What channel you on?

Arya Stark · 08-20-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

While cleaning the house yesterday i had the radio on downstairs throughout the day on XFM (my first foray into radio for nearly 6 years) and it was distinctly average. I swear i heard the new Linkin Park song 3 times, lazy playlisting!

Mm.

I worked at K-Mart, and they have their own stupid little radio station.

For some reason, they find a reason to play Green Day's "Warning", Ashley Simpson's "LOVE", Boston's "Amanda," and Elvis Costello's "Alison" at least three times a day.

scottsy · 08-24-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by AwwSugar

Mm.

I worked at K-Mart, and they have their own stupid little radio station.

For some reason, they find a reason to play Green Day's "Warning", Ashley Simpson's "LOVE", Boston's "Amanda," and Elvis Costello's "Alison" at least three times a day.

Believe it or not, they are probably being paid to play those songs on high rotation... I work in a grocery store and i know the feeling..... the same old songs day in, day out, you can almost set your watch by what time they come on.... infuriating!

Arya Stark · 08-24-2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by scottsy

Believe it or not, they are probably being paid to play those songs on high rotation... I work in a grocery store and i know the feeling..... the same old songs day in, day out, you can almost set your watch by what time they come on.... infuriating!

And then I worked as a waitress at the beginning of the year.

And during the holidays they played the same two Christmas CDs over and over.

Needless to say, I'll never think of Christmas music the same way .

triphammer stepchild · 08-20-2009, 04:54 PM

Believe it or not ,I find a lot of new stuff researching on itunes. Usually when you look at the suggestions they give ,they suck! But, if you keep digging every once and a while you find a gem.

333 · 08-20-2009, 07:30 PM

I mostly find new music through talking to you all, my "real life" friends and just endless sampling and searching on the internet. Let's face it. In today's world, we've got to do a little bit of work to find something worthwhile. I've found some amazing tunes through MB, though. Just wish I had more time.

scottsy · 08-24-2009, 09:35 AM

Disappointing to hear that Satellite radio is clinging so closely to lazy ass commercial playlisting as well...

Now here's a technology that has the potential to open up tons and tons of new music and different alternative channels, featuring new artists, etc... but its just sticking to the same old tried and true methodology...

There needs to be more imagination in programming.... then maybe more people will find it useful and put down their whatever per month subscriptions...

Strangely enough, I have found some fairly interesting music on the alternative music channel through my cable provider... and i also listen to internet radio from time to time.... other than that I get good suggestions and ideas from the fine folks at this good website!

Akira · 08-24-2009, 10:43 AM

I think RYM is a good way but a lot of people neglect that. If you have a lot of your collection catalogued and especially if you have rated a lot of albums then finding new but similar stuff is fairly easy and more likely to pay off. Plus, the user made lists can be very good, depending on comments they make in the lists.

ghostofmybrain · 08-24-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ToeAndno

I think RYM is a good way but a lot of people neglect that. If you have a lot of your collection catalogued and especially if you have rated a lot of albums then finding new but similar stuff is fairly easy and more likely to pay off. Plus, the user made lists can be very good, depending on comments they make in the lists.

Rofl, you have Hannibal Lecter playing the bass guitar. That's the coolest thing I've seen all day.

ghostofmybrain · 08-24-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by AwwSugar

That sounds interesting.

I love it. Pandora is definitely my favourite way to listen to music.

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Originally Posted by ToeAndno

I think RYM is a good way but a lot of people neglect that. If you have a lot of your collection catalogued and especially if you have rated a lot of albums then finding new but similar stuff is fairly easy and more likely to pay off. Plus, the user made lists can be very good, depending on comments they make in the lists.

Also, what exactly is RYM? I went to the site but just couldn't for the life of me figure out what to do.

EDIT: Oh, I finally found their FAQ... so nevermind. Lol.

Akira · 08-24-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ghostofmybrain

Also, what exactly is RYM? I went to the site but just couldn't for the life of me figure out what to do.

Primarily it is a place to catalogue, rate and review albums, but there are also charts based on ratings which can be viewed by genre, year etc or overall (take with a pinch of salt like all online charts). Plus users create lists so if you have an album that you love and find it on a well written list, ie good comments for each albu, then it is easy to find other stuff you may enjoy. You can also find out who has the closest taste to you, after you have listed and rated a fair amount of albums, and also see what else they like that you don't have. There are tons of ways to use it but most people fail to see it.

08-24-2009, 09:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	Disappointing to hear that Satellite radio is clinging so closely to lazy ass commercial playlisting as well... Now here's a technology that has the potential to open up tons and tons of new music and different alternative channels, featuring new artists, etc... but its just sticking to the same old tried and true methodology... There needs to be more imagination in programming.... then maybe more people will find it useful and put down their whatever per month subscriptions... Strangely enough, I have found some fairly interesting music on the alternative music channel through my cable provider... and i also listen to internet radio from time to time.... other than that I get good suggestions and ideas from the fine folks at this good website! __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

08-20-2009, 04:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
triphammer stepchild Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: texas Posts: 1	Believe it or not ,I find a lot of new stuff researching on itunes. Usually when you look at the suggestions they give ,they suck! But, if you keep digging every once and a while you find a gem.

08-20-2009, 07:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
333 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 965	I mostly find new music through talking to you all, my "real life" friends and just endless sampling and searching on the internet. Let's face it. In today's world, we've got to do a little bit of work to find something worthwhile. I've found some amazing tunes through MB, though. Just wish I had more time.