02-20-2017, 01:43 PM | #1 |
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Pandora and other radio apps.
I thought I would start this thread to see how many people use radio apps and for any questions or comments related to them.
I like Pandora. |
02-20-2017, 02:57 PM | #2 |
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I like Pandora Plus a lot. I have the $4.99 Plus plan. The custom radio station idea is very good for my listening preferences.
Pandora Free is okay, but somewhat limited in station customizations. There are commercials, but they are short (about 15 seconds in length) and you only get one commercial for every 5 or 6 songs. I cannot get Amazon Unlimited Music Individual plan to play on my Echo or Dot, but it works on my iPad, iPhone, and FireTV. No play equals me saying "no pay", so I cancelled it before the trial expired. Even Amazon CS couldn't figure out how to make it work on my Echo or Dot. Amazon Prime Music is okay, but it doesn't offer much and it repeats songs and artists way too often. Last edited by jswinden; 02-20-2017 at 03:00 PM. |
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02-20-2017, 06:18 PM | #3 |
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I don't like streaming services. I prefer to "own" my music and listen on MP3 players. I find new music from a variety of sources, including the radio programs Echoes (nationally syndicated) and Stars End (WXPN, simulcast over the internet but not available as a recorded podcast, to the best of my knowledge). I listen a lot at my computer, usually on Youtube or from my local collection on my hard drive.
I also pick up "used" CDs and LPs at local thrift shops. I have some software to digitize and restore music from LPs. They usually go for less than a dollar an album. And, finally, I have found a lot of good music, free for non-commercial use, at netlabels like Kahvi and Jamendo. Last edited by cromag; 02-20-2017 at 06:21 PM. |
03-19-2017, 10:02 PM | #4 |
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Pandora is losing original content much to my chagrin. More and more, they're playing songs that are NOT the original recordings. The songs are re-recordings and I detest those songs. If I can't hear the original, I don't want to hear it at all. So, I've been leaning heavily on the thumbs down button. One day, I'll go to a station only to find silence
Anyway, for whatever reasons they're doing this (copyright issues, higher fees, etc), I'll have to live with it since I still like the free service. Mini rant over |
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03-20-2017, 10:36 AM | #6 | |
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I'm also miffed that I cannot pause a song on one device, say my car radio, then go inside and finish listening to it on another device. Every device has its own play list rather than actually using a single play list that is cloud based. They are a streaming service after all, why can't they manage a single play list for your account in their cloud? D'oh! I swear, even Homer Simpson has more intelligence than most of the high tech firms seem to have these days. My rant is over now too, for a little while anyway. |
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03-20-2017, 11:30 AM | #7 |
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Agreed. My main listening tastes are classical music, and if I listen to a Mozart piano concerto I want to hear it being played by Mozart, not by some random pianist! It's just not the same when someone else plays it.
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03-20-2017, 12:39 PM | #8 |
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We got a super deal on Sirius (car + streaming) and also have a college student, so got Spotify for $5 a month. I like Spotify best, my husband seems to prefer Sirius. I currently have a free month of Amazon's music unlimited, and it's ok, maybe I am just more used to the Spotify interface. It's really awesome to be able to sit at my computer and use it to play music on my Echo or other blue tooth speaker.
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03-20-2017, 12:55 PM | #9 |
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I dropped Pandora when they switched from annual to monthly subscriptions and hugely increased the cost. I currently listen to Slacker Radio which at the $4/month is still a little more expensive than Pandora used to be ($4/mo vs. $36/yr). The curated stations is an appealing feature.
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03-21-2017, 10:29 PM | #11 |
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03-27-2017, 01:13 PM | #12 |
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Anyone use Google's streaming service that's part of the Play Music app? I've tried it because every Android phone already has Play Music installed. I like it so far, but then I don't use Pandora or Spotify and I haven't listened too much yet.
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03-27-2017, 02:23 PM | #13 |
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I just finished a free 4-month trial. It worked great on my Android phone, but since it won't work on my Amazon Echo, I won't subscribe to it. I'm going with Spotify because it's a native app on the Echo.
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03-28-2017, 09:47 AM | #14 |
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I have paid subscriptions to Pandora, Google Play Music, and I have Amazon Prime and their included service. (I used to have the paid Amazon music, but I cancelled that when I subscribed to Google Play. I don't know if it is still a separate thing.)
I subscribed to Slacker for a short time, but I didn't see an improvement over Pandora. At the time, Pandora cost less and billed annually, which made it more attractive to me and I cancelled my Slacker subscription. I used to use the free version of Songza, because I liked their curated playlists; when Google bought them, I switched over. I like that I can upload my own music to Google in addition to their library. When I used iTunes, any CDs that I ripped into iTunes were automatically added to my Google Play library, so it was very easy to add to it. I haven't added anything since I abandoned iTunes, but I would be surprised it wasn't a drag-and-drop type import. I continue my Pandora subscription because I am an older user and get it at a discount. I can't get the playlists to work properly, but find it works okay for Christmas music and when I'm streaming to a device that does not work with Google Play. Pandora has an app for *everything*. |
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