http://tidbits.com/ Steve McCabe takes the three best known online music streaming services out for a test drive. Which one might meet your needs depends on how you want to interact with music. en-us Copyright 2012 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_16947 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:44:03 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_16947
"From Tuesday 15 January 2013, radio streaming within the desktop client will only be available to Last.fm subscribers. Free, ad-supported radio will still be available on the website."]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15544 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:04:58 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15544 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15538 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:13:19 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15538
I'd love your feedback, download a trial version of the app at http://cloudplay.fm -- it'll eventually be on sale in the Mac App Store in the coming weeks.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15531 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:23:33 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15531 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15530 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:40:04 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15530 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15529 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:46:33 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15529 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15517 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:17:26 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15517
It's still pretty crude, but better than the Web site. For anyone using Last.fm, the app seems to be called "Last.fm Scrobbler" on the site, but just "Last.fm" on your Mac. It's at http://www.last.fm/download]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15516 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:57:56 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15516 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15511 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:14:06 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15511
Serious musos will want to own the music, not stream it, and ideally own in an analogue format. I'm not touching that argument with a 3.3m pole.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15509 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:05:39 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15509 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15503 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:10:46 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15503
In Pandora, I enjoy a station I made with seeds Biber, Buxtehude, Castello, Monteverdi, Purcell, and Uccellini.

In Last.fm, I enjoy Qawwali tag radio.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15502 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:37:43 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15502 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15498 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:41:17 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15498 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15494 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:41:47 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15494
>but really, Gesualdo is just NOT the same as Liszt!

Yes, he's *much* better. But then I like the Ars Subtilior better than almost anything past Monteverdi. Well controlled polyrhythmic dissonance is just so satisfying.

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BUT their effing magic genome can't tell when classical music was written: it's all "classical music." SO despite having selected 15 typical composers (Albioni, Soler, Handel, Hayden etc.) it still every so often plays Beethoven or even Samuel effeing Barber! I mean they distinguish between pop music in the the early 80s and late 80s, but they can't distinguish between classical music written in 1750 and classical music written in 1850!!! Jayzus. It is SO irritating. For some of you, no doubt, this concern is perhaps, silly, but really, Gesualdo is just NOT the same as Liszt! Not sure if I'll renew if they can't fix this.

Jazz is pretty good and their bebop channel is excellent. My own Don Byron station works well.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13211?rss#comments_15492 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:38:15 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13211#comments_15492
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