SpotifiTunes eases the iTunes to Spotify move
If you're a fan or Premium user of Spotify - the hot European music streaming service - you're faced with the hassle of complementing your iTunes library with a Spotify equivalent. Whilst there's no tools out there to help replicate your iTunes library complete with playlists in Spotify (c'mon, developers!), it would be great if there were something to help ease that moving pain and that's where SpotifiTunes comes into its own. The service lets you upload your iTunes XML Library file and in return, SpotifiTunes gives you back a tonne of links for your favourite artists on Spotify.
Whilst it's not an entirely automated process for moving to Spotify, it's certainly a great way to help you on your way to building a comparable library - and particularly handy if you're one of the Premium customers able to use the Offline-capable iPhone application.
SpotifiTunes is an alpha release, and its developer warns "it might not work". But it's a super-simple way to help Spotify users easily find tunes that are already in their iTunes library.
Whilst it's not an entirely automated process for moving to Spotify, it's certainly a great way to help you on your way to building a comparable library - and particularly handy if you're one of the Premium customers able to use the Offline-capable iPhone application.
SpotifiTunes is an alpha release, and its developer warns "it might not work". But it's a super-simple way to help Spotify users easily find tunes that are already in their iTunes library.













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Subscribe to commentsPhil NashSep 21st 2009 5:54PM
Thanks for the write up! I hope you've found it useful.
There's no way, at the moment, to take your iTunes library and make a playlist out of it, but I can promise that as soon as Spotify release an API that allows playlist creation I will be on it. The way it works now is only an interim solution that I thought would be useful in the meantime.
If you have any ideas for it, please send them to me or vote for ideas on the Uservoice page.
Nik FletcherSep 21st 2009 5:58PM
Hey Phil!
No worries: I know it's a big ask (and know it's early days) but figured I'd add a vote for it - and will be sure to make use of the Uservoice page!
Cheers!
-N
joelepperSep 22nd 2009 9:44AM
Looks interesting. I saw this article today as well which poses another interesting question about whether new acts featured on spotify will actual benefit from it. A tool to help them monetise spotify would be useful.
http://www.neonfiller.com/page6.htm#49231