Google Music Vs Amazon Vs Pando Vs Slacker Vs Spotify

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rudeguy

rudeguy

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For years I wanted a streaming option for when I was driving or out and about. Now...now I have too many.

I have all my music stored to Google Music and Amazon. I have a few albums that I bought on Amazon stored to my Amazon Cloud. Its something like a few thousand songs, maybe more. My problem is that I never know what I want to listen to. Or at least hardly ever. I also really like comedy and a wide variety of it. I also like to listen to different genres of music. Usually the same one when I'm in the mood. I also listen to a lot of podcasts.

So I have all these options. Amazon is almost there with Doubletwist but it doesn't sync with Amazon Cloud. Its radio isn't too bad. Spotify seems good but I don't think I fully now how to use it. On my phone I can only search or listen to songs I've favorited. Or listen to the top tracks which are not my style. Pandora does a great job for streaming different music of the same genre and the comedy part but not if I want to hear a certain song.

So please help me narrow this down. I'm a week into my 30 day trial of Spotify and like all the songs and the search, just wish it had a radio option for mobile. Does Pandora have a paid option that will let me search for certain tracks? I know Slacker does, but it has the worst comedy and decades selections (play the same thing over and over).


HALP!
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

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Amazon. Easy to download, cheap, always been DRM free. Big selection. Occasional sales. Oh, and plenty of free albums in case you arent sure you like their downloading method.
 
rudeguy

rudeguy

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shortylickens said:
Amazon. Easy to download, cheap, always been DRM free. Big selection. Occasional sales. Oh, and plenty of free albums in case you arent sure you like their downloading method.
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Amazon is great for buying music. I've bought a couple comedy albums and MC Chris' latest on there. The problem is that I am more of a streaming guy.

Unless I'm feeling hardcore. Then I search for Tupac and gangsta it up!
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

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rudeguy said:
Amazon is great for buying music. I've bought a couple comedy albums and MC Chris' latest on there. The problem is that I am more of a streaming guy.

Unless I'm feeling hardcore. Then I search for Tupac and gangsta it up!
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I like having a car audio system with an SD slot. Good for when I go camping and out of cell range.
 
Ns1

Ns1

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"Does Pandora have a paid option that will let me search for certain tracks? "

no
 
rudeguy

rudeguy

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shortylickens said:
I like having a car audio system with an SD slot. Good for when I go camping and out of cell range.
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I have that, USBx2, AUX in...never use any of it. Heck I've never even had a CD in my CD player.

But back on point. What service is there that has good streaming radio but will also let me search for a certain song if that's what I want. I'm willing to pay if its worth it.
 
rudeguy

rudeguy

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Ns1 said:
"Does Pandora have a paid option that will let me search for certain tracks? "

no
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you're a music guy. Have you used Spotify? What do you use? Or do you just keep 34,000 tracks on your iphone?
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

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rudeguy said:
I have that, USBx2, AUX in...never use any of it. Heck I've never even had a CD in my CD player.

But back on point. What service is there that has good streaming radio but will also let me search for a certain song if that's what I want. I'm willing to pay if its worth it.
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Android used to have a buttload of free music apps, many with search. I think pretty much all of them are now subscription.
 
Ns1

Ns1

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rudeguy said:
you're a music guy. Have you used Spotify? What do you use? Or do you just keep 34,000 tracks on your iphone?
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Burn/rip cd's or acquire from alternate sources, load them up on my computer, link or stream to all my devices via iCloud. Find new music via Spotify or other.

I store nothing except my top 5-10 albums (in case I don' t get internet) on my phone but have access to my entire library at any given time. I'm far far too cheap to pay $10/mo for spotify.
 
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rudeguy said:
Is there a radio option on mobile? I really like the 80s and 90s stations on the desktop app but I can't seem to find that on mobile. Did I miss it?

Thanks!
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From what I heard, that's supposed to be integrated in the next update.
 
rudeguy

rudeguy

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RavenSEAL said:
From what I heard, that's supposed to be integrated in the next update.
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ok...so I didn't just miss it. I'm ok with that. I have no problem going with Pandora for streaming for now.

Will Spotify do comedy?

Any tips for a complete noob? I've searched for walkthroughs but they were all crap
 
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dwell

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rudeguy said:
any tips for me based on what I've said about my use?

I really appreciate the input
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No opinion about comedy, but for radio on mobile what I do is use the Moodagent app in Spotify to create a playlist based on a song (same as Pandora I guess) and set it as offline on the mobile device. It will create a "radio station" with 20 songs. You can keep adding to the playlist with Moodagent playlists for more songs.
 
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RavenSEAL

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rudeguy said:
ok...so I didn't just miss it. I'm ok with that. I have no problem going with Pandora for streaming for now.

Will Spotify do comedy?

Any tips for a complete noob? I've searched for walkthroughs but they were all crap
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It's relatively easy.

Find the songs you like
Add them to a play list
Make the playlist available offline
Sync them over WiFi
Profit?
 
cronos

cronos

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I use Amazon for my own music (desktop and mobile) + Spotify for those random stuff that I suddenly have the urge to listen to (desktop only)

Google Music is so slow and the UI is unbelievably unintuitive to me I couldn't stand using it, regardless of me being somewhat of a Google fanboy.

Pandora/Slacker are just not my cup of tea. If I want to listen to music I want to listen to particular songs, mostly a whole specific album, not 'something similar to something'. This is also why the 'playlist' feature in music players or 'Genius' in iTunes, etc has no use for me.
 
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