting the picture... Is it saved on a site so that you log onto the site and choose what you want to listen to?

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 15 10:38 pm Post subject:

Marionb wrote:

I think I'm getting the picture...

Is it saved on a site so that you log onto the site and choose what you want to listen to?

Kind of, yes, although it can also be played offline as well if you sync the playlist to your device however it's encrypted so only the program on the device in question can read and understand it but it's like being given access to the biggest jukebox you've ever seen as there is so much music available it would cost a fortune to buy it all.

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