On Spotify and its revised free accounts

Read this: http://bit.ly/j5D6kY It explains my view far better than this video. My friend is a much better writer than me :P

Spotify have made some changes to the free service that they offer. To many people this has been a long time coming and many streaming services such as Grooveshark will also be cutting back on the free, it's just spotify has had the balls to go first.
What is interesting is the reaction people have to the changes, I think this is evidence for the nature of how music as a mass consumer product actually is. To balance out the seriousness of that last sentence, cluck cluck gibber gibber my old man's a mushroom.

Changes being made to spotify:
http://bit.ly/fhpI3Q

Blog post I did on Spotify:
http://bit.ly/gYYADl

'Should I be worried about piracy?' - Andrew Dubber
http://bit.ly/sgch4

Music by Metamusic
http://www.superstardestroyer.co.uk/metamusic


Sorry if I come across is smug in this, I'm not very good at this vlogging thing yet :/

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[crackedhandsmusic]

I only just saw this video because of new crap youtube, so I'm chipping in because it's something that annoys me as well. I've sworn by Spotify for a good 2 years, not only for it's free-ness, but the more MySpace and the like went downhill, the more Spotify enabled me to find music I hadn't already discovered. It consequently annoys me that I'll be giving that up but I now intend to use Spotify rarely to not at all. I'd rather buy an album a month than pay to not even own the music...ah well.

[jonnydarkmusic]

@crackedhandsmusic Exactly the same for me. But that's the thing, you and I are in the music buying demographic for whom music means something and isn't just function. It's something more than just something to have on in the background when cooking dinner or to just to dance to (not saying those things aren't bad, but there are levels of appreciation). For most people music is functional and they don't really want to own a CD or a record. However, I <3 my record collection.

[GypsieWings]

People who use Spotify don't value music? Riiight. So just because I can't afford to pay for music it means I don't value it. I'm not arguing with you because you have some valid points but I honestly think Spotify is awesome and it's not that I wouldn't be 'willing' to pay for it, it's that I literally can't. What ever the music industries do, it's unfair to someone.

[jonnydarkmusic]

@GypsieWings Unless you don't buy any luxury goods (alcohol, takeaway, club tickets, cinema tickets, an ipod, jewellery, designer label clothing etc) I don't believe you when you say you can't afford it. If you can pay for such things, then you do have the money to buy music, be that a spotify subscription or a CD, and you choose not to because you value those other things more. If you can't afford such luxury goods then pirate away, but don't expect Spotify to go out on a limb to cater for you

[GypsieWings]

@jonnydarkmusic To be honest,you probably come from a well off family but I don't and being 'poor' means I'd rather pay my rent than buy music. This doesn't mean I don't value music it just means I don't have the money to spare. Of course I value music but when it's a choice between having a home and buying music then I'd rather live. Spotify should appeal to everyone. It's main audience are teenagers who usually can't afford the subscription. I just don't think you're seeing this from all sides

[jonnydarkmusic]

@GypsieWings Right, in which case, those people should pirate their music, you included. If they can't pay for it, there's no point depriving them. This is something which I really failed to address. I think the official 'legal' distributions of music should spend more time catering to those who can and want to pay for music and making it awesome for them rather than trying to cater to those who can't/won't. I thought it was obvious with spotify you were paying for the service, not the music.

[OrgasmandTea]

Some pretty interesting comments on this video. Personally, I don't use spotify, so I couldn't give a shit about its free accounts. Some people (typically financially dependent teens or whatever) can and should pirate music instead of paying for it. I know I did back in the day. Now that I'm working, though, I can afford to buy the albums, so I do. I think of it as supporting the artist from whom I'd like to hear more music. Nothing, no matter what they say, substitutes an album sale.

[emilythestrange971]

Dude. Slightly harch don't you think? I mean I agree with some of the points but some people genuinely can't afford it. Relax.

[ismcb4sc]

do you know prof brian cox

[daisylmao]

MASSIVE AGREE. People who don't pay for music should try making and selling their own music sometime :(