[Dixielandjazz] Spotify

[Stan Brager]

Ulf;

About 9 years ago, Sunbeam Records issued all of the existing recordings on
which Bix played on CD. This consisted of 12 CDs each of which contained 22
to 25 recordings or roughly 270. This included multiple takes as well as
many on which Bix did not solo (especially the Whiteman and Goldkette
stuff). I would imagine that your 130 recordings consist of the heart of
Bixology.

Stan
Stan Brager

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulf Jagfors [mailto:ulf.jagfors at telia.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 2:30 AM
> To: 'david richoux'
> Cc: 'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Spotify
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [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
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> >
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