Have you heard of Spotify? If you haven’t you should definitely check this out. Spotify is a music collection that contains millions of songs that you can play live from just about any device including PC, Mac, and Mobile. There is no need to download tracks, you simply stream them live. Spotify also integrates into Facebook allowing you to see and hear what your friends are listening to.
Whats could make this better? Oh yeah, it’s Free! You only hear an occasional advertisement which is used to pay the artist. This is one of those applications that actually makes piracy less appealing. Piracy has been happening for years and even well before the days of the Internet, but with Napster and the Internet it turned into a major controversy.
Spotify has a user interface that will look familiar to iTunes users with the addition of a social area to see what your friends are listening to. Setting up a unique account that fits you is easy as you guide Spotify by letting it know what songs you like and don’t like. The more you let Spotify know about your music taste the better the overall experience becomes, so you should definitely put in your input to get the best out of Spotify. You can begin setting up a play-list or listen to one of the many radio stations that stream the music type of your choice. You can see what’s hot by checking out the top lists tab or add one of the many apps available for Spotify that integrate right into the interface allowing for an even better experience. Spotify also allows you to share your iTunes playlists as well as playlists from Windows Media Player. The application even has an offline mode to use when you can’t get connected.
Spotify was founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon in the UK in 2006 and now has over 10 million registered users. Spotify is a free download and can be obtained here.