Ok. Being the hardcore uber tech geek that I am, not a lot gets me excited on the web 2.0 front, but today I, and the rest of the geek world pulled a collective O' Face to that which is Spotify.
I know they've been in beta awhile and I'm pretty late to the game here, but all I can say is WOW. This thing is f***king amazing. Absolutely superb. And their itouch app is even sweeter.
Itunes / Apple have just been raped in the arse by these guys. Say goodbye to music you have to pay for, say hello to spotify. Unlimited free music, with an almost limitless library of tunes, and instant bufferless playback. I swear the music plays faster than if it were stored on your drive. Oh and did I mention that it's completely free? I think I did, but just incase you missed it, i'll say it again, all the music, everything, is free.
I am about to start up a spotify link thread, as you can share everything you're listening to with others at the click of a button and it will instantly jump to that album / track in your spotify app.
Oh and btw, incase you were wondering, all of this is completely legal, being ad and subscriber supported.
Not available in NZ either but through the mysteries of science and technology I'm using it now.
A similar service is provided by last. Fm - with the added bonus of discovery. If you listen to bands a, be and see then it will suggest you try out bands x, why and z. Much like Amazons "you may also like".
My only problem with Spotify is that you need to manually search (or use the radio). Last. Fm lets you tell it to make yo an auto generated playist based on what you like (and may like).
You can actually link spotify to your last. Fm account, though not explored that part yet.
Further, if you go to the what's new section, it also suggests music you may like based on your playlists. I expect there's more advanced stuff to come, but what I really like, is their iphone / itouch app that lets you store everything you stream for offline listening.
Should also point out that spotify is completely free, so no buying involved unless you want the non-ad supported version
Ever since I stopped using limewire, I have become hiv negative. The correlation is flagrant, it was the best decision I ever made. I'll stick to torrent/grooveshark and more recently spotify.