music streaming

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

But in terms of Spotify's free service vs their paid/premium plans, there does appear to be a difference about how out-of-home country use gets treated:

 

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You can use Spotify in a country different than the one registered on your account for up to 14 days. After that, you need to upgrade to Premium or change the country registered on your account. 

 

Got Premium?

• Stream Spotify anytime and anywhere in the world where unrestricted internet is available.

 

 

But regarding the payment method:

 

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CAN I UPGRADE TO PREMIUM FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY?

Yep! You just need a payment method issued in the same country registered to your account. 

 

So to pay for a TH priced subscription, you'd need to be using a TH payment method.

 

https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/system_settings/travel-with-spotify/

Edited January 17, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[metempsychotic]

25 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Yes, but the poster's question I was responding to was about SIGNING UP for the service while in the U.S., but trying to do it with the Thai-based lower price compared to the regular U.S. subscription price.

 

It wasn't a question about whether he could play Spotify in different countries once he had already subscribed.

 

But you are correct about the playing part - once you have a paid subscription from any Spotify-eligible country, you can use that subscription pretty much wherever you may go and not need to worry about country IP address issues.

 

 

Well, as I said, I signed up in the philipines for spotify and paid with a thai paypal account. 

 

So I susoect spotify may not care.

 

It is however pointless to speculate, the op should turn off location services,  vpn into thai spotify and attempt a sign up using whatever payment method they have.

 

It either works or it doesnt.

 

Edit:

 

As an afterthought, op could easily obtain a sim for ais or dtac, put credit on that sim with any credit card, and pay for a spotify account that way as well.

 

But as long as it is paid, it doesnt matter where he listens.

Edited January 17, 2020 by metempsychotic

[crazyk]

Replaio radio is good,it's free,has just about all the worlds stations,some adverts on them but that's no problem,bbc radio2 no adverts

[Zenwind]

This is an excellent thread, and I thank everyone who has shared such helpful information.  My experience on this topic is limited, but I will explore many of your suggestions. 

 

TIDAL

Several years ago I briefly subscribed to Tidal music streaming, but I had to let it lapse because I was extremely busy with other matters and didn’t have time to explore it much.  But it did seem to have excellent service.  And, most importantly (if I recall correctly) Tidal’s policy was that if you originally signed up with them in a country with cheaper subscription rates (such as Thailand) then you could use your account to access music at that same rate even when in countries with more expensive rates (such as the USA).  I don’t know if this is still their policy, but I may look into it again since I live in Thailand but occasionally spend time in America.  The difference in rates between the two countries was significant. 

 

TuneIn Radio

TuneIn Radio has both paid and free streaming.  I have used the free one for many years, and since I mainly listen to instrumental stations like Ancient FM (Early Music) or MPR (Classical) I don’t get many ads.  They have many genres available. 

 

I grew up on Rock n Roll yet listen to a lot of different music when I can.  If I had the time I would have Rock playing much of the time, but in order to read, think, and write I don’t like to have lyrics distracting me.  So I listen to instrumental stuff on free TuneIn. 

[elgenon]

On 1/16/2020 at 10:08 PM, Isaanbiker said:

For music from all around the world with all available genres and channels, please try Audials. It's free and great.

 

        https://audials.com/en/downloads/software-downloads.html

Are there ads on that service?

[elgenon]

On 1/16/2020 at 10:43 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Yes, but the poster's question I was responding to was about SIGNING UP for the service while in the U.S., but trying to do it with the Thai-based lower price compared to the regular U.S. subscription price.

 

It wasn't a question about whether he could play Spotify in different countries once he had already subscribed.

 

But you are correct about the playing part - once you have a paid subscription from any Spotify-eligible country, you can use that subscription pretty much wherever you may go and not need to worry about country IP address issues.

 

 

How would I pay for a Thai Spotify subscription if I were out of Thailand? Would they know I am out of the country?

[elgenon]

On 1/16/2020 at 10:53 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

But in terms of Spotify's free service vs their paid/premium plans, there does appear to be a difference about how out-of-home country use gets treated:

 

 

But regarding the payment method:

 

 

So to pay for a TH priced subscription, you'd need to be using a TH payment method.

 

https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/system_settings/travel-with-spotify/

Sorry I didn't see this posting

[elgenon]

On 1/16/2020 at 11:03 PM, metempsychotic said:

Well, as I said, I signed up in the philipines for spotify and paid with a thai paypal account. 

 

So I susoect spotify may not care.

 

It is however pointless to speculate, the op should turn off location services,  vpn into thai spotify and attempt a sign up using whatever payment method they have.

 

It either works or it doesnt.

 

Edit:

 

As an afterthought, op could easily obtain a sim for ais or dtac, put credit on that sim with any credit card, and pay for a spotify account that way as well.

 

But as long as it is paid, it doesnt matter where he listens.

So I can put money on the sim while out of Thailand?

[Don Mega]

11 minutes ago, elgenon said:

So I can put money on the sim while out of Thailand?

Yes.

[elgenon]

28 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Yes.

Sorry, I meant to ask how.

[Don Mega]

Just now, elgenon said:

Sorry, I meant to ask how.

I do it via my Kbank online banking.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

On 1/19/2020 at 9:52 AM, elgenon said:

Sorry, I meant to ask how.

 

With DTAC and I think AIS, you can add money via their company websites using a bank debit card. Used to do it all the time with DTAC prepaid for sure. And I'm pretty sure that wasn't limited to only accepting TH bank cards.

 

[Stocky]

On 1/19/2020 at 9:52 AM, elgenon said:

Sorry, I meant to ask how.

For AIS you can top-up through the My AIS Website. Both Visa & Mastercard are accepted, I don't think they have be Thai based cards.

 

https://myais.ais.co.th/home

[elgenon]

On 1/19/2020 at 9:33 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

With DTAC and I think AIS, you can add money via their company websites using a bank debit card. Used to do it all the time with DTAC prepaid for sure. And I'm pretty sure that wasn't limited to only accepting TH bank cards.

 

But limited to Debit cards?

[Stocky]

27 minutes ago, elgenon said:

But limited to Debit cards?

AIS takes credit cards, I would expect DTAC to be the same.

[elgenon]

20 minutes ago, Stocky said:

AIS takes credit cards, I would expect DTAC to be the same.

Thanks

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

52 minutes ago, elgenon said:

Thanks

 Agreed, either type should be OK.

 

[tominbkk]

On 1/17/2020 at 11:57 AM, elgenon said:

Thanks for all the great replies. No jerks on this thread!

Too bad there isn't the equivalent of a VPN for music streaming on a phone. Then I could get the Thai price in the States. 5555

 

Does anyone know if Dtac has a plan similar to the AIS that was mentioned?

 

I think maybe I will try a free one then maybe switch to or add a pay.

 

Do they use a lot of data? Is that a weird question?

 

Whenever I go back home to the States my Spotify works fine.