Online music streaming – Spotify, Rdio, MOG, etc.
Online streaming music services are growing in popularity, the most well known being Spotify. These services are a great new alternative to buying music. How are these different than internet radio or services like Pandora? Internet radio stations have huge variety, however you’re forced to listen to whatever song they are playing or switch to another station. I have discovered good music this way, however I’ve also often been stuck with a song I don’t like and not finding another station. Pandora addresses this by letting you skip songs, and allowing you to indicate which songs you like or dislike, and over time will be more likely to play songs you like. It’s not perfect in my experience, however is better than internet radio. There are other similar services such as Slacker and AOL Radio.