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Thursday, February 04, 2010

I might just OD...
on Music. Yes, if it's possible, I feel like I'm reaching some kind of threshold that you get when your brain doesn't shut off unless you get some. A sort of frenzy where I can't seem to get enough of it. Insatiably, utterly frenzious.

Some mutual *lovers of music turned me onto a few websites that have fulfilled and fueled this ravenous behavior. I'll share because, dammit, it'd be a sin not to!

Grooveshark - Playlist creator - pretty robust selection of music and great if you already know what you want to hear. The controls aren't all that user friendly, but I managed to beat my head against it enough to queue up a few days worth of music. **Lovin it!

Pandora - Internet Music - I'm a slobbering addict of this site, so forgive the extra praise I give this site. The nifty feature of this site is the unique ability to analyze the music you listen to and suggest/play music it thinks you might like. Some other features I like:
  • Interesting story profiles of various albums, artists, etc.
  • Generous playlist (I don't hear very many repeats unless I flag that 'I love it')
  • Fairly user friendly
  • Inexpensive subscription fee - normally, I'd be stingey about a 'fee', but this isn't too bad ($36usd) for a whole year.
LastFM - Internet Music - A little like Pandora, but based overseas. So far, I like this site and if I were to directly compare it up to Pandora, LastFM seems to have a tad better library (atleast with music I like to listen to. I haven't found anything in particular I don't like, so we'll stick to the pros:
  • This site is pretty nice site, and FREE is always good, no?
  • Exceptional library
  • User friendly interface
This is clearly some form of promotion although I like to think of it as promoting the appreciation of Music. Enjoy!

* - the leg-humping variety
** - more leg-humping, but significantly more ferocious

2 Comments:

Blogger Kat said...

No time for a witty comment gotta check out the sites...

6:35 AM  
Blogger Sam said...

Slacker.com for da music.

10:01 PM  

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