[BP22]

Hey,

Is Spotify any good? Just wondered as I heard about it in passing, but heard you have to pay for it? So wondered if it was worth going ahead with or not?

[Deist]

It's free to download and listen to songs, but if you want to download a song I think you have to pay. It's good yes, you get some songs you can't find on Youtube and it has information about the song you're listening too. Just download it and see what you think of it. Just link it up with your Facebook account or make a Spotify account.

[tory88]

You can get spotify for free where you can stream from a massive library of songs. You pay if you want to access it from your smartphone and when offline. So download the free version, that's enough for what I want it for anyway (you just have to listen to an ad every tem minutes.

[BP22]

Oh so there is a free version! Sounds good, but are the adverts long say like 30 seconds- 1minute? If you want to take the songs offline, do you simply pay 1 track at a time or a monthly fee etc? Im assuming that with the subscription its then advert free, right?

Are there any other better services like that around?

[x-pixie-lottie-x]

i really like spotify
especially when i was writing my dissertation, i had different playlist for different times of day (3am when i need keeping awake... :|)

this tells you all about each account option (scroll down)
https://www.spotify.com/uk/get-spotify/open/

i found the free version was fine for my needs
x

[Architecture-er]

(Original post by tory88)
You can get spotify for free where you can stream from a massive library of songs. You pay if you want to access it from your smartphone and when offline. So download the free version, that's enough for what I want it for anyway (you just have to listen to an ad every tem minutes.

Free version gives you ads every 3/4 songs, but you also have a limit of 20 hours of music a month, and you can only listen to a song 5 times per month.

4.99 gets you unlimited ad-free music

9.99 lets you create offline playlists and get it on your smartphone, etc


The 4.99 is definitely worth it if you just want music whilst you're around the house, and for parties. But for me it's suddenly got ****, because my bloody placement company goes ape-**** crazy if you download over 50/100 MB of data in a day..

[BP22]

20 hours limit seems quite low for a month- doesn't it? Is it solely just audio or music videos also?

[BP22]

(Original post by x-pixie-lottie-x)
i really like spotify
especially when i was writing my dissertation, i had different playlist for different times of day (3am when i need keeping awake... :|)

this tells you all about each account option (scroll down)
https://www.spotify.com/uk/get-spotify/open/

i found the free version was fine for my needs
x

Thanks for the link - i'll check it out! Are we allowed to post links on this forum (sorry i'm new)

[Braptings]

I think spotify is INCREDIBLY annoying with the ads as they're so frequent, but it's fair enough.

Do you have an NUS card? Currently, spotify have a deal for students if you are an NUS extra cardholder. You get 50% off of spotify premium, so you pay £4.99 a month.

I started doing this last month, and for the price it's excellent. Unlimited streaming with no adds. Also, if you have a smartphone you can get the app. You can make songs available "offline", which essentially means you're downloading the song. Having offline music on your phone is fantastic, it's basically a library of whatever you want for one fixed price.

[BP22]

Yup got an NUS card! Sounds like an even better deal ! I think the offline element is pretty good! But can you get Music videos on the service too?

[BP22]

(Original post by Architecture-er)
Free version gives you ads every 3/4 songs, but you also have a limit of 20 hours of music a month, and you can only listen to a song 5 times per month.

4.99 gets you unlimited ad-free music

9.99 lets you create offline playlists and get it on your smartphone, etc


The 4.99 is definitely worth it if you just want music whilst you're around the house, and for parties. But for me it's suddenly got ****, because my bloody placement company goes ape-**** crazy if you download over 50/100 MB of data in a day..

Ouch placement firm being too strict then ?

[Architecture-er]

(Original post by BP22)
Ouch placement firm being too strict then ?

Yeah

Well it's because their internet is so rubbish that emails get backed up if the internet is overburdened.. It's ridiculous

[BP22]

Has anyone used Stazoo for Music? Heard that's completely free???

[Braptings]

(Original post by BP22)
Yup got an NUS card! Sounds like an even better deal ! I think the offline element is pretty good! But can you get Music videos on the service too?

Unfortunately not, although another good perk is you get to listen to audio at 320kbs which isn't accessible unless you're premium. The quality of the song can therefore be superb

EDIT: I'll just chuck in a downside that I thought of... Spotify is integrated with Facebook, which can be good if you want to share what you're listening to instantly. If not you can disable that option. But what's annoying is that if you don't have facebook, or you deactivate it, you can't log in. I found this out the hard way when I wanted to deactivate my fb to revise more effectively haha.

[BP22]

So you have to have FB to use Spotify?

[Braptings]

(Original post by BP22)
So you have to have FB to use Spotify?

That's correct

[tory88]

(Original post by Architecture-er)
Free version gives you ads every 3/4 songs, but you also have a limit of 20 hours of music a month, and you can only listen to a song 5 times per month.

4.99 gets you unlimited ad-free music

9.99 lets you create offline playlists and get it on your smartphone, etc


The 4.99 is definitely worth it if you just want music whilst you're around the house, and for parties. But for me it's suddenly got ****, because my bloody placement company goes ape-**** crazy if you download over 50/100 MB of data in a day..

I've listened to over 20 hours this month and a lot of songs more than 5 times (yay for exam season!) and I'm a free member, so I'm not sure how true this is.

[BP22]

(Original post by Braptings)
That's correct

Suppose thats not too much of a problem!

[BP22]

Oh so you might be able to perhaps listen to the same song?

[Fonix]

I have the 4.99 version, and it is honestly such good value. For the price of a cheap album you get millions upon millions of songs, ad-free.
It has no "In Rainbows" though, which sucks .

Go for it