33 replies to this topic

[rancho_gordo]

So I'm going through and starring my favorite tracks and adding them to playlists but it dawns on me I don't quite understand the point. Can I get files of the songs or is it more like radio or Pandora? The catalog is pretty good but can I upload things?

Do you love it or is it the next thing to sign up for and then forget? Then, can you explain Google Plus to me?

[Abbylovi]

dupe

[Abbylovi]

It's not like the radio or Pandora - you can actually hear the songs you want to hear. A simple version of the three levels:
- free - you have to listen to a few ads an hour. You need an invite for this level.
- $4.99 month, no ads. Can't upload.
- $9.99 month, no ads and you can listen to it on your sound system and mobile. Can upload,I think.

[rancho_gordo]

And it seems you can share playlists, right?

you hear it when you want it, but you can't download, right? Offline Function isn't the same as owning an MP3 file.

I do admit jonesing for a song, buying the CD, playing it once, being happy, then filing it away. I guess this would take care of that.

[Wilfrid]

My understanding is that you can't download songs but can play them at will; and that you can share playlists but not individual tracks. The unlimited free plays for your first six months has to be a strong selling point.

[g.johnson]

Thanks for this information. I've just signed up and it's allowing me to determine that Neutral Milk Hotel are a bunch of whining nonentities without spending any money.

[Sneakeater]

But are they derivative whining non-entities?

[Wilfrid]

That's a very disappointing name for a band.

I read about a band called My Morning Jacket in the last New Yorker and became angry with them without even hearing their music.

[Stone]

Upload or download?

$9.99 to purchase as many songs as I want?

Huh?

Adrian -- please email me a playlist of all those bands you identified.

[SethG]

Thanks for this information. I've just signed up and it's allowing me to determine that Neutral Milk Hotel are a bunch of whining nonentities without spending any money.

If Neutral Milk Hotel had made three more records I'd be proposing them for the 4 album list...

And the Decemberists would have been too ashamed ever to make a record.

[SethG]

That's a very disappointing name for a band.

I read about a band called My Morning Jacket in the last New Yorker and became angry with them without even hearing their music.

Wilf, My Morning Jacket is famous. They're sometimes really good!

[g.johnson]

Upload or download?

$9.99 to purchase as many songs as I want?

Huh?

Adrian -- please email me a playlist of all those bands you identified.

TV on the Radio, Interpol, The Arcade Fire, The Strokes, The Knife, LCD Soundsystem, Pavement (begrudgingly), Neutral Milk Hotel, My Bloody Valentine, Outkast

[g.johnson]

Upload or download?

$9.99 to purchase as many songs as I want?

Huh?

Adrian -- please email me a playlist of all those bands you identified.

Downloads and it doesn't allow you to do that. It's a streaming service only. For $9.99 you can play those through your stereo or phone.

[Orik]

I'm waiting for The Knife to release an album of Abba covers.

[g.johnson]

But are they derivative whining non-entities?

There's nothing very original about them that I can hear but you wouldn't necessarily say, 'oh, they're just recycling X'.