bouche Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Spotify launched one of those invite thingies for Canada. https://www.spotify.com/ca-en/invite/ I signed up a couple of weeks ago, and got an invite today. The free tier seems to be open to the entire library, forcing audio ads in between tracks after a number of songs played. Is anyone else trying it? Rdio is very similar, but I don't think the free tier is quite as functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Hadn't heard about this until now, will be signing up. I've been using US based services via an IP spoofer (Hola), but would much rather not have to use it. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I use Rdio, Spotify (while in the US) and Songza. All of them have their upside and drawbacks. It will be nice to be able to use Spotify all of the time. I do like that with Spotify you can share playlists and libraries- and most of all that you can just stream whole albums rather than mixes or lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 I do like that with Spotify you can share playlists and libraries- and most of all that you can just stream whole albums rather than mixes or lists. You can do those things with Rdio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Thanks again for the heads up Mike. Got my invitation this afternoon and am all signed up. User name: esau13 Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 right on! glad it worked out so quickly. I guess they are in full swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 You can do those things with RdioNot with the free version, which is what I have been using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Ahhh, makes sense.I found the value in buying a subscription being that I don't buy CD's anymore (unless it is a CD that friends put out, ie. Diesel Dog) and rarely download from iTunes. I'm not all innocent though I have found that Rdio pays artists more than other streaming services on a per stream basis. From what I gather,Sspotify has a lot more people using their service though, so artists actually get paid more from Spotify than Rdio. I wonder why some artists don't allow their music on services if it pays them to do so. A big one missing from Rdio, that I would love to see there, is Tool. I guess Maynard would prefer people steal music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 I've been using Rdio on and off for a few years. I like that I can unsubscribe at anytime and then re-activate if I need more music access. I haven't figured out if Spotify will allow the same thing. Also rdio is supported by Sonos natively, so I don't know if Spotify will work through the sonos controller the same way. I have found that Rdio pays artists more than other streaming services. Whatever you've read about that, they all pay very very VERY little so there's a very insignificant difference between which streaming service you choose to use. Charts! http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/02/21/favoritepays Some people even think that torrenting is more beneficial for the artsts than paying for a streaming service. That's probably more about justifying torrenting using foggy facts. http://vancouverweekly.com/why-spotify-and-rdio-are-worse-than-torrenting/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 @boiler rat I just saw your awesome graphic post. when I read it at work, it must have been blocked. ha. So I cancelled my rdio account and tried to get the premium spotify. It's also supported on Sonos...nice. I can't seem to change my billing to Canada since I apparently setup my account with Unblock-us on so I had a US account. I had to request to change my country to canada and they responded that it will change within 48 hours. weird...but cool in the sense that it wasn't hard to have a US account while it was blocked here. Also, I attempted to cancel my Sirius/XM account last year ($20/mth!) and they talked me into an $8/mth sub. They promised me they wouldn't auto-renew. Then today, I wondered why it was still working. I looked back at my mastercard bills and there it was.... an auto-renew of $225 from Sirius/XM! Those dick holes didn't even contact me to ask or warn that they were going to bill me a ridiculous amount. So I called, they offered to set it back to $87 for the year but I declined. Cancelled finally. I'll miss Jam On. That's all I ever had it tuned to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Sirius is notorious for billing you again when you've explicitly said not to. It happens to us every time. They have horrible customer service too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 My experience with Sirius has been the opposite of what you guys have gone through..... but I do have a reminder set for me to call them just before my subscription is about to run out. The last time I called I paid $48 for a full year. I can live with that. I wish I'd gone all in on the lifetime subscription when they were offering that back when they launched. My brother paid $300 for two full radio set ups and two full lifetime subscriptions. That was 11 years ago and everything is still working fine- he even had one radio replaced on warranty for free when the display started to fade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 If they offered my $48, i'd have taken it. A guy at work had called not long before me to cancel/get a deal and they wouldn't go below $100. It's like a raffle! Phorbesie, the lady was actually nice. She was apologizing and went straight into cleaning up the auto-renewal and refunding me. She asked if I'd stay on for the $87 and I told her it was still too much for the amount I tune in. So she assured me I'd be credited the full amount and wished me a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Spotify changed my location to Canada so I signed up for the 30 day free trial. Loaded up on some Vintage Trouble. Great mopping music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 that's cool. 48$ per year is crazy good, i'm pretty sure ours is way more than that. there has been several times that velvet spent literally an hour on the phone with them to get charges reversed. to the point where we just decided to pay whatever to keep it continuously so as to never ever have to call them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I got my reply invite yesterday, 3 weeks after sending the request but my work network blocks it so I haven't given it a whirl yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I tried it for a bit yesterday. It appears to offer choices, variety, and minimal complications. Huzzah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I got my invite, but when I go to sign up it tells me the code I entered is invalid. Hmmmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Worked fine just now. Weird. Here we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 That's the way she goes boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I'm impressed. The nearly brand new Barr Brothers song, "Half Crazy" is already loaded up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 yeah. they also shared a playlist last week of tunes that I think they mentioned as inspiration for their sounds. Even The Darkness Has Playlists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Seems I received four invites this morning. If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll PM the codes and relevant info for joining. These are for the free version only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Yup, I got them too. I like the service, but not enough to pay for Premium. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 I won't be getting a premium account, I only use these type of services from home and don't listen to music on my phone anyway. Although I did try a free app called Air Stream that worked great for not only streaming music & video but accessing any files from my computer over my phone but since it's not something I typically do (or fully trust) I shelved it. If the occasional 10 second ads on spotify start to bother me enough I'll delete my account and the program from my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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