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drice1234 · Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1309 Location: Allen, Texas

Is anyone else using this? A guy from work told me about it yesterday and I started using it today. It's pretty cool. You type in one of your favorite bands and then it utilizes the music genome project to play music in the genre of this band. I have been listening at work today and have been hearing a few songs that I have forgotten about. They also have an app for mobile phones.
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ecrabb · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject:

It's all the rage! I use it on my iPhone once in awhile. Audio quality is so-so, so I don't listen with headphones much or sit in the living room and listen to it or anything. Of course, I have a massive library of (purchased) music... So, there isn't much I want I don't have already. Wink

Interesting tidbit. My cousin has his own band (has for 15 years)... He says nobody in his segment of the industry (indie/regional) is making any money selling music anymore... Only the biggies are making money, and even they have taken huge hits. He said they sell a tiny percentage of the CDs they used to sell, and many of the bands on his label are the same. He said they used to sell 800 CDs at a CD release party. A couple of months ago they did a CD release party... Just as big, just as promoted, just as many fans... They sold 80 CD's. Shocked

He claims that between Pandora and online filesharing, nobody buys music anymore, and as result, the only thing they make any good money doing anymore is playing live shows (200 shows/year!). I pointed out that one other thing that was different is that people spread their disposable income around on a lot more sh*t than we used to 15 years ago... Now, people spending money on DVD's, Blu-rays, PS3/360/Wii games ($60!!!), HD satellite, broadband, and wireless phones. I pointed out that even college students like we were 15-20 years ago used to be a CD once a week. Now, the kiddies are spending $50-75/mo on their wireless phone plans alone. He said he hadn't even though about that stuff.

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garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12025 Location: Fort Collins, CO

I listen to Pandora a lot on my PC (w/ nice but not killer speakers) when I'm working. It's a great way to find out about new music you didn't know about before.

But yeah, I bet it's a lot harder to make a living in the music biz these days. Not only are people buying fewer CDs, when they DO buy music they tend to buy it a track at a time. Now instead of a $15 CD they're selling a $1 track. Gotta be a lower return to the artist in that.

macgyver655 · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 8508

I've been listening to it for a couple years I guess. I have it hooked up to a Pioneer AVR and Infinity speakers. Its on most of the time when I'm online.