itunes radio or Pandora?

pawnstarNate
pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
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They seem very similar like they are partners or something. What's your take on it? like it? dislike it?

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  • NaughtyinCali
    NaughtyinCali Posts: 38
    I use Spotify :/ Ive had both of the others but didnt care for them.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Pandora...mostly because Apple just annoys the **** out of me. I hate the iphone..the ipad...my wife's mac, etc. Just not an apple guy.
  • TheCalorieSMASHER
    TheCalorieSMASHER Posts: 162 Member
    Pandora...mostly because Apple just annoys the **** out of me. I hate the iphone..the ipad...my wife's mac, etc. Just not an apple guy.

    ^^ This. I have used Pandora and I have used I Heart Radio but never iTunes radio because I hate iTunes. I do use Rhapsody radio too, but I don't like that as much as I like Pandora.
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    Pandora, the more I can keep itunes crap off my stuff the better.
  • _Krys10_
    _Krys10_ Posts: 1,234 Member
    Spotify
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
    Paid the 3.99 for Pandora One....so cheap and well worth it.
  • TheCalorieSMASHER
    TheCalorieSMASHER Posts: 162 Member
    Paid the 3.99 for Pandora One....so cheap and well worth it.

    I just did the same! It started to get to the point where there was a commercial after every single song, so I switched and have never looked back.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    i have pandora, and itunes radio... i will listen to itunes more than pandora, presently, because there are fewer ads, it's integrated into my music app and easy to set if i want "hits, variety, or discover"

    but, honestly, i don't listen to internet radio with any real frequency.
  • kirkor
    kirkor Posts: 2,530 Member
    I'm posting in this thread mainly to get my av after wolverine66's :)

    I use Pandora and SoundCloud
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    I'm posting in this thread mainly to get my av after wolverine66's :)

    I use Pandora and SoundCloud

    ha ha

    I have used soundcloud, too. I follow a few people on there, including someone from MFP
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
    Pandora doesn't work in my country... yeah... I live in the jungle.....:sad::grumble: so Im using FitRadio! its good though
  • opheliaphoenix
    opheliaphoenix Posts: 1,474 Member
    Definitely Pandora, of the two...I really dislike iTunes. I also use Spotify when making specific playlists.
  • RunWinterGarden
    RunWinterGarden Posts: 428 Member
    I use iTunes Match, so iTunes radio is free to me without commercials, so I'm glad to continue using that when I'm not listening to my own music as I prefer to own my own music for when I'm not around an internet connection (which happens pretty frequently when I travel or in parts of my commute).
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    no itunes anything. I don't really like pandora either. I use last.fm for that, far less commercials. for the rest of my music I like rdio as it syncs to my phone so I can play it all even without a phone connection.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    i *wish* we had pandora. its predecessor, the music genome project, was available in my country for a while but we don't have pandora because of licensing issues.

    i like that songs are analyzed & tagged by actual musicologists (or were, is this still true?), so that suggestions are made based on similarities in structure, arrangement, or production. i'm mostly aware of why i like things, but it'd be neat to get deeper insights, or unexpected recommendations (and then try to figure out the commonalities).

    i think itunes' recommendations are just based on demographic predictions (x people who liked that song liked this other one too), is that right?
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    i *wish* we had pandora. its predecessor, the music genome project, was available in my country for a while but we don't have pandora because of licensing issues.

    i like that songs are analyzed & tagged by actual musicologists (or were, is this still true?), so that suggestions are made based on similarities in structure, arrangement, or production. i'm mostly aware of why i like things, but it'd be neat to get deeper insights, or unexpected recommendations (and then try to figure out the commonalities).

    i think itunes' recommendations are just based on demographic predictions (x people who liked that song liked this other one too), is that right?
    Seriously girl....where can you find something like that?? Would be awesome. For now Spotify is not bad...and free.

    I think it's Pandora! Or it was, a few years ago.. Ok found their site. Ok, I am guessing, the job musicologists might have done in the beginning is probably done by undergrads ("trained music analysts")..

    http://www.pandora.com/about/mgp

    I don't think we have Spotify in Canada (licensing!) :(
  • Superhero_Leah
    Superhero_Leah Posts: 105
    Pandora, the more I can keep itunes crap off my stuff the better.

    agreed!!
  • BigDog
    BigDog Posts: 272 Member
    My favorite for a while now is Songza. It doesn't use computer generated play lists like Pandora and many others, but instead uses curated playlists by real people.

    The Concierge service of it is one of the coolest features and is so popular several other services have adopted the format. Check it out, and use it for a while I bet you kick Pandora and any other free service to the curb for sure. It's got a great phone app too and it's all free!

    http://songza.com

    You're welcome. ;-)

    ETA: For all my beer drinking friends... Here's a station I made on Songza (Did I mention you can make your own playlists?) Check it out here: http://songza.com/listen/beer-beer-beer-BigDogMi/
  • _benjammin
    _benjammin Posts: 1,224 Member
    Paid Spotify.
    When the wife and I are apart and both wanting music, I'll let her use Spotify and I use Slacker (free).

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