Saturday, July 16, 2011

Spotify First Impressions

Spotify is the music service that’s been sweeping Europe and is finally available in the US. I was lucky enough to get an invitation to Spotify the day it launched thanks to Britney Spears. I really have no clue about what kind of service Spotify is. I just have a vague idea that it’s supposed to be something like Pandora.

Once you put in the invitation code, you’ll be told to download the Spotify music player software. This is different from Pandora where I can stream stuff right from the web .  

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After you login, Spotify automatically adds local music files on your computer to its library. The biggest problem with Pandora is you can’t play individual tracks. You have to create a radio station first and it will play related tracks and artists. With Spotify you can listen to millions of tracks instantaneous  All you have to do is search and hit play. I am currently using the free plan which means that I will have to deal with commercials. The basic plan also means I can’t listen to tracks on my iPhone.

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I will do a more detailed review later.

  

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