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Spotify Music Video, can you see it?

Bendik Heiberg — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:35:08 +0000

Over at the Spotify blog there is news about a first for Spotify, music videos in the player. However, there seems to be some confusion around what this really is, and I quote:

You can view the video within Spotify Free as a pop-up on the homepage or if you are a premium user here on the blog.

So, if I understand this correctly, I as a Premium user cannot see the music video in the player, I have to watch it on the blog, whereas all the free users can watch it in their player. Ok, I think it is fair to say the music video is a normal, good ol’ fashion ad then, and in my mind it is really nothing to boast on their blog as being “the first ever, full length music video on Spotify”. If you browse through the comments you can see it has created quite some confusion and disturbance amongst the Spotify users as well.

So I can watch a full length music video on their blog? As one of the commenters said, we got Youtube for that. As much as I love Spotify, this was a rather strange move, could we call it a fail?

Can you see the music video in your player?

Just another iPad post.

Bendik Heiberg — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:00:47 +0000

No, it doesn’t support Flash, but do I care? No. Because the iPad is not going to replace any of my computers as a primary “tool”, nor will it replace my kindle as ebook reader of choice. It will blend in very nicely and complement my other devices within the confinement of my four walls, aka home.

In my home the iPad will be the perfect device to control applications and solutions like Boxee, Apple TV, Spotify and Sonos. Yes you can do this with the iPhone now, but the iPad has much larger screen estate and thus bigger possibilities for new functionality and ways to control your media consumption, like showing the same movie on the iPad as on your Apple TV and at the same time you can view a lightbox with information and ratings from IMDB, or related movies and content from the iTunes Store (This is Apple after all).

Another thing with the iPad is all the new ways you can read magazines. I really love reading quality magazines, enjoying the work and thought that has been put into the design and layout, the photographs, even the ads which are an integral part of a good magazine in my opinion, and off course it has to be a great read. But wouldn’t the experience be so much more powerful and make an impact on you if you could ad video to the mix? Moving images and music are a powerful combination, both in the editorial content and in the ads, and they could be optimized for viewing on the iPad meaning high quality content. Wired in collaboration with Adobe has their own take on this, you can view the video beneath, and i really like the slick design and their thought on UX.

Swedish media giant and publisher Bonnier has also ventured into this territory with a slightly more futuristic twist, but this also looks fantastic. I wish I could buy it today. Video embedded below:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Ladyhawke – Magic.

Bendik Heiberg — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:00:32 +0000

I am currently loving Ladyhawke, and especially the awesome track Magic, here is the video for your viewing pleasure.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Spotify link: Ladyhawk