jmourik;378187 Wrote:
>
> Got a question for you though, what would you say are the differences
> between Slacker, Pandora and last.fm?
I don't listen to last.fm very much, but I don't believe it lets you
define multiple stations; you enter artists to listen to, and it plays
them and similar artists.
Pandora does let you define multiple stations based on whatever artists
you select, and plays those artists and similar songs on the selected
station. Pandora uses musical characteristics (type of melody, beat,
major instruments, etc.) to determine what is a "similar song."
Basically Pandora plays *songs* similar to what you indicate you like.
Slacker is about the same thing as Pandora, except it plays *artists*
that are similar to the ones you've specified to play on a particular
station. This can be a disadvantage as one artist may have played
several different genres/styles during their career, so you may hear
songs that don't exactly fit the station you've defined.
Both Pandora and Slacker let you approve ("thumbs up" or "favorite") or
disapprove ("thumbs down" or "ban") a song. Pandora takes your "thumbs
up" rating and tries to play songs with similar characteristics in the
future, while Slacker will play *that song* more often in the future.
A "thumbs down" in Pandora removes that song from the station's
playlist for a month; a "ban" in Slacker removes that song from the
station's playlist forever.
I like Slacker more than Pandora because of its fine-tuning ability;
you can really make a station your own by tweaking the "Artist
Discovery", "Popularity (Song)", "Favorites", and "Year" sliders
associated with each station. Plus you can buy a portable music player
from Slacker and listen to your stations when offline. I bought the G2
and it's become the only thing I listen to in my car and at work --
again IMHO, it's an exponentially better value to buy a G2 and have
access to millions of songs at no extra charge than to buy an Ipod and
have to manage your own library at $0.99 per song.
And with my Boom and new, now-functioning-perfectly Duet, I can listen
to Slacker anywhere in my house.
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