Music in motion

My colleague Alex James (how cool to be able to describe the bassist of Blur as a colleague) briefly mentioned the online music streaming service Spotify a few weeks ago, largely as a means to confessing his tragic addiction to the music of Ray Conniff. Actually, I gave old Ray a listen as a result and, if you like light music, as I do, he’s a good bet, though I think Ted Heath’s even better.

Being a rich-as-Croesus rock star, Alex (get me, Christian names now) subscribes to the £9.99 a month service that allows you to listen without interruption by adverts. But what strikes me as wonderful about Spotify is that you can listen to almost anything you want, for as long as you like, absolutely free if you are prepared to put up with occasional adverts which are short, infrequent and not nearly as irritating as you might expect.