Online music sites let you pick with a click
Melissa Bell
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Music surrounds us all day, everyday. From company in the car, to the clubs with friends, background music while studying and motivation at the gym, music plays a huge part in our lives, especially as college students.
It began with the record, then the 8-track, then cassette tapes, then a CD, the iPod and now on our phone. The next step in the evolutionary process of music is currently making our way into our ears from online Web sites.
Pandora and Grooveshark are both two of the Web sites that generate music. Even though there are other Web sites that do the same thing, these two sites are each other's biggest competitors.
"I prefer Pandora," said Jason Almcrantz, a junior double majoring in civil and environmental engineering. "When I want to jam out and don't have my iPod, Pandora is the way to go; it's available on my iPhone."
Pandora is a Web site that acts as a radio station; you search an artist or song with a certain sound you are looking for, and a list of music will come up with the same genre. This is a neat feature because you become aware of artists and songs similar to music you already love that you may not have heard of.
"I think Pandora is more convenient because it picks songs that are similar to the music I like to listen to," said Ashley Glewen, freshman majoring in business. "When I am working on homework and stuff it keeps playing; you don't have to keep going back to it."
The downfall to Pandora, unfortunately, is that a single-search option is inexistent. Actually getting the song or artist that you are searching for is highly unlikely due to this restriction. The site also includes mandatory advertisments to listen to before your selected radio station is heard. There is also a limitation of 40 hours free listening time. After the hors are up, a dollar fee is required for unlimited music for the remainder of the month.
Another Web site, Grooveshark, allows you to search one exact song or artist, and the exact match you are searching for will show up. This is great for when a song is stuck in your head, unable to get out, until those tunes are twirling round your head once more.
It began with the record, then the 8-track, then cassette tapes, then a CD, the iPod and now on our phone. The next step in the evolutionary process of music is currently making our way into our ears from online Web sites.
Pandora and Grooveshark are both two of the Web sites that generate music. Even though there are other Web sites that do the same thing, these two sites are each other's biggest competitors.
"I prefer Pandora," said Jason Almcrantz, a junior double majoring in civil and environmental engineering. "When I want to jam out and don't have my iPod, Pandora is the way to go; it's available on my iPhone."
Pandora is a Web site that acts as a radio station; you search an artist or song with a certain sound you are looking for, and a list of music will come up with the same genre. This is a neat feature because you become aware of artists and songs similar to music you already love that you may not have heard of.
"I think Pandora is more convenient because it picks songs that are similar to the music I like to listen to," said Ashley Glewen, freshman majoring in business. "When I am working on homework and stuff it keeps playing; you don't have to keep going back to it."
The downfall to Pandora, unfortunately, is that a single-search option is inexistent. Actually getting the song or artist that you are searching for is highly unlikely due to this restriction. The site also includes mandatory advertisments to listen to before your selected radio station is heard. There is also a limitation of 40 hours free listening time. After the hors are up, a dollar fee is required for unlimited music for the remainder of the month.
Another Web site, Grooveshark, allows you to search one exact song or artist, and the exact match you are searching for will show up. This is great for when a song is stuck in your head, unable to get out, until those tunes are twirling round your head once more.
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posted 2/05/10 @ 12:52 PM EST
I dunno, I don't understand the sites like Pandora etc..It's enough to have an acoount on last.fm
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