I wonder how long before Apple creates its own search engine or drops Google as default search engine for Safari and Mobile Safari. It would be a good use for Apple huge server farm they are building. #googleonebox
@taoprophet420: I'm hoping they use those for handling iPhone OS updates! Those things are so damn unreliable.. But are getting better with each update nevertheless. #googleonebox
So Emusic didn't make the list of a place to buy music? I don't know how much random stuff I have found there, and until the record label decides they want more money and pull it off Emusic, its normally the cheapest out there. Also for music blogs, what about 'music for robots' and 'neon gold beat company' (formerly goodweatherforairstrickes). If anything, search for some of the old M3 volume compilations/samplers that goodweatherforairstrikes put out. Just my two cents and happy music hunting.
What, no mention of "The Social" on Zune as a way to discover new music? Shocking.
I actually do get a lot of my new music idea from friends by visiting their homes and listening to their songs. I long for the days before all of the music stations were owned by a handful of companies and different stations actually played different music. What a novel concept that was.
@Monty: "I long for the days before all of the music stations were owned by a handful of companies and different stations actually played different music." -- mee too.
Zune also has the Channels and it seems to download stuff surreptitiously, only to surprise you in shuffle mode. I've also found that the shuffle algorithm on the Zune works a little better than on the iPod classic, but it might just be me.
I have a ton of George Carlin and every so often, the Zune will throw in a 3 minute Carlin routine.
Speaking of iPod, Leander Kahney did a great article about five years back on the music discovery aspect of iTMS. And I'm surprised you didn't even mention "Genius", even though it just recommends things for purchase - usually with several items already in your library.
@rimshot515: Maybe 15-20 years ago, record labels, though "all about the money", did a good job of weeding out the good from the bad and nurturing the good to be better. But just a few years later in teh latter 1990s, the consolidation of radio with Clearchannel and the consolidation of concert venues under Ticketmaster limited the selction to the point where being "all about the money" meant being all about no options aside from tween stars.
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Best radio station for discovering new music, ever. Plus, (almost) no commercials!
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I actually do get a lot of my new music idea from friends by visiting their homes and listening to their songs. I long for the days before all of the music stations were owned by a handful of companies and different stations actually played different music. What a novel concept that was.
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I have a ton of George Carlin and every so often, the Zune will throw in a 3 minute Carlin routine.
Speaking of iPod, Leander Kahney did a great article about five years back on the music discovery aspect of iTMS. And I'm surprised you didn't even mention "Genius", even though it just recommends things for purchase - usually with several items already in your library.
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