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KateD
11-29-2012, 04:14 PM
What do you use to listen to streaming music? Why? Is it paid or free?

I use Pandora when I listen, but I'm not thrilled with it and I'm looking for options.

Thanks! :wub:

MamaBee
11-29-2012, 04:16 PM
My hubby would have my neck if I paid for radio... :D (He is a part time DJ for a local country station)... so I will listen to Pandora (the free part) when he isn't home... otherwise I will stream music from our local stations when I'm not near a radio - like outside sitting on the deck with my computer...

origami
11-29-2012, 04:33 PM
Spotify. It's a subscription, but you can listen to whatever you want, not just what Pandora thinks you want. And you can create playlists and even download those playlists to your smartphone for listening offline.

NeverendingJen
11-29-2012, 04:48 PM
pandora

carriesmom
11-29-2012, 04:48 PM
I stream I heart radio through my iPhone. None of the local stations are playing Christmas music. I needs my Christmas tunes! It is free!!

luckyme
11-29-2012, 05:22 PM
Songza is good for curated playlists - there are some excellent ones there for every mood. (free to listen)

kelley
11-29-2012, 05:30 PM
I use pandora. I'm okay with it since I don't really care if every single song is something I want, I just skip it. However, it would be nice to have specific playlists - I'm intrigued by spotify.

jessica31876
11-29-2012, 07:03 PM
youtube when I want to hear a certain song and Pandora One (paid with no commercials) when I just want to hear random songs in a certain genre

Darcy Baldwin
11-29-2012, 07:13 PM
I just listen to 1 station - Air1 when I want music, otherwise I have an audio book going.

maryinaz
11-29-2012, 07:15 PM
Pandora on my computer or iheartradio on my iPhone for specific stations. I like not having to do my own playlists so Pandora works for me.

origami
11-29-2012, 07:23 PM
Spotify will also create radio stations for you based upon what you listen to, if you want to discover new music and don't want to create playlists.

mariewilcox
11-29-2012, 07:31 PM
Spotify on my computer. I have speakers that are good enough for me hear the music in my kitchen and living room (the rooms I'm in the most). It's free unless you upgrade and use it for your mobile phone (which I don't because I'm cheap). I love that it lets me make umpteen lists - I have a 70s list, 80s list, rock list, workout list, etc. etc.

k23m
11-29-2012, 08:58 PM
I listen to the radio stations on itunes (mostly just air1.com, that you can also get on their website).

KateD
11-29-2012, 09:01 PM
Melissa, I didn't even realize that there were radio stations in iTunes. I'll have to go check it out!

Stacey42
11-30-2012, 08:14 AM
We have Sirrius/XM in my car & I also had their internet radio option until recently. They had some package deal when I activated it for the car, but you can purchase it separately. We had to cut costs so I dropped it because I really don't listen all that often. I use Pandora now but I find it's choices annoying more often than not.

Keely~B
11-30-2012, 09:03 AM
I mostly use TuneIn Radio, I have favorite stations and I listen to a lot of podcasts through there.

k23m
11-30-2012, 11:14 AM
Melissa, I didn't even realize that there were radio stations in iTunes. I'll have to go check it out!

Yup - under "Library", then they are categorized. There are hundreds!!

ripal
11-30-2012, 12:15 PM
I mostly use TuneIn Radio, I have favorite stations and I listen to a lot of podcasts through there.

DH asked me to get TuneIn app for my phone, but I hardly use it... but he is using it all the time. He loves it!

dailydwellin
11-30-2012, 06:12 PM
I use Pandora mostly, but we also have a Sirius/XM subscription (not internet, but we have a player in our living room).

Darcy Baldwin
11-30-2012, 06:51 PM
Pandora radio - how do you get it to stay on one single artist?

ripal
11-30-2012, 06:59 PM
Pandora radio - how do you get it to stay on one single artist?

I think you can search for playlist of that artist. Once you find it, you can choose to save it in your favorites.

origami
11-30-2012, 11:58 PM
Pandora radio - how do you get it to stay on one single artist?

That's why I like Spotify. You can search by artist and then click on the artist and just play all songs in an artist's catalog. You can also set it to randomize so you don't have it playing them by album.

I'm pretty sure they have a free option for Spotify, as someone else pointed out. We opted for a paid subscription because of the off-line option for the smart phone and iPad.