Don t suppose you or anyone else here has an invite to spotify going spare?

Have been meaning to try for a while but without an invite you have to pay or wait in vain hope of a spot when they add more people.

I generally dont like paying for something without trying first.

Yer you can just bipass their stupid inviteness using the link above. If you are still having problems just say and Im sure one of us can send you an invite (if its possible)

adverts every 3 odd songs is radio realistic and add the odd £9.99 a month subscriber = a realistic amount of money.

Its basically on demand radio with adverts. I really hope TV goes this way.

Couple of dollars for 50k plays is better than no dollars for 50k plays from pirated copies?

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adverts every 3 odd songs is radio realistic and add the odd £9.99 a month subscriber = a realistic amount of money.

Its basically on demand radio with adverts. I really hope TV goes this way.

Problem is artists are already leaving, especially smaller ones. When you see reports of some getting just a couple of dollars for 50000 plays of their song then something isnt right.

I agree it is the future of music, but the way the funds are distributed currently wont keep publishers and artists happy for long unless they see a real return on it.

Look into how much they get at present from regular airwave radio.

I disagree. Using this service means old songs continue to be played generating revenue for long time spans.
Secondly, unless you are a popular artist you wont get played on airwave radio thus bands that I listen to probably get near to zero from the radio
Thirdly, you need to purchase the music if you want to put it on your ipod or have complete control over which songs to play.

I dont think advertising will necessarily go up, but the variety of ads might. I mean, when listening to spotify 50% of ads at the mo are for Becks and the other 50% are split between maybe 3 artists that have a new album out.

I know its uber popular now, but I think there might be a second wave where it goes totally mainstream with media coverage etc. When that happens they would hopefully get more advertisers on board (doesnt mean more ads, just more variety) so thats more revenue.

£9.99 x 12 is a damned site more than what many people pay a year for music, including me.

As to the whole music you want to listen to on demand, I dont think thats entirely valid. I think many many people use spotify to listen to music theyve not heard before. I mean, music I really like, I have on my computer. But thats barely been touched the last few weeks as Ive been using spotify with last.fm. Ive listened to more new groups/peoples albums in the last 3 weeks than I normally would in a year. I never listen to the radio, so for people like me this is pretty good advertising for the groups imo.

And as Sam said, some groups just arent big enough to get on the air.

If the issue is with the artists not getting enough money, the alternative you havent mentioned is that rather than ramping up costs and ads to the consumer, spotify could just pay the artists more off the bat. I doubt they dont have a large profit margin already tbh.