(Re)Fill Your iPod: Top 5 Ways To Find New Music
In today’s world, there are absolutely no excuses for having the same mediocre songs start playing on your iPod only to be skipped and skipped again. There are plenty of places to find, listen to, and buy new music.
So why not take all that Jackson Browne that you ripped from your parents CD collection off your iPod (I like him, but come on, don’t all of his songs sound a little too alike…), and fill it up with the likes of Feist and Andrew Bird instead.
Here are 5 suggestions on how to find new music for your iPod,
5. Social Music Discovery Sites - At sites like iLike and Last.fm, you can meet people with similar interests who will then recommend new music to you (both by algorithm and actual communication). I know, I know, do we really need more ‘friend’ networks to keep track of? Probably not. But if you try these, you may end up ditching the other ones. (click here for my full review of iLike)
4. Music blogs - Start with the music blog aggregator The Hype Machine and work your way out from there. There are any number of great sites that do all the leg work of finding new music for you. Check them out!
3. Subscribe to eMusic - Use the eMusic Dozens, browse the category/sub-category links, read in-store reviews, listen to album previews, and check out the eMusic blog 17 dots, before buying iPod compatible DRM-free music. (click here for my full review of eMusic)
2. Internet Radio - From KCRW and The Current, to Last.fm, Pandora, Live 365, and Podshow.com, there plenty of places to hear new music. Oh, and while you’re at it, you might want to help save internet radio, too.
1. Go See a Live Show - And support your local music scene. After all, this is where all the action is anyway; You can ogle the opposite sex and–if you’re old enough–have a few drinks. Who knows, you might even meet a real person and find new music.
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Also, if you wanted to include other Mp3 players, subscription based music services, like Rhapsody, could be added to the list.
If anyone else has some suggestions of things to add to the list (I can already think of several, like satellite radio, allmusic.com, Metacritic.com, and Pitchfork - duh!), feel free to leave them in the comments section.
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Note: This post is a part of a ProBlogger group writing project.
Published by neal on May 10th, 2007 | Filed under eMusic, iLike, Music Discovery |
May 10th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Additionally, if you want to load your ipod with information from your desktop or the web (like weather, news, notes, etc) then look into podloadr at http://www.podloadr.com
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