8
Mar
Music Sites I Wish I’d Thought Of
Topic: TV, Movies, and Music
One of the problems with getting older is that I’m starved for new music. In college I was surrounded by people listening to all kinds of cool stuff, so I was hearing new music all the time. I also don’t go to shows anymore, partly because I have kids now, and partly because most of the bands I liked 10 years ago aren’t around anymore. Yesterday I came across two sites that already have me listening to some great music I’ve never heard before, and might even get me out of the house. One is Pandora - tell it a song or band you like and it’ll construct a playlist of similar music, and stream it to your computer. As you listen you can tell it whether you like the songs, and it will continuously refine the playlist based on your feedback. And it’s free - since it streams the songs, you can’t download them (not without some hacking anyway). I imagine they make their money on referral payments from the iTunes links they provide for each song. The other site is Podbop - tell it your city and it’ll tell you what bands will be playing there, and it gives you some sample mp3s of their music. Both sites are simple ideas, but as far as I know, no one’s done these things before, and most good ideas are simple ones.
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