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Recruiting new users .. Spotify founder and chief executive Daniel Eck announces free music streaming to mobile phones and tablets. Picutre: Jason DeCrow/SpotifySource:Supplied
MUSIC streaming is still years away from "saving" the music industry, Spotify founder Daniel Ek has admitted, but he insisted it was its only hope for growth.
The founder and chief executive of the world's second largest music-streaming service made the comments exclusively to News Corp today after launching Spotify's service for free on smartphones and tablet computers.
The new mobile version of the service will come with catches, however, including listening to ads, only skipping six songs per hour, and being forced to shuffle a playlist's songs when listening on a mobile phone.
Mr Ek announced the new service at a New York event this morning, before telling News Corp music-streaming was still on track to bring revenue back into an industry hit by years of illegal downloads.
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Music-streaming services including Spotify, he said, were the industry's only area of growth, as CD sales declined and paid downloads plateaued.
'It's going to take a few years but it's moving very, very fast,' Mr Ek said.
'Already today you can see the music industry is growing again. People are still purchasing tracks but that's not growing any more. Streaming is growing very, very fast - over 100 per cent year on year - and that growth is the thing.'
Mr Ek said Spotify's latest announcement was designed to convince more people to try music streaming by providing songs for free to smartphones and tablets - a service previously reserved for Spotify's premium users paying $11.99 monthly.
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Under the new scheme, Spotify users will be able to stream song playlists on tablets and phones in shuffle mode free of charge, and will be able to listen to individual songs on tablets.
Free users will be forced to listen to ads, however, will not be able to download songs for offline listening, and will only be able to skip six songs per hour. Spotify will automatically add tracks to playlists with few songs.
Listen to music online, free spotify. Not a fan .. Radiohead singer Thom Yorke famously described the music-streaming service as the 'the last despe..Source:AFP
Mr Ek said Spotify added the new service to recruit more users and convert them into subscribers.
'For some people it might be a contradiction but the more we give away, the more likely people are to pay and become Spotify premium customers,' he said.
'We know the more you use it and the more playlists you build, the more likely you are to subscribe.'
Mr Ek said the new service would not affect royalties paid to artists. Spotify won't open on mac.
'We will still keep paying the same as we always have, but there will be a lot more people experiencing streaming and so a lot more royalties being paid,' he said.
Spotify, like other music-streaming services, has previously come under fire for paying fractions of cents to music labels for use of songs, with Radiohead singer Thom Yorke describing the service as 'the last desperate fart of a dying corpse'.
Spotify argues that the small royalties can add up to substantial payments if there are enough plays of a song.
And streaming services appear to be growing in number both in Australia and overseas, with offerings including Pandora, Rdio, JB Hi-Fi Now, Deezer, Nokia Music, MOG, Rara, Guvera and Songl.
In March, Spotify announced it had 24 million active users, while Pandora boasted 70.9 million active users in October.
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In the previous article, we've introduced you how to convert Spotify music to iPod with ease. You might wonder whether it works the same on iPad. Of course, it does. Let's cut to the chase.
Part 1. Spotify Free or Spotify Premium
Spotify offers a free subscription and a paid subscription. The differences between these two plans are:
Free subscription enables you to play Spotify music online but with ads on 160kbps.
Spotify premium enables us to download Spotify music for offline listening without ads on 320kbps.
If you are not sure whether to purchase Spotify premium or not, you can check this quick guide here: Spotify Free vs. Premium: Should I Pay for It. My advice is, if you have more requirement on the listening experience, like ad-free and audio quality, then a paid subscription will be your good choice.
Part 2. Download Spotify Music for Free
What if you want the high-quality Spotify music without paying for the $9.99/mo? Well, there's a useful software that can help you do this - TuneFab Spotify Music Converter.
TuneFab Spotify Music Converter is good at helping you download Spotify music to iPad with ease. To Remove DRM of Spotify, batching downloading Spotify to save time, listen to 256kbps Spotify songs on your iPad offline, save MP3, M4A, WAV and FLAC and lastly, all ID3 tags of your Spotify songs can be changed if needed.
Note: Why not download and try TuneFab Spotify Music Converter on your computer and give it a try.
Step 1. Launch TuneFab Spotify Music Converter on PC
Download and install TuneFab Spotify Music Converter on your computer by clicking the download link above. After launching, you will see the interface asking you to purchase and input your activation code. You can skip this and try the free trial first if you are not sure whether you want to purchase it. (I think you would come back and purchase the full version after you read this guide because the software is so good.)
Step 2. Add Songs to TuneFab Spotify Music Converter
In this step, click on 'Add Files' from the top menu and you will see the instruction asking you to 'Drag songs, playlists, albums, artists, tracks, etc. From Spotify. Or copy & paste the relevant links to the search bar.'
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Step 3. Choose Songs to Convert
Then, all the Spotify songs you added will be loaded and listed in the interface. Browse and tick those you confirm to convert. Click 'Add' to move on.
Step 4. Select Output Format
In the 'Options' > 'Advanced' menu, you can select the conversion speed, format, sample rate and bitrate as you wish. Output formats contain MP3, M4A, WAV and FLAC. Even though these output format all works perfectly, I will prefer to recommend you to choose MP3 because MP3 is the most popular music format that compatible with almost every music players and devices.
Step 5. Start Converting Spotify Music to MP3
Click on the green 'convert' button on your computer and it will start converting your Spotify OGG music into MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC after removing DRM protection automatically. It won't take long, just wait patiently till it ends.
Part 3. Sync Spotify Music to iPad
Now that you've successfully downloaded Spotify music offline on your computer. The last step you need is to sync these Spotify songs to iPad via iTunes:
1. Now playing spotify obs mac free. Launch iTunes on your computer. Make sure that you've signed in with your Apple ID.
2. Make sure that your devices are listed and listed at the top of the interface.
3. Hit on the 'Music' tab from the left panel.
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4. Hit on 'Sync Music' and choose either 'Entire music library' or 'Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres'.
5. After choosing the syncing method, hit on 'Apply' to move on.
That's it. With these simple steps, you can simply download Spotify music to iPad for the free subscription and sync your old Apple Music downloaded songs to your iPad with iTunes. Worry that your Spotify songs will have poor 160kbps audio quality for a free subscription? Please rest assure that TuneFab Spotify Music Converter allows you to set up birtates and sample rates before converting. You can set them as you need.