2011-03-24, 09:58 PM
Friendly recently re-introduced me to Pandora, and I really like it so far. I've never been good at organizing my music very well, and I'm rather fond of the simplicity in the interface: I just enter a song or two, and rate songs as they play. However, I've run into some problems. The site tells me there is a 40 hour a month limit on listening to music (I expect to hit this before Monday or Tuesday) and a limit of 12 skips per day. Both are resolved by subscribing for 36 USD a year, roughly 3 a month. Certainly cheaper than buying everything off of iTunes, and probably hours less of work too, but if I'm going to spend money on Music, I'm going to do my research.
I tried Googling around a bit, but I did not find much recent information regarding Pandora, Last.fm (a name I've seen thrown around a lot), or any alternatives. Hoping to get some input from SouthPerry.
First off, is Pandora One worth it? So far, I love it, but that's based off of a day or two of listening. The common complaint I heard was that the music selection is rather limited, where as Last.fm will play a lot of music. Another big one was how it's limited to only streaming to the US, but that won't be a problem for me in the foreseeable future.
What about Last.fm? It looks more complicated, but that kind of complexity usually comes with more control and more power. I believe it cost 3 dollars a month as well, so there isn't a cost difference.
Are there alternatives? iTunes gets expensive rather quickly. I'm trying to find something that will play music for me. "Oh, you like this song? Maybe you'll like these" type of system. Low maintenance. Not a way to get specific songs. (I have YouTube for that.)
What do you guys use for your Music?
I tried Googling around a bit, but I did not find much recent information regarding Pandora, Last.fm (a name I've seen thrown around a lot), or any alternatives. Hoping to get some input from SouthPerry.
First off, is Pandora One worth it? So far, I love it, but that's based off of a day or two of listening. The common complaint I heard was that the music selection is rather limited, where as Last.fm will play a lot of music. Another big one was how it's limited to only streaming to the US, but that won't be a problem for me in the foreseeable future.
What about Last.fm? It looks more complicated, but that kind of complexity usually comes with more control and more power. I believe it cost 3 dollars a month as well, so there isn't a cost difference.
Are there alternatives? iTunes gets expensive rather quickly. I'm trying to find something that will play music for me. "Oh, you like this song? Maybe you'll like these" type of system. Low maintenance. Not a way to get specific songs. (I have YouTube for that.)
What do you guys use for your Music?