Spotify

I have recently been introduced to Spotify. It is an online music streaming service, almost like a “tailor-made radio station”. It’s got a huge music database and you can search by artist, song, albums, etc.
They have three different options of membership: free, daily payment and monthly payment. I obviously only use the free version because the only downside is the occasional ad, which are not that annoying, so I can live with them.

The thing is that I am VERY impressed about the number of Spanish music in there. I firstly found Mecano and Héroes del Silencio, but wasn’t too surprised as they probably are two of the biggest bands in Spanish pop/rock music history. However, today I was randomly searching and found that they are promoting the new Amaral album. Interesting, I thought. I kept searching and they have Spanish artists I haven’t even heard about! (but probably are super popular in Spain)

I find it shocking that you can’t find a single original song by Feeder for example (Buck Rogers, for god’s sake!!) and still you can hear the full discography by El Arrebato (!!!!)

I don’t really know how Spotify works. I don’t know if people actually upload the music or what. But after seeing what I’ve seen, I must deduce that “popularity” and “regional” tastes are highly valued on this website.

I wonder if I should take advantage of all this music available to me now, music that I never took the time to listen to whilst I was in Spain. Music that I almost despised. No, I still can’t see myself listening to Estopa or El Arrebato. Mmmm. No, better not.