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I'm not really a downloader, & tend only to buy music on CD now.
It's always useful for me to get to hear something before committing to a purchase, so I'm quite pleased that this website is around. You can't download from it, but you can listen to a large selection of music in its' entirety, legally, & free of charge.
Might be of interest to some members.
Google it !!
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I used to use Spotify, but I don't use it so much anymore. I mostly buy music from the iTunes store and put them on my Mp3-player. Spotify is great, although some really popular artists are missing, such as The Beatles, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. All in all however, you can listen to a lot of different artists and songs.
I suggest anybody who likes music tries it, keep in mind however that it costs about 9â¬(?), unless you want to wait a few months or get an invite, and is only available in a few countries.
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30-07-2009, 18:01
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Paddis Wrote:I suggest anybody who likes music tries it, keep in mind however that it costs about 9€
It's free in the UK, is it subscription only elsewhere ??
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Tiggi Wrote:I suggest anybody who likes music tries it, keep in mind however that it costs about 9€
It's free in the UK, is it subscription only elsewhere ??
I'm not sure. I live Sweden and here you can either choose to pay a monthly fee or get a free version with ads. I personally got an invite from a friend who uses it, but before that I left my e-mail adress at their website to get a notification when I could sign up for a free account. Since I got the invite, I didn't have to wait but I can imagine it takes quite a while for people who can't get one. If you do pay however, you won't have to wait.
What I meant in my latest post was that if you really want to try the service, you'll probably have to pay for a month unless you want to have to wait or you already have an invite. It is
not subscription only. As I mentioned, this is how it works in Sweden, it might be different in different countries. I hope that clears things up. =)
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Thought I would revive this old thread since the world has really changed since it was posted. I have become fascinated with the many services that have been created in the last 2 or so years. Spotify being only only of them. The ability to just try and learn about more music then ever for a relatively small fee. If you have the unlimited broadband access you owe it to yourself to look into these services.
In the last month I have tried Spotify, Rdio, Mog and Rhapsody. These services allow downloads to your mobile devices for offline listening on Android & IOS. I'm not sure which are US only though.
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As I've posted elsewhere on MD, I've now migrated to We7, which is a UK & Ireland service. This is completely free, with unlimited streaming.
Royalties are paid to artists from brief audio adverts which run periodically.
Very good indeed.
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I'm trying to get an invite out of someone right now!
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I got on by Googling the website and then I had to invite some Facebook friends to join as well, which I didn't mind doing and now I have it. It was easy but maybe only so easy with a Facebook account? I have no idea.
