[Dixielandjazz] Spotify

Sun Jul 24 08:10:21 PDT 2011

Ulf,I just got the free (invite) version a few days ago and maybe I am
misunderstanding the program. However, I did find this on Wiki and it may
better explain my concerns:

The contents of each client's cache is summarized in an index which is sent
> to the Spotify   stream hub upon connecting to the service. This index is
> then used to inform other clients about additional peers they can connect to
> for fetching streamed data for individual tracks being played. This is
> accommodated by each client, upon startup, acting as a server listening for
> incoming connections from other Spotify users, as well as intuitively
> connecting to other users to exchange cached data as appropriate. There are
> currently no official details from the developers about how many connections
> and how much of a user's upstream bandwidth the Spotify client will use when
> streaming to other users; the Spotify client offers no way for the user to
> configure this.

As I understand this (and I may be wrong) - the contents of my iTunes folder
would be available to any other Spotify user - if I have a song that is not
in the general Spotify catalogue (something I loaded from an old record or
other source) then any other Spotify user can get it, unless I set my
account preferences to  restrict access.

David Richoux

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Ulf Jagfors <ulf.jagfors at telia.com> wrote:
> David
>
> Could you explain more in detail what you mean. I have been a Spotify user
> for more than one year now and I do not understand your statement?
>
> SPOTIFY has an agreement with the major record companies to give access to
> all their CD issues. By that they now have about 13 million tunes
available
> by a few simple clicks on the key board. Spotify is not a file sharing
> service. They have the tunes available on their own storage system with
> direct MP3 streaming to the user. But you can also, as a small company or
> private maker of music, sign an agreement with Spotify to make your own
> recordings available. However I have heard people complained about pretty
> low compensation for each download. But you are there and make your own
> music available for any of the 10 million subscribers at Spotify.
>
> According to my opinion Spotify has the largest number of old and revival
> classical jazz recordings available on the net just now. Over the last
year
> I have organized my own playlists which now contains about 7000 recordings
> of the most prominent jazz orchestras in the 1920-1960 genre of classic
> jazz. Very few people have such a large collection of LP´s and CD´s.
However
> there is one drawback. There is only CD issues available. That means that
> early or rare 78 or LP´s that has not been converted to CD issues are not
> there. However, the vast amount of recordings still available are more
than
> enough for me to keep me busy all the time to listen to. For instance, my
> playlist of Bix contains 130 tracks. Are there any more??
>
> By subscribing to the premium service ,$10 in US, I also have access, by
> syncing, all my playlists to my smart phone (Android or iOS Apps)or any
> other computer to which I can log in to Spotify. This is an extremely
handy
> feature. I am sitting in a jam and people ask how a particular tunes
sounds.
> I get it on my smart phone in seconds and can play it for the other
> musicians. A few weeks ago we discussed why King Oliver's version of
Doctor
> Jazz never were issued in the 1920´s. I could immediately search and play
> King Olivers version, issued in the 1960´s. We could understand why the
> record companies thought that Jelly Roll Morton's version were so much
> superior to Oliver's.( I hope I do not start any flamed debate here)
>
> I can also download a playlist of 3300 tunes for listen too without an
> Internet access (Off Line), like an MP3 player. And I can also download my
> own made MP3 playlists, and sync it to all my gadgets. That is handy if
> those recordings are not available from Spotify. Of course Spotify cannot
> forward those private down loads to other users as that should break the
> copyright agreements.
>
> When searching for a particular artist or orchestra you get a list of all
> recordings available. Many of the listed tunes are duplicates from
different
> CD issues on different companies. If you want to create a playlist without
> having six copies of i.e. Avalon you can delete all but one in your
> downloaded list. The easiest way of doing that is to click on the tune
names
> headline. Then all tunes will be sorted in alphabetic order and you can
see
> how many copies of the same tune there are. Then you can check the quality
> of the different CD issues. Some of them are perhaps not cleaned from
> scratches and clicks and some of them are not in correct pitch. Delete
those
> and save the best version for your personal playlist. It take some time
but
> once made you have a perfect list for all your gadgets.
>
> I can only recommend you all to try for yourself. It is the future way of
> getting music in scale and flexibility we never have had before and to a
> decent cost, limited free download or unlimited $5 PC or extended with
smart
> phone service $10. And the bonus for you in US is that the prices are 50%
> lower than in Europe.
>
> Ulf who have no shares in Spotify but I wish I had.
>
>
>
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> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] För david richoux
> Skickat: den 24 juli 2011 00:44
> Till: Ulf Jagfors
> Kopia: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Ämne: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Spotify
>
> It is very interesting, but it functions by giving any and all
> subscribers access to YOUR music files (on iTunes or other music
> programs.)
>
> You can set it to be private, but the basic idea is to share...
>
> David RIchoux
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>> A site called
>> www.spotify.com
>>  is a European music site that has come to the US.  The Free version with
> a large
>> collection of music has come to the US and was reviewed in USA  Today a
> few days
>> ago now.  Very favorable.
>> You can get ad free versions for $5 a month. $10 for one with extra
> content and for
>> mobile phones. The free version is currently by invitation only or may
now
> be available
>> at once.  You go to the site and sign up for free version and they send
> you an email
>> eventually confirming they accept you, and then you download their
player.
>> They seem to have the largest number of record companies on board.
>> Perhaps worth a try.
>>
>>
>> --Bob Ringwald
>> www.ringwald.com
>> Fulton Street Jazz Band
>> 530/ 642-9551 Office
>> 916/ 806-9551 Cell
>> Amateur (Ham) Radio K6YBV
>>
>
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