Spotify: A Revolution in Music on the Web?
Friday, January 9th, 2009
Spotify is a new music service which offers users unlimted music for free. Songs on the service are streamed, but can be listened to instantly and as many times as the user wants, although they cannot yet be downloaded into an MP3 format. It looks exactly like itunes, you search for an artist and can play pretty much any song instantly. What’s more it’s legal - Spotify has secured licensing agreements with a number of record companies including Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Music, Marner Music Group and Merlin.
Free Access - For Now…
There are plans to charge £9.99 for a month’s access although it seems that currently membership is free if you hurry up and register for Spotify here. This may look like free advertising for a web service from London Venue Guide - but come on, we would never do that. We jstu know a good web application when we see one…get involved!
Rave Reviews
It’s not just us who are raving about the service. Here are some quotes from users:
“This is the best thing EVER. seriously. there is stuff on here i didnt even know existed.”
“It streams it completely instantly. no waiting around at all. it’s got bsides and everything on there.”
“The collaborative playlists feature is a world-beater”
“Wow, there’s a version of Can’t Speak French by Girls Aloud sung in French! Loving that.”