subscribe1st month as a Spotify premium user
Spotify founder Daniel Ek has just written a very interesting blog post to mark the first anniversary of Spotify, giving his views on Spotify’s progress, the music industry, where they’re heading and what the journey will be like.
It’s now a month since I took the plunge and gave Spotify my credit card details. The tipping point for me was the release of their iPhone app allowing me to stream to my phone, in particular to download entire albums for offline play.
In the last month I’ve “borrowed” the following albums:
- Tiga - Sexor collector’s edition
- Tiga - Ciao!
- Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure
- Justice - A Cross The Universe
- 2raumwohnung - Kommt Zusammen
- Soulwax - Most of the Remixes…
- DJ Kicks - The Exclusives
- Pulp - Different Class (2 CD edition)
- Muse - The Resistance
- Snow Patrol - Final Straw
- Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
- Daft Punk - Alive 2007
- Jet - Get Born
..as well as a couple of singles, and listed to a bunch of other stuff without saving it for offline play.
The verdict - in the first month certainly I’ve had fantastic value for money. My £10 has given me repeat listening to a whole bunch of music, mostly albums I hadn’t heard before and including 2 brand new releases (Muse & Simian Mobile Disco). Sure, this isn’t exactly the same as actually buying a CD or having an MP3, but I’ve not experienced any practical difference.
We’ll see how it develops, but right now I have to say it comes recommended, at least if you listen to music as much as I do, and particularly since you can cancel at any time..
