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Top 5 Music Sites

37 Responses (Add) | Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 8:10pm

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Neil writes:

I am not sure if what i heard about a Top 5 list was correct, but never the less I am sending you a Top 5 list on my favorite music websites. Music is a huge part of everyones lives, and I am sure your viewers will find a fresh set of music helpful, and hopefully these sites will help them out a bit.They are listed in no particular order as they are all great and serve their own purpose, but as always, they are open to user interpretation. Listed below are the names and url’s of the Top 5, listed with a universal descriptor for ease of use.

All of the above are easy to use and provide the same service in a slightly different way. Some do this better than others, but once again thats up to user preference. The services are all quite fast and reliable and provide ways for the user to get to music quickly and without hassle. Some offer user accounts with pretty nifty features and additions which will increase the amount of pleasure one can have with the service, and they tend to have a large music database from which music is drawn. Some services find and record the music styles and preferences of a listener and adjust what is being played accordingly, others offer new and interesting ways in which music is chosen, and it happens quite often that new artists with the same sound that one likes is presented for you (especially Pandora), leading to the discovery of new artists and bands.

All in all, these websites are great, and have proven to be quite a useful tool when it comes to bringing something fresh into my listening space. As such i would strongly encourage going through each and finding a service which best first you, you wont be disappointed.

To me the bottom line is it’s impossible not to find a place online that you like, which offers music you can listen to on a regular basis, with or without a subscription fee. This isn’t really the future… it’s the now. CDs are disappearing. Online music is just the way to go.

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37 Comments

Music

October 19th, 2007
at 8:55am

Top 5 Music Sites

Yama in SATORI while @ Embark

October 19th, 2007
at 6:47pm

Top 5 Music Sites ~ Chris Pirillo

Music

October 21st, 2007
at 10:00pm

Original post:Top 5 Music Sitesby at Google Blog Search: music Blog tag: Music Technorati tag: Music

Music

October 19th, 2007
at 8:55am

Top 5 Music Sites

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October 19th, 2007
at 8:42am

not to find a place online that you like, which offers music you can listen to on a regular basis, with or without a subscription fee. This isn’t really the future… it’s the now. CDs are disappearing. Online music is just the way to go.”Full Show Notes HereSubscribe Website RSS | iTunes http://live.pirillo.com [IMG]

iApple1000

October 18th, 2007
at 1:18pm

Nice video lol also first comment

H2Glitch2007

October 18th, 2007
at 1:21pm

jazz ftw

LeonWestbrook

October 18th, 2007
at 1:26pm

XM is awesome but sadly I’m gonna have to quit it soon….unless if they continue to offer it for free to prevent me from canceling.

kevnca

October 18th, 2007
at 3:03pm

If you are a college student, Rockus+Fairplay4WM :)

iApple1000

October 18th, 2007
at 8:18pm

Nice video lol also first comment

H2Glitch2007

October 18th, 2007
at 8:21pm

jazz ftw

LeonWestbrook

October 18th, 2007
at 8:26pm

XM is awesome but sadly I’m gonna have to quit it soon….unless if they continue to offer it for free to prevent me from canceling.

kevnca

October 18th, 2007
at 10:03pm

If you are a college student, Rockus+Fairplay4WM :)

willkill08

October 19th, 2007
at 12:19am

man i hate this new layout youtube are doing, and that new video player chris has on his vids :(

tigerwhite007

October 19th, 2007
at 12:49am

OK to answer Chris’s question

I still like to buy physical CD’s as I like the quality, If I can’t get it on CD which is rare or I don’t want to buy an entire album I will settle for iTunes download quality

I hate the 128Kbps bitrate, most complex pop/rock & metal doesn’t sound good at this bitrate and so if I can I will get the 256kbps bitrate files.

Digital Music is expensive here in Australia, it should be cheaper with the australian dollar reaching 90c U.S but we continue to be ripped off

Brett Nordquist

October 18th, 2007
at 9:00pm

How did you forget Slacker.com? I like it a lot better than Pandora.

Frank Jonen

October 18th, 2007
at 9:00pm

You can take Pandora off the list. They’re NOT an internet radio company anymore. Internet = Worldwide. Pandora didn’t get that memo.

Frank

David Litsky

October 18th, 2007
at 10:05pm

I really like Amiestreet, think iTunes meets indie music. You get good music at a value price, and has a strong community to support its social networking features. They also have a Facebook application which is a top candidate to become the Facebook Music Store.

Personally, I like it because the music is DRM free, the site is stupid simple to use, and the artists get 70% of proceeds after their initial costs are recuperated (approximately $5 per song).

willkill08

October 19th, 2007
at 7:19am

man i hate this new layout youtube are doing, and that new video player chris has on his vids :(

tigerwhite007

October 19th, 2007
at 7:49am

OK to answer Chris’s question

I still like to buy physical CD’s as I like the quality, If I can’t get it on CD which is rare or I don’t want to buy an entire album I will settle for iTunes download quality

I hate the 128Kbps bitrate, most complex pop/rock & metal doesn’t sound good at this bitrate and so if I can I will get the 256kbps bitrate files.

Digital Music is expensive here in Australia, it should be cheaper with the australian dollar reaching 90c U.S but we continue to be ripped off

xclownkillerx

October 19th, 2007
at 8:18am

yeah physical media still has point, it provides us with a means by listening to something without using the highest amount of technological use e.g CD player.

but I’m a hypocrite, i don’t buy CD’s, instead prefer to download and burn like crazy!

Zepher130

October 19th, 2007
at 3:17pm

deezer is a good music site

xclownkillerx

October 19th, 2007
at 3:18pm

yeah physical media still has point, it provides us with a means by listening to something without using the highest amount of technological use e.g CD player.

but I’m a hypocrite, i don’t buy CD’s, instead prefer to download and burn like crazy!

Pascal

October 19th, 2007
at 10:32am

Pandora isn’t available to Canadian residents anymore.

” We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for most listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative. “

Candy

October 19th, 2007
at 1:23pm

Thank you, I’d not heard of the last three music sites you listed. I’ve now bookmarked them. If you haven’t heard of Deezer I highly recommend it.
http://www.deezer.com/