Historically, Ive always been a basic buy the songs you want on iTunes guy. In recent years, Ive also used Pandora (the free, regular one) to mix it up and branch out / discover some new stuff, loath to add another monthly bill to the household.
The paradigm has obviously shifted a good deal, and Im starting to come around to the idea that a subscription service could make some sense.
What do you fine people recommend? What have your experiences been?
Spotify Premium?
Apple Music?
Amazon Music?
Any thoughts welcomed and appreciated!
I have Amazon prime which I think includes some kind of music service but I've not looked into it. Posting without answers because I want to follow the thread.
Spotify's free service is fantastic, much better than Pandora's which has become overly saturated with ads, but I'd pay the $10 premium for it if I didn't already subscribe to Sirius.
But in general, I think the only way to listen to music now is a subscription service - music is just not good enough anymore to warrant purchasing entire albums. And $1 per song on iTunes although not expensive still somehow feels like throwing away money.
If you dont mind my asking, what were some of the holes in the catalog that you noted in that 10%?
Probably the best 10 bucks I spend each month.
I have Amazon prime which I think includes some kind of music service but I've not looked into it. Posting without answers because I want to follow the thread.
Also pandora and Spotify are so well integrated in most new headinits now that it really makes it easy and seem less.
I would pay about $30 a month for Discover Weekly alone. I cannot speak highly enough of Spotify
Thanks for all of the input.
FYI - they released an update to fix that annoying issue.
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thanks Apple, those random characters should be an i.
FYI - they released an update to fix that annoying issue.
Not a minute too soon, either. That bug was driving me nuckin futs.
Outside of that very spoiled complaint, it's great.
I have Amazon prime which I think includes some kind of music service but I've not looked into it. Posting without answers because I want to follow the thread.
I subscribe to Google Play and like it for the most part, but I can't stand their interface. Instead of providing you with a list of the albums or artists you've added to your library, they insist on cluttering up your views with unnecessary thumbnails of album art. It's not a big deal if you just find what you want to listen to via search, but it's annoying when you want to browse your catalog.
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Was looking at a Google play music subscription for my family and mentioned it to my kids. They got all excited and said it included YouTube red, whatever that is. Apparently it's something they want.
I have Amazon prime which I think includes some kind of music service but I've not looked into it. Posting without answers because I want to follow the thread.
I subscribe to Google Play and like it for the most part, but I can't stand their interface. Instead of providing you with a list of the albums or artists you've added to your library, they insist on cluttering up your views with unnecessary thumbnails of album art. It's not a big deal if you just find what you want to listen to via search, but it's annoying when you want to browse your catalog.
The Google Music interface is terrible. I'd go for a spartan list of songs and playlists vs their meandering mess.
Can Spotify do this?
Can Spotify do this?
Google allows you to upload/sync to your cloud? Tht's kind of nuts and I might have to just add it to Spotify if that's the case. I have tons of MP3s from my DJ days that aren't on Spotify.
If there's one area I find Spotify to be lacking, it's house music/dance music (not EDM, actual house music/techno).
Google allows you to upload/sync to your cloud? Tht's kind of nuts and I might have to just add it to Spotify if that's the case. I have tons of MP3s from my DJ days that aren't on Spotify.
Yep. You install an agent on your system, specify the directory, and it will upload songs that don't exist in their cloud. Up to 10,000 I believe.
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The Spotify family plan also covers six for $15 per month.