First post for my new blog and thought I’d jump on the bandwagon being pulled so eagerly by Kieron and give Spotify a plug.
I end up sitting at my desk most of the day and have tried various ways of listening to music, Pandora, last.fm and iTunes and hard as I tried to get used to them, I never found myself persevering. However the user interface for Spotify is so easy I’m hooked. Sharing your playlists with pals over msn is so easy and the interruption from adverts is so minimal you hardly notice it.
For a free service it’s head and shoulders above anything out there, and if the buzz around the i-level office is anything to go by, Jonny Forster et al could have a bona fide smash on their hands.
A couple of suggestions to improve. The top 10 lists on the homepage are a bit limited. I’d like to see them broken down by genre, rather than just by country. Another thing I’d like to see is some way of finding out what other people interested in the same stuff as me are listening to. I like to keep up with new music but unfortunately am not cool enough to be in the know. No doubt soon there will be all kinds of sites popping up to share Spotify playlists, which would help but would be nice if Spotify could lead the way themselves on this.
Anyway, the customary offer of an invitation should anyone want one is open, please leave a comment or get me on Twitter.
And a few of my playlists:
