Throughout the years of Ipods and CDs, people started changing the way that they listen to music. Once smartphones became popular, Apple Music and Spotify were invented. These are only a few of the great music streaming apps you can listen to for free or pay a low-cost monthly subscription to.
Now for me, Spotify is my go-to and always has been my go-to once I stopped paying $1.29 for each song on iTunes or mysteriously copying songs from YouTube and uploading them to my dropbox (oops).
The reasons why I absolutely love Spotify:
- Incredibly easy to use
- Sleek black display, easy on the eyes
- Quick to search your favorite songs
- Cheap and insane $4.99 month deal (includes Hulu and Showtime), students only
- Soo many cool public playlists to choose from
- See what your friends are listening to
Since owning a premium Spotify account for over 5 years, I listened to different genres of music I never thought I would like, got special promo codes for early access concert tickets, and it is super easy to listen on different technology. I can quickly switch from listening on my phone to my laptop in under 30 seconds.
What music streaming platforms do you listen to your tunes on? YouTube is still awesome, by the way 😊
In the past, I have used both Apple Music and Spotify Premium. I think that both of them have great incentives and benefits to them. Although, I do strictly use Spotify as my music source now. The reason I choose to use Spotify over any other music source is because of the student deal that I receive. Like you said in you blog post with the student Spotify premium account I not only get the music without ads, but I also get Hulu, and Showtime included in that $4.99. Unlike Apple Music you just are able to get the music as well as free music videos.
ReplyDeleteI really like Spotify not only because it comes with so much, but also because it does give you notifications when artists/bands you follow are going to go on tour. I think that is a huge plus to having this music app. Since I have an Apple iPhone I do have Apple Music automatically downloaded to my phone, but I have since then deleted it and put my Spotify app where that would have been. In my opinion I don’t see why a lot of people use Apple music, of course, it is my preference, but there are so many more incentives with Spotify compared to the alternatives.
We do live in an era of streaming networks for both music and television/movies. It has gotten to the point where we all have multiple accounts. A PCMag survey of 1,001 US streaming subscribers found that customers would pay an average of $33 per month for all their streaming services combined. This includes things like Netflix, Hulu (Spotify bundles) and now Disney Plus. There has been memes about how needing multiple subscriptions is bound to be bundled by someone who essentially recreated cable. I find it interesting that for music, its really a matter of taste because at this point you can really get all of the same music on spotify or apple music so long as no major music producers in the future decide to pull a disney on us and change the game. Spotify seems to have a leg up because its student membership includes more with the hulu bundle. However, April 15, 2019, Disney owned 9.5% stake in Hulu, which makes you realize that hulu and spotify hold no real obligation to each other and music could be more expensive and more complicated in the future.
ReplyDeleteSpotify is my favorite app to use for music for a few reasons. I find that the algorithms that they use to show you similar artists you may be interested in is pretty awesome, and has expanded musical pallet a bit. It also synchronizes pretty well on multiple platforms. I can play the app from my Playstation or PC, and control the music directly from my phone. The feature of offline music was also a pretty big thing when it first came out, as it allowed people with shotty cellphone service or low GB phone plans to still enjoy the music they want to listen to.
ReplyDeleteI haven’t really tried any other services, aside from Pandora, which I think was good for its time, but is definitely a downgrade from Spotify. I tried to sign up for Tidal a few years back, to try and gain access to the newest Yeezy album, as they had partnered with Sprint Wireless which was suppose to make it cheap and easy to do. It ended up not working whatsoever, and Tidal had a breach in it’s security that lead to a lot of people’s credit information and phone information being stolen. The next month Sprint charged me $900 for a new Iphone, that was being shipped to Detroit… which lead to months and months of me having to battle a giant Sprint bill. Ended up just pirating Yeezy.
I think you picked a good topic because I haven't personally read a blog yet that discussed music sharing platforms. I like both spotify and apple music, and feel they have similar benefits to offer. It is crazy to think that we have digitalized everything. Instead of going out to buy CD's or listen to the radio we then moved to listening to music on ipod devices. This changed once medias had converged into the iphone, a.k.a a mini computer in your hand. This allows us to buy music wherever we are, rather than physically going out and buying it. This is similar to not being forced any longer to physically have to go to the store to rent movies. I remember as a kid, every weekend taking a trip to Block Buster to rent a movie that I wanted. Today, movie and television streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have taken over, which was why Block Buster had shut down. These applications are reasonably priced and easy to use.
ReplyDeleteThis article is interesting to me because I don’t use any specific service for music. I remember for a long time I just used CD’s and my CD player, even after they went out of style. Why would I stop using it if I had all of the music I liked already? Well eventually that music got old and I got an MP3 player. Then for another long time my main music platform was Limewire. Limewire was awesome because it had all the music you could possibly want for no price at all! Eventually (due to legal reasons) I was no longer able to get my music for free, and was again stuck with the music I already had access too. Or was I?
ReplyDeleteI got my first phone sometime in high school and that is when I started using a free music app. This app was great because I could download any song straight from YouTube onto this app, and I could listen to the songs that I downloaded anywhere and anytime without needing the internet. I loved this because once again I had access to new music for free. Eventually (due to legal reasons) I was no longer able to use the app. I had tried so hard to find a permanent solution to free music, but that is when I bit the bullet and started paying for my songs individually on apple music. With this method I found myself downloading very few songs due to their ridiculously high prices. I dabbled with Spotify and Pandora, but paying for data is no better than paying for music when you don’t have unlimited data. Also, paying an annual or monthly fee is something I was and am still trying to avoid. I mean how many songs am I going to download monthly? It wouldn’t be worth any type of fee, it may be worth the free version with ads. I just use YouTube to create playlists and stuff, and to listen to around the house. I use the music already downloaded onto my phone whenever I’m in the car or am in a place with no WiFi.