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Spotify

Post by mkmel » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:11 pm

I am thinking of getting Spotify but have a few queries regarding it

How much will it cost a month and if I ever want to cancel do I have to give a months notice or maybe I have to commit for 12 months?

And can I pay just the one payment and get all the Spotify music to play on my Android mobile and on my Apple iPad and on my laptop and even on my Amazon Echo/Alexa?

How many songs are on there?

And very importantly can you recommend Spotify?

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Re: Spotify

Post by claretrobo1 » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:14 pm

If you get Spotify Premium, you'll never go back. It has everything you'd ever want. Must have

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Re: Spotify

Post by Foshiznik » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:17 pm

I love it.

Costs £9.99 a month (or £4.99 if you can find a student to let you use their Unidays account ;)) and no contract so you can cancel and never pay again. Once a premium member it will work on all of your devices. The playlists, etc. you create will pass across the devices.

There will be the odd occasion you won't find the songs you won't but it's tough to find them anywhere. You can get a 30 day trial so try it and if it doesn't have the music you like, dump them. More than likely it will have all of the songs you ask for.

Highly recommended.

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Re: Spotify

Post by Conroy92 » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:20 pm

Probably the greatest app I have. If your a music lover it's a no brainer! Beware though--not all artists are signed to Spotify, off the top of my head I think the beatles are missing from there and Oasis were only added a few years ago.
The best feature about premium is setting your playlist with no adverts and downloading it to your phone, then you don't have to stream and spend on data!

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Re: Spotify

Post by Goobs » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:22 pm

Conroy92 wrote:Probably the greatest app I have. If your a music lover it's a no brainer! Beware though--not all artists are signed to Spotify, off the top of my head I think the beatles are missing from there and Oasis were only added a few years ago.
The best feature about premium is setting your playlist with no adverts and downloading it to your phone, then you don't have to stream and spend on data!
The Beatles are on there.

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Re: Spotify

Post by MiltonKeynesClaret93 » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:35 pm

I think they're doing 3 months for 99p at the moment. Have a look for any promos before going for it.
It's absolutely superb though. Haven't looked back since getting it.

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Re: Spotify

Post by starting_11 » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:38 pm

Look into Amazon music.

Its £79 per year / £7.99mo.

30 day free trial too.

There's an Echo plan for £4 a month too.

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Re: Spotify

Post by Moorite » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:42 pm

Amazon have 2 plans. There prime music and premium music. The prime music can be limited compared to Spotify.

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Re: Spotify

Post by ElectroClaret » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:53 pm

Spotify Free seems now to be "shuffle play" only, but there's a couple
of vids on YouTube to get round that.

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Re: Spotify

Post by mkmel » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:57 pm

Thanks for the comments guys
Looks like I will be going with the Spotify Premium

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Re: Spotify

Post by Conroy92 » Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:35 pm

Goobs wrote:The Beatles are on there.
Slipped by me, they were added late 2015!

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Re: Spotify

Post by mkmel » Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:51 pm

Well I have invested 99p of my money and got 3 months of Spotify Premium
So far I have only tried it out on my mobile but got to say that it is excellent
One small thing.....how do I log out?

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Re: Spotify

Post by claretrobo1 » Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:22 pm

mkmel wrote:Well I have invested 99p of my money and got 3 months of Spotify Premium
So far I have only tried it out on my mobile but got to say that it is excellent
One small thing.....how do I log out?
On mobile, go to ‘Your Library’, click the cog in the top right to go to settings and scroll down to find the option to log out

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Re: Spotify

Post by mkmel » Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:38 pm

Easy when you know how :)

Thanks

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Re: Spotify

Post by bfccrazy » Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:12 pm

there should be a free app available like TutuApp .....

Which once downloaded will let you download Spotify++ for free

Then Spotify++ should be a premium version of Spotify which you pay nothing for .....

Jus’ sayin’

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Re: Spotify

Post by bfccrazy » Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:16 pm

bfccrazy wrote:there should be a free app available like TutuApp .....

Which once downloaded will let you download Spotify++ for free

Then Spotify++ should be a premium version of Spotify which you pay nothing for .....

Jus’ sayin’

Then maybe you could have this on repeat til we get to Aberdeen ....
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Re: Spotify

Post by aggi » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:10 am

I've tried Amazon, Google and Spotify for music and would say that Spotify is the best apart from one flaw that made it unworkable for me.

For some reason Spotify limits your library to 10,000 tracks and there is no way round this. I wasn't even half way through adding my music at that point so I gave up on it. A lot of people don't have as much or don't use the library so this won't impact on everyone.

I'm on Amazon now which ties in nicely with the Echo and has a decent library, etc but the recommendations aren't great compared to spotify. The family plan is good though, £150 a year for up to six people with independent accounts is good value I reckon.

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Re: Spotify

Post by mkmel » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:47 am

I have the 3 months for just 99p deal to get Spotify Premium
Can you only get any deal like this just the once and once it has finished have to pay £9.99 a month every time?

Or can you use a different email address to get any of the future deals but once again for just the one time?

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Re: Spotify

Post by Dyched » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:52 am

bfccrazy wrote:there should be a free app available like TutuApp .....

Which once downloaded will let you download Spotify++ for free

Then Spotify++ should be a premium version of Spotify which you pay nothing for .....

Jus’ sayin’
It’s as if streaming services weren't killing music enough eh?!

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Re: Spotify

Post by bfccrazy » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:08 pm

Dyched wrote:It’s as if streaming services weren't killing music enough eh?!
I know - I don’t know how these musicians cope with only 1 Ferrari and 1 Porsche and 3 watches worth the GDP of a small country - how do they cope.

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Re: Spotify

Post by tim_noone » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:14 pm

So I've got a google player and get all the music I want. I don't pay a bill of any sort so how does that work??

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Re: Spotify

Post by Kushman42 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:44 pm

I cannot use Spotify anymore! Why?

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Re: Spotify

Post by Foshiznik » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:47 pm

bfccrazy wrote:there should be a free app available like TutuApp .....

Which once downloaded will let you download Spotify++ for free

Then Spotify++ should be a premium version of Spotify which you pay nothing for .....

Jus’ sayin’
Only works on ios9.0 or later.

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Re: Spotify

Post by colne-claret » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:22 pm

Spotify is brilliant. I was wary of getting it at first but I’ve never looked back. So easy to use. Must be millions of songs available on there.

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Re: Spotify

Post by Foshiznik » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:23 pm

Not to forget most podcasts are on there too

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Re: Spotify

Post by Dyched » Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:33 am

bfccrazy wrote:I know - I don’t know how these musicians cope with only 1 Ferrari and 1 Porsche and 3 watches worth the GDP of a small country - how do they cope.
Yeah because all musicians are multimillionaires who drive about in Ferraris and Porsches.

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