What’s this? A post on music? Have I slipped out of my “time saving” mode and wandered off into “cool stuff?” Nothing of the sort. There are many wonderful sites that do a great job of cataloging everything cool. Some of my favorites include MakeUseOf.com, Mashable.com, AppScout.com, and LifeHacker.com.
As an office worker who enjoys background music during the work day, I have latched onto Pandora as a wonderful time saving site and musical companion. She serves up music that I like (Smooth Jazz right now) by playing genres I have selected or specific artists that I have entered. With the flick of a mouse button, she will skip a song or remove it from my listening queue forever. With another click, I can change genres completely. I prefer instrumental music while I work, so I tend to alternate between Jazz and Classical stations. I’m a big fan of Jesse Cook these days.
After you have used Pandora for a while, you’ll realize that you’re not hopping up to change CD’s or fuss with radio station buttons. Commercials, of course, are a thing of the past. These are benefits that a acrue to listeners of XM or Serius radio too, but I get them for free and Pandora learns more about me every day, customizing my listening experience.
Pandora also offers a mobile version.
“theRadio.com” is better – in my HUMBLE OPINION….