Spotify!

Drop what you are doing and pay close attention! What's so important you ask.  It has come to my attention that some people out there have never... dare I say it... never heard of Spotify!  I know I couldn't believe it myself.

For those of you who don't know, and its ok I'll forgive you this time, Spotify is a music lovers dream!  If you like music or are obsessed with it then you have to try out Spotify.  No seriously this by far the best thing that has happened to music since the iPod.  I started watching this little gem when it was first introduced in Europe a few years back.  It took off really quickly there and has been trying to get state side for a while.  What took so long you ask?  I blame it on the typical US red tape that happens when music labels and corporations get involved.

What makes Spotify work so great is it allows you to make your own playlists of any songs that they have available and stream them to your computer for FREE.  Yes you heard that right an song for free.  Yes it is streaming only if you choose the free option and I believe you are limited to 20 hours of streaming per month.  If you upgrade to the $4.99 plan you get unlimited streaming to your computer.  If you choose the $9.99 a month plan you get unlimited streaming, offline listening, and streaming, offline listening to your mobile device.  After trying out the free version I quickly switched to the $9.99 premium version to have the offline listening on my iPhone so that I could listen to whatever I wanted while I was driving.



Why Spotify matters.




Can we say end to having any reason to download songs illegally?  I mean if you have access to any song why would you even bother risking it?  Also it would save you a crap ton of money from having to buy songs from iTunes or any of the other pay per track music services.  Those two reasons in my opinion is what will make Spotify the way of the future for the music industry, whether they like it or not.

Yes I know there are other similar services like Rhapsody and I have tried those and they just aren't as intuitive as Spotify.  If you have ever used iTunes then you will feel right at home with Spotify.   Alos Spotify has a great social aspect with its integration with Facebook.  I like being able to see your friends from on the right pane of the app and looking to see what songs my friends are playing the most.

To summarize simply go get this free program and try it out.  I promise you won't be disappointed!
Download Spotify here