Spotify launches today
Spotify - the music streaming service (think a little bit of Pandora mixed with iTunes) officially opens its doors today. Thanks to a very kind friend who knows I have a passion for music, I’ve had a beta invite for a while now and have been testing it out. However, until now they have requested that nobody blog about it.
I have to say my first impressions have been very good. I love the fact that you can state your musical interests (see screengrab above) and Spotify then presents you with a selection of songs from artists in your genre. What’s perhaps more impressive is the quality of the music stream, I only have a 512k connection and the stream is always faultless and quality high.
At the moment you can either buy a day pass for 99p or pay £9.99 a month. Or…I have a couple of free invites, so if you want to experience Spotify for free then simply leave a comment below. I’ll pick a couple of deserving winners over the next day or two.
Interesting point, Spotify was created by the former Tradedoubler team.
What I’m listening to right now: Fantasia - “Baby Makin’ Hips” courtesy of Spotify
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Welcome to my blog. My name is Kieron Donoghue and I run UK Offer Media Ltd. I thought it would be fun to post a daily (well hopefully daily) blog, writing about my experiences in Internet Marketing and more specifically Affiliate Marketing. I'll include some personal stuff too, probably about my other passions, music and cars. Please feel free to post your comments and thoughts too.
October 7th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Would love an invite please! You have my email but just in case, it’s zee@wedocreative.com - thankyou!
October 7th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Oooh, pick me, pick me
Thanks!
October 7th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
It’s a good job Apple aren’t litigious when it comes to look and feel!
Oh, wait…
October 7th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Any chance of an invite code Kieron it looks amazing?
October 7th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I would love an invite if they are still available. Thanks in advance
October 7th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I would love an invite if they are still available. Thank you
October 7th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Pretty please Kieron
October 7th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Kieron, I’d love to try it out.
I just heard yesterday that my son left my 80gb iPod, full of all my music on a ryanair flight last week, took him a week to tell me!
October 7th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I’d love a trial to see how it sounds on my new soundsticks
October 7th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I didn’t win the A4UExpo pass so maybe I can win the Spotify pass?
I’m not friends with iTunes at the moment after the two hour frustrating session I had on Saturday trying to figure out why it wouldn’t let me activate my new iPhone - turns out I had to turn off all firewalls and protection on my computer for it to access the iTunes store!
October 7th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
It’s awesome I have been on the beta program for over 12 months, we run it in the house, in the office and everywhere.
Well done to Johny and the guys….one of the guys involved in John Forster the ex Md of CJ EUROPE
Doug
October 7th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I wanna be one of those cool Spotify-dudes… Please, help me!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Not enough good music sites on the web these days and at £9.99 per month this is real value for money! Will try it out for a month or so and stick with it if I like it. Cheers for the heads up on this Kieron but keeping it all to yourself for a while? selfish! ….lol
October 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Hey Kieron,
You’re post is spot on! It has a huge music selection and streaming is perfect.
It’s definitely one of the best music sites I have used and its free (with the odd advert)!
The functionality is pretty good too. If you create a playlist you can then email this to another spotify user and it gets added to their playlist instantly.
Andy
October 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Kenny - sorry, those were the rules!!!
October 8th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Hey Kieron, Thanks for the invite. I presume it was from you?
October 8th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
X-Factor blog, indeed it was! You and a few others should have received an invite by now
October 8th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Thanks again Kieron, downloaded & listening to Tricky now…
The streaming is flawless.
Still missing my iPod big time but this is pretty cool.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Wahoo! Thanks Kieron
Just playing with it now, seems really cool. It’s setting me up for a big night out tonight 
October 8th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I am impressed! This is awesome!
Thanks again Kieron
October 8th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
just started playing around with it, sound is fantastic, so easy and quick too, cheers Kieron muchos appreciated
October 8th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I was only joking Kieron, but appreciate the invite. I am on night duty just now but finnish in the morning so will check it out tomorrow sometime, thanks,
Kenny
October 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
I think it’s going to be great service, if everything is okay. I think you have enough invites, Kieron!!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I would love and appreciate to get an invite..
October 26th, 2008 at 10:45 am
could anyone help me out whit an invite pleasE????
pleaseeeeeee
afterhours1900@gmail.com
October 31st, 2008 at 11:15 am
If there are any invites left, please drop me one. Thanks!
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Any left ? I would really like one. Thank you !
November 5th, 2008 at 2:00 am
I would like to have an invite please
Thanks
The email is Bighead478@gmail.com
November 5th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Hi Kieron
I’m guessing you’ve run out of invites by now, but if there are any left, please put me out of my misery!
C
November 8th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Nice to see a generous blogger out there..
I know that there probably aren’t any invites left, but I’ve been really waiting for one of this for a long time, I hate iTunes and I’d really like this alternative! Your generosity will be greatly appreciated and your karma will skyrocket.