Internet radio strikes a trend, leads to new musical discoveries
Popular sites like Pandora and Jango give listeners a fresh approach to music
Sara Byers
Issue date: 2/18/10 Section: Features
A music technology wave has hit the college world, and Internet radio is taking over. Keeping in mind that some poor college students don't have money for iPods and other high-priced musical machinery, Internet radio gives the student population a chance to listen to music for free, while also discovering other bands similar to their tastes in music. Although most everyone loves the idea of iTunes, not everyone can pay $.99 or $1.29 each time they want to rock out to a hip new song. It may not seem like much, but that price can accumulate over time.
Sites such as Pandora Radio allow listeners to type in a particular band or artist they may want to listen to at the moment, and then Pandora will generate a "station" chockfull of various musical artists whose music has the same lyrical qualities.
So, if you feel like you're always listening to the same ol' songs, Pandora can be your jackpot for discovering new music. Check this Web site out, you'll be introduced to other music in the vault and you're guaranteed to dig it.
Another one the kids are listening to is Jango, which is pretty similar to Pandora, except with a much cooler layout. On Jango, as well as Pandora, listeners can see pictures below the playlist, as well as another list of bands that have a similar sound. Below that list is an inventory of the band's songs that can be either played or added to the Web site. Also when you search other bands while listening to a certain song on Jango, it continues to play, a nifty little feature if I say so myself.
Other resources you may want to try are Last.fm, accuradio.com, as well as the radio tab on your iTunes player.
So, if you're a low budget student, like myself, and can't afford to add songs to your iPod, don't have the patience to type a different song into Youtube every five seconds and don't want to risk going to jail over illegal downloads, Internet radio is for you.
Sites such as Pandora Radio allow listeners to type in a particular band or artist they may want to listen to at the moment, and then Pandora will generate a "station" chockfull of various musical artists whose music has the same lyrical qualities.
So, if you feel like you're always listening to the same ol' songs, Pandora can be your jackpot for discovering new music. Check this Web site out, you'll be introduced to other music in the vault and you're guaranteed to dig it.
Another one the kids are listening to is Jango, which is pretty similar to Pandora, except with a much cooler layout. On Jango, as well as Pandora, listeners can see pictures below the playlist, as well as another list of bands that have a similar sound. Below that list is an inventory of the band's songs that can be either played or added to the Web site. Also when you search other bands while listening to a certain song on Jango, it continues to play, a nifty little feature if I say so myself.
Other resources you may want to try are Last.fm, accuradio.com, as well as the radio tab on your iTunes player.
So, if you're a low budget student, like myself, and can't afford to add songs to your iPod, don't have the patience to type a different song into Youtube every five seconds and don't want to risk going to jail over illegal downloads, Internet radio is for you.
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