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Poll: What online music service do you use most frequently?

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Re: Poll: What online music service do you use most frequently?

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Post by bschaefer »

_delirium wrote: post #37

Other: mp3 blogs and forums. I like to discover new music by reading something about it first, preferably from writers whose taste I like. When a description sounds intriguing, then I'll download and listen. That also fills me in on cultural and musical knowledge along the way, since they usually provide some context on how the album being discussed fits into its genre, predecessors/successors, etc. (basically, why t…

Do you have any recommendations for how to find good mp3 blogs? What you describe sounds like exactly what I'm looking for, but I haven't had much luck with blind searches.

Re: Poll: What online music service do you use most frequently?

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Post by snikolic »

I see very distinct music activities:

- Discovering new music (Hype Machine, Sound Cloud)

- Recommending music to friends (Last.fm, sending a YouTube link to a friend, etc.)

- Active listening (building a playlist on Spotify or Rdio or Rhapsody; buying/pirating music and manually managing it in iTunes, Goole Music, Amazon CloudPlayer, etc.)

- Passive listening (Pandora, Turntable)

Some services blur the lines between these activities, but I don't think any make a serious attempt to satisfy more than two of these use-cases (and probably with good reasons). As a result, I think many folks use more than one service.

Consequently, what I'm more interested in is why you use the services you use. What makes you boot up Spotify one morning and Pandora the next? Do your activities seem to fall into the buckets I described, or are my assumptions completely off? And if my assumptions are somewhat accurate, what percentage of your time do you spend on each type of activity?

Re: Poll: What online music service do you use most frequently?

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Post by balbaugh »

owenmarshall wrote: post #40

I'm a bit old fashioned, I guess: if I'm not looking to use Grooveshark to listen to something specific, I find that you can't replace a good DJ playing a good mix of music. I've found more great music listening to WFMU ( http://www.wfmu.org/ ) than anywhere else. It's a fantastic freeform station that has something everyone can love.

Totally agree on the WFMU statement. A twist on your old fashioned DJ sentiment that I really enjoy is shuffler.fm, have you ever given this a try?

Re: Poll: What online music service do you use most frequently?

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Post by JonnieCache »

bschaefer wrote: post #41
_delirium wrote: post #37

Other: mp3 blogs and forums. I like to discover new music by reading something about it first, preferably from writers whose taste I like. When a description sounds intriguing, then I'll download and listen. That also fills me in on cultural and musical knowledge along the way, since they usually provide some context on how the album being discussed fits into its genre, predecessors/successors, etc. (basically, why t…

Do you have any recommendations for how to find good mp3 blogs? What you describe sounds like exactly what I'm looking for, but I haven't had much luck with blind searches.

http://hypem.com is the music blog aggregator par-excellence.
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