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  • July 4, 2011 at 2:49 pm #2777
    Haroon
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    I’m not in the US, but I believe you have access to Pandora? However my favourite is Last.fm as its great way of finding new music, can you access that?

    July 4, 2011 at 6:49 pm #2821
    Phil Morse
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    pilotmike327, post: 2726 wrote: After reading #9 of the 10 Commandments for Better Digital DJing, I want to join a music streaming website. Here in the U.S. we can’t use Spotify. I know there is Rhapsody and Rdio.

    Do you guys use any of these or recommend another?

    I would love to find one that has a wide EDM selection, but would also love Rock and Top 40’s.

    Why not see if you can get a free trial and see?

    July 4, 2011 at 8:30 pm #2857
    pilotmike327
    Member

    I actually ended up doing this yesterday night. I did a trial of both Rhapsody and Rdio. I actually like Rdio’s layout more than Rhapsody. One of the big disappointments in both cases was the lack of available content from some of my favorite artists: Ismael Serrano, Led Zeppelin, Tool, and Metallica =/

    I’m gonna give the new Napster a try later today and see if they have more of a variety.

    July 4, 2011 at 8:38 pm #2859
    DJ GRE
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    Yeah just a heads up Led Zeppelin are like the beatles in terms of licensing their music and it will be a big deal when they will be available for streaming – I think it’s the same with Metallica. I do like Rdio though better than Rhapsody but Rhapsody is a pretty decent service. The DI radio app is great for EDM.

    July 4, 2011 at 11:48 pm #2871
    DJS
    Member

    Have a listen to Pointblank FM. It’s a London based house music station that I happened apon on the radio while I was up there. Hooked ever since. They stream music on a wide variety of sources.

    July 5, 2011 at 7:43 am #2896
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    DJS, post: 2861 wrote: Have a listen to Pointblank FM. It’s a London based house music station that I happened apon on the radio while I was up there. Hooked ever since. They stream music on a wide variety of sources.

    He’s actually talking about a music-on-demand service where you pay a subscription for access to catalogues of all types of music on your iPhone, desktop etc.

    July 5, 2011 at 7:44 am #1000857
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    pilotmike327, post: 2847 wrote: I actually ended up doing this yesterday night. I did a trial of both Rhapsody and Rdio. I actually like Rdio’s layout more than Rhapsody. One of the big disappointments in both cases was the lack of available content from some of my favorite artists: Ismael Serrano, Led Zeppelin, Tool, and Metallica =/

    I’m gonna give the new Napster a try later today and see if they have more of a variety.

    Spotify is APPARENTLY coming to the Sattes in the next week or so… that’s not perfect, though, there are still gaps.

    July 5, 2011 at 6:59 pm #2951
    Machine Samba
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    I’m using MOG right now. It’s decent on library selection, nice mobile capabilities, the interface sucks though, I recently tried to keep a party jumping using it when I was without any other options and its lag time was really pissing me off.

    While in London I played with SPOTIFY quite a bit and absolutely loved it! It’s not perfect but it’s far, far above anything we have access to in the States. I really hope it is coming soon. I’ve been hearing that for a while now.

    July 6, 2011 at 9:41 pm #3096
    pilotmike327
    Member

    Can someone say perfect timing?

    http://www.spotify.com/int/coming-to-the-us/

    Actually, this morning while browsing through twitter, Trent Reznor (one of my favorites musicians of all time forever and ever) was praising the website while posting the link.

    Very excited!

    July 7, 2011 at 1:40 pm #3157
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    It’s not perfect because it has gaps… but I couldn’t live without it now.

    July 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm #3162
    D-Jam
    Participant

    Is Spotify an “on demand” service? Or more like Satellite Radio with shows?

    My reluctance on streaming services or even the cloud is that I can’t trust internet connections to be solid and fast enough to cater to my needs. I have been tempted to get into satellite radio for the shows so I can hear what the bigger names are pumping.

    July 7, 2011 at 8:24 pm #3194
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    D-Jam, post: 3153 wrote: Is Spotify an “on demand” service? Or more like Satellite Radio with shows?

    My reluctance on streaming services or even the cloud is that I can’t trust internet connections to be solid and fast enough to cater to my needs. I have been tempted to get into satellite radio for the shows so I can hear what the bigger names are pumping.

    It’s seamless “on demand”.

    July 8, 2011 at 2:29 am #3229
    Machine Samba
    Member

    I have to say, my experience with Spotify has been exceptional. It almost never buffered and the mobile abilities were phenomenal. Sometimes you hit a limitation wall as far as their library goes… it took about a year for Baths album to make it on there, but all and all, it’s an incredibly impressive service.

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