I recently discovered a new music application web site that trumps them all. I used Yahoo Music for a brief time, but there are annoying commercials. Then for a longer time used Pandora, but you can you only make suggestions, and cant skip too many unwanted songs.
The new site Grooveshark claims to be "the internet's music library". It seems about right, as you can "borrow" the music while you are on the site, but dont actually copy or own the music when you leave your account. The site is based on P2P file sharing, it is the genious of the site, but maybe oneday also it's downfall. Each song has a couple versions because they all come from individuals uploads of their music collection. This allows you to upload your own music as well, if you have an up-and-coming band for which you are eager to get exposure, for example.
Though I am definently not in need of another social networking site, which this site also has functions, I absolutely love the fact that I can pick my exact playlist. Yes, thats right, not just suggest my favorite artists or styles, but the exact songs I want to hear in the exact order I want to hear them. Creating an account allows you to save your favorite playlists for future listening sessions. I havent had any hiccups with the live streaming or quality of the songs either.
I am very new to this site, which from what I can tell is quite new also, so I will be watching to see how it progresses.
You might consider checking it out too.
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so i am listening to grooveshark right now. i find that it's a bit like pandora in that it often doesn't have the music i'm looking for (i searched for a canadian group i like and couldn't find it).
i guess i could remedy the situation by introducing my own music, which i can't do on pandora
http://www.seeqpod.com/ is another great music site for doing the exact same thing, James, but works an entirely different way. Instead of being a social music site, such as sharing music, it works by crawling the web for full songs and music videos. There are countless websites that hold copyright and host songs, so it just makes it easier on all of us and searches the whole web to bring those songs and videos to our fingertips in one easy "type and click!"
Thanks for mentioning this, James. My darling hubby is a huge Pandora fan but gets frustrated by the fact that he can only skip so many songs. I'll give him a heads up about Grooveshark (and seeqpod too --thanks, Colleen). Maybe he'll even be able to get one of them past the filters at work.
Ooh, I just checked out grooveshark and will definitely go back for more. Thanks, James.
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