Spotify, a musical revolution
mars 10, 2009
How is it that the music industry doesn’t yet see it, they have to change if they are going to survive; if their economic situation is as bad as they say. Or is all of this piracy talk in the media good PR for the music-, film and game industry? If not, they should see the changes they have to make and jump on the new era. The majority of music consumers dosen’t go to the CD-store any longer, they find other ways to get their media. Itunes Store, Amazon Music Store or likewise. Unfortunaly a great majority uses pirat methods like torrents or sharing sites, such as usenet and rapidshare, to get their music, films, software and so on. Not to long a go Spotify came into open beta, and as long as you got an invitation from a spotify user you would get unlimited access to a huge music libary, stored online. All for free usage, but with some comercial once in a while. All though, if you get an subscription for Spotify Premium for €9.99 pr. month, you’ll get the same access + some bonus features, and no adds. €9.99 pr month? Come on, I belive a majority of the pirates out there would love such an offer. You don’t need to download your music, since its all stored online, you’ll have all your metadata in order since spotify takes care of that and you support the artists. Wake up music industry, and get on to it!
If you don’t got spotify, download and try it out (and search the web for an invitation key if you don’t want to pay the €9.99 in the beta period)
For you who have already entered heaven, here’s some favorite music of mine:
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band – Casino
Dilated Peoples – The Platform
PS: for those of you who haven’t tryed spotify; yes the links will play the song automaticly from within the program if you click it. Awesome.
