Julius Mattsson » Music http://www.juliusmattsson.com Portfolio of Julius Mattsson Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:54:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Spotify, for good and for bad http://www.juliusmattsson.com/2010/05/spotify-for-good-and-for-bad/ http://www.juliusmattsson.com/2010/05/spotify-for-good-and-for-bad/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 19:10:32 +0000 Julius http://www.juliusmattsson.com/?p=1019 When I first heard about Spotify I didn’t really understand what all the fuss was about. I had just heard its name being whispered here and there in the dark and gloomy cells of Hyper Island. When I got my invite, however, it all went pretty fast. Within a week I had a nice and well mixed playlist setup which I played over and over again. It was a liberating feeling knowing that I could reach (almost) any kind of music I desired by just a few keystrokes. Think of the possibilities with all that music in the palm of my hand.

Today, one and a half year later it’s still going strong. I’m writing this piece listening to the chilled down tunes coming from my Spotify account. I even pay for it now, so it’s safe to say it has more or less completely taken over the way in which I listen to and enjoy music.

I’m asking myself though, what happened with all those possibilities? What happened to all that new music I was going to listen to? After all, that’s why I signed up for the service in the first place. It was supposed to broaden my musical taste and collection. Truth is, after one and half year of using Spotify on a daily basis I have hardly discovered that much new music at all. In fact, I might actually have listened to less varied music since I have effectively given up my old iTunes music library. I find myself listening to the same playlists over and over again.

I guess discovering new music isn’t that easy and hassle free after all.

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Spotify
Chilirec
One Llama
Audiolizer
Fizy
Deezer

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Boeoes Kaelstigen – Commuting Colour EPK from Tor Rauden Källstigen on Vimeo.

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