Earning LifeHacker’s “Best Desktop Music Player” post.. I had to give Spotify a try.
It’s free and easy to use.. with looks borrowed from iTunes Media Player but better, simplified interface..
There’s loads of music.. if you type an artist, they will listen EVERYTHING they have and you’ll be surprised (especially if you like remixes). It’s fast and all these are done via cloud computing, which means, nothing is really residing on your computer.. So you can go into any computer with Spotify’s program, log in and get all your favourite tracks!
Even though its streaming music, Spotify does support offline (no internet access) play by storing the songs you played last.. how much is stored, depends on how much disk space you give it. [Check Menu \Edit\Preferences on the program]
You may get the ‘Not available in your country’ notice, because of the various tracks’ copyrights restrictions.
So if you’re in Singapore or any country outside the UK or supported countries… you can try this.
1. Go to http://www.daveproxy.co.uk
2. Enter ‘www.spotify.com‘ into the URL (bottom of the page)
3. You can use ‘A9 9AA’ as the postal code
4. and sign up for free!
5. Download the application and enjoy!
You may need to sign in every 13 days to prevent them from locking you out (because you’re not in the UK). Or try using one of the many available free UK proxies. [Menu \Edit\Preferences]
Spotify is available for Android phones already.
They are working on other mobile platforms, so Blackberry users got to wait some more.
So far it’s been good 
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