Spotify is an application for your computer, iPod or really anything that lets you listen to all of your favorite music for free. You can make playlists, share music with your friends, find new songs related to artists that you like and so much more.
What We Think
Reviewed by The North Star
I first heard about Spotify from my mom when she told me about this application that was HUGE in Europe that was coming over to the USA. When I got home I looked it up and you had to be invited to try it because it wasn't open to the public yet. I requested to get an account and it was granted. Ever since then Spotify has basically taken over my life. Spotify is an ingenious mixture between iTunes, Pandora and GrooveShark. Spotify is actually an app like iTunes you download to your computer and keep there forever. Then once you have set up an account and password you type in the search bar the song that you would like and make a playlist and then simply drag and drop. Like Pandora, once you look up a song in the search bar you can click on the artist's name and then there is a little biography on the artist/band and it tells you their top hits, albums, singles and where they appear. From there you can click related artists at the top and it will tell you artists that you will most likely like because they are similar to that artist. Then you can also click Artist Radio where (like Pandora) Spotify will pick songs that are similar to the artist you looked up and they will also tell you what artists they will play so you can look up related artists that way as well. One of the things that I like the most about Spotify is that you can either pay for it or you can use it as free. If you pay for it Spotify basically becomes your new iTunes but for cheaper. You can also get it for free which means you have to "suffer" through some ads but most of the time it is no more than a min or 2 for about 30-45min (which isn't bad if you ask me). The good thing about paying is that if you had to travel everyday on a train, subway or bus it would be perfect because you just download the app to your phone and then you have all the songs you could possibly ever want and no boredom on your way to work or wherever! But, for people that don't need to buy the full version can enjoy the free version at their leisure.
One other great thing about Spotify is that it connects with Facebook so you can follow your friend's playlists. This feature makes sharing great music with your friends just that much easier because you can also "e-mail" your friends new songs that you find or old songs that you rediscovered. This is a great tool because you can share within Spotify to one or a few or your friends, you can post it to Facebook share or you can tweet it to twitter and let all of your followers know of a great song. I really tip my hat to the creators of this site because they truly thought of everything and made this site reach its full potential and they are still creating new features that no one has ever thought of before. There are many more things that I love about Spotify but this post would end up being waaaay to long. In short, just get an account I guarantee you will love it after the first couple days of using it!
Real Teen Rating~ A++++++: The second after you read this, go make an account....seriously!
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