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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 10:35 am Post subject:
Signed up for spotify, just realised that you can only play on 1 device at a time. Well that ain't gonna work! I thought teh kids would be able to play whatever any of them fancied, while I could play mine. Google apparently allows this but there's no windows API which means that my music players (squeezebox) can't play from Google Play Bit snookered.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 11:14 am Post subject:
s'ok (sort of) spotify family lets me add extra users for a fiver a month! I guess it'll still be cheaper than buying downloads or CDs and I'd rather they weren't getting "free downloads"

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 11:24 am Post subject:
Rdio has the same functionality, too.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 11:33 am Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Rdio has the same functionality, too.

Hmm, not another blinking thing to investimagate

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 11:58 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

s'ok (sort of) spotify family lets me add extra users for a fiver a month!

I guess it'll still be cheaper than buying downloads or CDs and I'd rather they weren't getting "free downloads"

Just get your kids to download tunes to their devices and play offline. As long as they turn their Wi-Fi off whilst they are playing then all is well.

tahir

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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 12:04 pm Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

As long as they turn their Wi-Fi off whilst they are playing then all is well.

This is the same kids that don't turn off the telly, lights, put a new bog rol on....

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 12:30 pm Post subject:
Synching local files shows a lot of stuff is not available on spotify; the beatles, jackson 5 amongst others. I didn't expect every very random track I own to be on there but there really is a lot of stuff I thought would be there that isn't. One day there'll be a universal music/video streaming service

tahir

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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 12:34 pm Post subject:
No Otway & Barrett, or Bow Wow Wow!

sean
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 12:41 pm Post subject:
Not until they start paying decent royalties there won't.

tahir

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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 12:51 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Not until they start paying decent royalties there won't.

A little bit of a lot is better than all of nothing. I was always amazed by EMIs stubborn refusal to embrace the download age, unfortunately they are now extinct.

I agree artists should get paid, but they'll never get paid if they don't get played

sean
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 12:54 pm Post subject:
Sure but a lot of a bit can be better than a bit of a lot. It needs movement on both sides I think.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 12:57 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

It needs movement on both sides I think.

Yup, hope this happens soon, otherwise you'll be led down particular alleys depending on the service you subscribe to, not appealing.

sean
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 1:01 pm Post subject:
That's why I still buy CDs and listen to the wireless.

tahir

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 1:04 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

That's why I still buy CDs and listen to the wireless.

And your only child has reverted tio vinyl...

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 15 1:05 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

sgt.colon wrote:

As long as they turn their Wi-Fi off whilst they are playing then all is well.

This is the same kids that don't turn off the telly, lights, put a new bog rol on....

Oh. Ha! Kids eh!

I just went back to buying CD's. They are on the shelf for the whole family to listen to and there are never any tracks missing.

A universal streaming service would be good but I doubt it will ever happen.

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