i've been spotified!
i have the most amazing website/ service thingy ever called Spotify. i only downloaded it yesterday but i haven't been able to get off it. the worst thing about it at the moment is that it's only available in certain countries and if you're based in Singapore, I'm really sorry but I'm going to rave about it in the next few paragraphs.
First of all- what is it?
It's an online music manager. The best way I can described Spotify is that it's your personal version of itunes that's based online which is linked to a huge database of songs. When you sign up, you get an account and when you log on, your personal itunes appears which allows you to search for songs, and we're talking whole complete albums here. You can create your own playlists by simply dragging and dropping songs to the list. And there is an amazing amount of stuff. it is a legal website so not everything is available, for example The Beatles but what is available will blow your mind. They have the Taksim Trio which is a turkish jazz band, even Cai Qin songs and on a whim- songs by Lin Dai as well. They have Jay Chou and Tanya Chua as well as Tom Waits! In fact, I haven't been disappointed yet by what they have available. They have all the new albums as well!
What else does it do?
When you've created a playlist, it's so easy to share it with someone else who has Spotify. You just drag your playlist to MSN for example if you're chatting to them. and when they click it, it automatically loads up on their personal Spotify!
I hope they manage to sort out their licensing issues soon so that it can be available everywhere! if you're wondering why it's legal- you can't actually download any music to your computer, but if you work at your computer most of the day, like i do, it's similar opening itunes and listening to it while you work. the issue of ownership doesnt' come into play. and since it's online, i can always go to uni and use another computer (after downloading the program) and still log to my own playlist (something that isn't even possible with itunes.) It does have adbreaks but in an album, they only pop up once or twice.
First of all- what is it?
It's an online music manager. The best way I can described Spotify is that it's your personal version of itunes that's based online which is linked to a huge database of songs. When you sign up, you get an account and when you log on, your personal itunes appears which allows you to search for songs, and we're talking whole complete albums here. You can create your own playlists by simply dragging and dropping songs to the list. And there is an amazing amount of stuff. it is a legal website so not everything is available, for example The Beatles but what is available will blow your mind. They have the Taksim Trio which is a turkish jazz band, even Cai Qin songs and on a whim- songs by Lin Dai as well. They have Jay Chou and Tanya Chua as well as Tom Waits! In fact, I haven't been disappointed yet by what they have available. They have all the new albums as well!
What else does it do?
When you've created a playlist, it's so easy to share it with someone else who has Spotify. You just drag your playlist to MSN for example if you're chatting to them. and when they click it, it automatically loads up on their personal Spotify!
I hope they manage to sort out their licensing issues soon so that it can be available everywhere! if you're wondering why it's legal- you can't actually download any music to your computer, but if you work at your computer most of the day, like i do, it's similar opening itunes and listening to it while you work. the issue of ownership doesnt' come into play. and since it's online, i can always go to uni and use another computer (after downloading the program) and still log to my own playlist (something that isn't even possible with itunes.) It does have adbreaks but in an album, they only pop up once or twice.