Spotify to show up Stateside in Q3?

I would subscribe to Spotify, but I think Rhapsody is going to beat them to the punch.

I agree. Rhapsody is much better and is available now.

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never heard about S..fy before, I like yahoo/music better

One of my friends has had Rhapsody forever and loves it, but I couldn’t see the point in renting music either until I finally tried it. WOW! Now maybe if I didn’t have 400+ CD’s in my collection it wouldn’t have been such a big deal, i.e. If you are in you’re 20′s or younger and are just now really beginning to enjoy music this is the way to go. I can’t tell you how many frickin’ times I have ripped these CD’s… WAV, MP3, ogg vorbis, WMV, AAC…… for this computer for that computer, Oops out of space on that hard drive. Essentially you are paying $15 a month for hard drive space, backup’s of you’re music, someone to worry about you’re cover art (If Apple is sooo perfect, why does ITunes cover art syncing suck sooo bad, man I miss media player!) and when it comes down to it you may listen to a song for a month tops and then that song goes away and you only listen to it very rarely – no need to physically own it. Have some friends who like country music uhhhhgh well if you’re feeling generous hand them your phone and you have all their favorites for practically free. Found your “soulmate” for the weekend and she likes Lady GaGa, you got that too, plus in a year when you realize what a horrible fad that was you don’t have any residual evidence that you listened to that crap. I’m *this* close to putting my CD’s in storage except their are some groups ( the usual bands, mostly old ones who are really full of themselves, you know who they are) who aren’t on Rhapsody and some songs that the bands make you purchase, if you don’t already own them like I do,and play with you’re devices media player which screws with the flow. What I hate about Pandora is you start listening to the Eagles (because why would you buy them when they are all over the radio) and it suggests Tom Petty over and over and over and pretty soon you’re listening to Tom Petty who is on the radio even more than the Eagles!

So they have 7 million european subscribers… and later it says they have 350 thousand paid european subscribers? Huh?

I still think Zunes service has tremendous value over the competition as it blends subscription with ownership.

I think subscription music is a great alternative for people who want to explore music. I do agree Rhapsody has a fairly mature product (which you can also buy from). I think zune’s marketplace is more for pop music lovers- it simply doesn’t have the genre differentiation that music lovers appreciate … it’s categories are too broad and simplistic. I encourage Spotify coming over to this side of the atlantic. Competition is a very good thing, indeed.

i like the free find a torrent, don’t pay for crap music you only listen to once method.

The free service is quite awesome. I’ve had it since 2008, and free streaming of most music in decent quality with a good interface is quite nice, despite a few ads here and there.

I like subscription and online radio type services, but on a “depends where I am basis.”

Gym with no service? Need offline music
Driving around? Put and slacker and let ‘er rip.
Doing work at home? Depends on my mood.

There has to be some sort of sustainable “cloud” model with internet everywhere before I give up on downloadable music.

Oh wow…Gravatar works on here? NICE!

Is there any difference between this and Rhapsody though?

Spotify is awesome… I’ve been using the free version here in the States for a while. (Took a little work though)

The sound is good… the selection of music if huge……

I can’t believe what I get is for free. If they priced it right, I might opt for it once it becomes officially available here Stateside.

Hope Google makes it available via Android here.

I generally consider myself progressively oriented toward cloud services. I don’t mind having many of my “critical” data in the cloud, but I just can’t bring myself to embrace a subscription service. I’m not sure what it is about subscriptions exactly; I suppose something about it just feels impermanent. I like the feeling of owning my music, even if it’s only an MP3 file. Information can always be moved or replaced (even if it has to be done from memory), but objects like specific songs can’t be transported from a subscription.

If I commit to a subscription service, I want to know that the service is a total music solution–that it encompasses the entire set of music I will ever want to listen to–past, present and future. I don’t want to be forced to circumvent and augment the service with other sources in order to create a complete solution.

I continue to doubt the comprehensiveness of these services. In fact, I think it nearly impossible that one service will ever completely cover my music the way I’d like it to. There will always be holes–missing music–especially as one moves farther from the commercialized center of music production toward the margins.

I’m a Spotify subscriber that I listen to offline on my Android phone. It’s fantastic! Hope it’s a big success in the US.

I’ve been using Spotify on my HTC Dream G1 since august, 2009 and let me tell you it is the best thing since sliced bread! Spotify + Android is a killer combination. It works great over 3G connection and the sound quality is also awesome. It is a true pleasure to use it on Android phone.

I’ve always thought I should own the music, but Spotify changed all that. Now I understand I don’t have to own anything – I carry a 7 million song jukebox in my pocket all the time when I have my Android phone with me. It’s a BIG plus not having to download the song and then listen – with Spotify you just search, select the song and press play! Instant playing will occur.