Tam, Uncle, and Alan are doing it, so here’s the top 20 songs played on my iPod in the past month
I guess having an iPod would help. It would probably also help if I actually stored music on my Android. I don’t because I have Pandora and if I really want to hear a particular song, I just hop onto YouTube and listen to it there.
Seriously, even owning music seems old fashioned. Someone somewhere has it already neatly packed into 1’s and 0’s and all I have to do is ask. I pay for it via Pandora via my subscription, and YouTube pays for the songs via advertisement (generally, I end up watching the official video). On Demand works perfectly fine for me now that I have a constant Interweb Tube connection at my disposal at all times. Heck, I’d even consider ‘cloud’ storage at some point rather than keep everything local.
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on 10/5/2012 12:21 AM
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Tam
says:
(Incidentally, I'm so archaic that I still use a separate mp3 player and GPS, despite owning an Android phone.
Jake
says:
I might keep music on my phone, if it had enough memory, but right now I can't even keep all the apps I want on it (including Slacker Radio). I also don't carry a cable with me everywhere, so streaming would cut the battery life enough that I would need to charge it before the end of the day.
Oh, well, I'm eligible for an upgrade in a week or so, anyway. Maybe that will fix the problem.
I would keep local copies anyway - internet outages happen, and that way you still have your music while your ISP is down. Besides, that way if the cloud service fails/goes out of business/changes their business model/etc. you don't lose your music, or have to scramble to make local copies before your subscription rate goes up (look at how Amazon has changed their cloud storage recently).
Streaming is nice, but I don't trust the cloud as long-term storage for anything important, or anything I've paid for. Maybe as a secondary backup to a local backup, but that's about it beyond trivial stuff.
The problem with YouTube is that they frequently pull the good videos if the artist or label isn't YouTube-friendly. Poof! Your favourite song is gone!
Oh, well, I'm eligible for an upgrade in a week or so, anyway. Maybe that will fix the problem.
Heck, I’d even consider ‘cloud’ storage at some point rather than keep everything local.
I would keep local copies anyway - internet outages happen, and that way you still have your music while your ISP is down. Besides, that way if the cloud service fails/goes out of business/changes their business model/etc. you don't lose your music, or have to scramble to make local copies before your subscription rate goes up (look at how Amazon has changed their cloud storage recently).
Streaming is nice, but I don't trust the cloud as long-term storage for anything important, or anything I've paid for. Maybe as a secondary backup to a local backup, but that's about it beyond trivial stuff.
The problem with YouTube is that they frequently pull the good videos if the artist or label isn't YouTube-friendly. Poof! Your favourite song is gone!
Alan
says:
I keep everything local because I listen to music when I'm driving on the highway where cell coverage is crappy. Can't stream if you don't have a connection.
Sean D Sorrentino
says:
I drive something like 4-5 hours a day. In North Carolina you have to be pretty far down in the hollar before you don't have at least 3G coverage, so Pandora is my musical lifeline.
I can't really imagine buying CDs either. First I would have to know about the song, which would imply that someone played it for me for me to decide I like it. Radio sucks, and Pandora beats Sirius Satellite Radio.
Maybe if I actually wanted to listen to crappy music that has been blanded out to the lowest common denominator so that corporate radio can make a buck, then I'd just listen to the radio. As it is, I'm not sure that anyone else wants to listen to the stuff I'm listening to. And I'm OK with that.
In fact, with one or two exceptions, I've not bought a single song since I got my Android phone.
I can't really imagine buying CDs either. First I would have to know about the song, which would imply that someone played it for me for me to decide I like it. Radio sucks, and Pandora beats Sirius Satellite Radio.
Maybe if I actually wanted to listen to crappy music that has been blanded out to the lowest common denominator so that corporate radio can make a buck, then I'd just listen to the radio. As it is, I'm not sure that anyone else wants to listen to the stuff I'm listening to. And I'm OK with that.
In fact, with one or two exceptions, I've not bought a single song since I got my Android phone.
Jake
says:
@ Robb: Now that I can agree with - and I even do it, to some extent, with my Amazon Music purchases. I'll probably load some more of my other music to Amazon too, once they get their music app/channel on Roku.
For long drives, between XM and my iPod, I'm covered pretty well.
For long drives, between XM and my iPod, I'm covered pretty well.
Firehand
says:
No iPod, I've got a SansaDisc player; costs a bleepload less and plays music quite well.
No service; buy music I like, and put stuff I want to listen to while riding/biking/whatever on the player
No service; buy music I like, and put stuff I want to listen to while riding/biking/whatever on the player
No iPod here either. I have some Sony version of one. It has two songs on it and I don't use it. The damn thing doesn't play loud enough for most of what I listen to... I wasted good ammo money on that thing...
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McThag
says:
My iPod replaced a CD changer in the car. More capacity, less bulk. Plus movies!
Next phone I might experiment with Pandora via the bluetooth in the car.
A separate GPS unit was a god-send when running the tail of the dragon. No cell service at all up near Fontana Village.
Next phone I might experiment with Pandora via the bluetooth in the car.
A separate GPS unit was a god-send when running the tail of the dragon. No cell service at all up near Fontana Village.
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It's kinda weird in that my iTunes library consists entirely of music that I have ripped from CD; I don't think I've ever actually purchased a song from iTunes.