@daveinwarsh Me too - about 8 finely tuned personal channels. Most them several years old. Like them all for different purposes/moods. Don’t mind the ads since it is otherwise free.
I used to use Pandora all the time when it first became a big thing. It’s been a long while since I logged in though. How do they compare to, say, Google Play Music assuming just the free, basic service? GPM has been decent for me but it sometimes feels like it just uses the same few dozen songs for any one radio station.
@Mehsturbator I set the stations up on Pandora years ago & I’m happy enough with it. Keeping 8 stations gives me the variety I want for rock, country, classic, bluegrass, etc…
You can get 8 channels from Sirius satellite radio for $10.00 a month. You pick from the hundreds of channels they offer, can swap anytime (24hrs), no commericals, and no static. I started XM satellite radio when it first came out and have never looked back. If you want free internet radio, Slacker is your best choice.
@smjnga I haven’t tried Slacker. I’ll check it out.
Satellite radio doesn’t work very good here. Maybe I’m too far North? I had it in two cars & could hardly hear an entire song without it cutting out. Most roads here are lined with 100’ fir trees, that doesn’t help…
You can do better than that w Sirius. Sirius always offers incredible startup deals for new subscribers - like $25 plus taxes and fees for 5 months. This gets you all Sirius and XM stations. There are other deals for people who also want internet radio or an annual deal.
If you take one of these, the week your subscription would auto-renew st a higher regular rate, call them. Tell them you would re-subscribe if you could do it at the same rate but you won’t pay the higher rate and will cancel instead if they don’t offer you the same rate you paid in the intro deal. It does even matter if you missed the exact day and your subscription already auto-renewed, since they will refund the diff.
They may xfer you around a few times, but they will be very nice, and they will always give you the intro rate again. The only downside is that you have to call them every time your rate would change - 1-2 times a year - to keep getting the good rate.
I got a google play music sub on a special rate when they launched. I get that rate forever I think. $2-3 cheaper per month than normal. They are fine. I usually play albums, not radio, but its prob fine for radio. It’s the same thing as a YouTube red subscription. I tune in YouTube red once in a while and let it wander.
How do people here find and choose stations? And suggestions for good stations?
And why does pandora suck? Been years since I messed w it.
@f00l I just usually use a particular band station. If I know I like the band, and the station plays stuff similar to that band, then most of the other things on that station will probably be pretty good. The issue being, as I said earlier, that it sometimes feels like there is a limited number of songs so if you listen to the same station a lot, you’ll probably hear the same songs a lot.
I went with Spotify, and have been happy with it. Their “Discover Weekly” is almost always on point with at least stuff that’s listenable, and they’ve added to their featured channels and daily mixes over the past year or so.
I love Pandora, but I just discovered Amazon Prime music, which is free with my subscription. It’s pretty darn good and I can also create playlists with it, which I can’t do with Pandora. I may end up canceling Pandora.
I love how this thread has evolved… just to state the facts for the late arrivals… the pandora in question here is the jewelry not the music service… and… it’s not so much that pitamuffin hated the jewelry (I think?) as the spam bot that was trying to get us to click links to who knows what in the guise of it being great deals on pandora charms. the spam is gone… but this threads confusion keep growing.
I keep trying Pandora from time to time, but it seems to only loop 15-20 songs on each of my playlist plus a new one here and there. Maybe my music tastes are way too picky?
Actually, I like Pandora internet music. I’ve got 8 or so channels I choose from.
The Pandora jewelry is probably shit.
@daveinwarsh Me too - about 8 finely tuned personal channels. Most them several years old. Like them all for different purposes/moods. Don’t mind the ads since it is otherwise free.
Can’t imagine why we’d patronize Pandora Jewelry.
I know what you’re actually talking about but…
I used to use Pandora all the time when it first became a big thing. It’s been a long while since I logged in though. How do they compare to, say, Google Play Music assuming just the free, basic service? GPM has been decent for me but it sometimes feels like it just uses the same few dozen songs for any one radio station.
@Mehsturbator I set the stations up on Pandora years ago & I’m happy enough with it. Keeping 8 stations gives me the variety I want for rock, country, classic, bluegrass, etc…
There are at least four or five by that user. Pandora does indeed suck. Huuuuuuuuuugggggggggggeeeee!!!
@thismyusername
SPAM.
@thismyusername
@thismyusername pretty sure it’s Gweneth Paltrow’s head
Tagging @thumperchick and/or @shawn and/or @dave to clean up the shit the spammers left tonight …
@narfcake thanks for the heads up! (You too @curtise )
/giphy we are under attack
You can get 8 channels from Sirius satellite radio for $10.00 a month. You pick from the hundreds of channels they offer, can swap anytime (24hrs), no commericals, and no static. I started XM satellite radio when it first came out and have never looked back. If you want free internet radio, Slacker is your best choice.
@smjnga I haven’t tried Slacker. I’ll check it out.
Satellite radio doesn’t work very good here. Maybe I’m too far North? I had it in two cars & could hardly hear an entire song without it cutting out. Most roads here are lined with 100’ fir trees, that doesn’t help…
@smjnga
You can do better than that w Sirius. Sirius always offers incredible startup deals for new subscribers - like $25 plus taxes and fees for 5 months. This gets you all Sirius and XM stations. There are other deals for people who also want internet radio or an annual deal.
If you take one of these, the week your subscription would auto-renew st a higher regular rate, call them. Tell them you would re-subscribe if you could do it at the same rate but you won’t pay the higher rate and will cancel instead if they don’t offer you the same rate you paid in the intro deal. It does even matter if you missed the exact day and your subscription already auto-renewed, since they will refund the diff.
They may xfer you around a few times, but they will be very nice, and they will always give you the intro rate again. The only downside is that you have to call them every time your rate would change - 1-2 times a year - to keep getting the good rate.
I got a google play music sub on a special rate when they launched. I get that rate forever I think. $2-3 cheaper per month than normal. They are fine. I usually play albums, not radio, but its prob fine for radio. It’s the same thing as a YouTube red subscription. I tune in YouTube red once in a while and let it wander.
How do people here find and choose stations? And suggestions for good stations?
And why does pandora suck? Been years since I messed w it.
@f00l I just usually use a particular band station. If I know I like the band, and the station plays stuff similar to that band, then most of the other things on that station will probably be pretty good. The issue being, as I said earlier, that it sometimes feels like there is a limited number of songs so if you listen to the same station a lot, you’ll probably hear the same songs a lot.
@f00l
This thread wasn’t originally about the Pandora music service but about the onslaught of spam threads for Pandora jewelry last night.
@Ignorant
Oh. Missed the wonder of that reseller… How sad.
I went with Spotify, and have been happy with it. Their “Discover Weekly” is almost always on point with at least stuff that’s listenable, and they’ve added to their featured channels and daily mixes over the past year or so.
Somehow, I started a real discussion
@pitamuffin you can blame @jbartus for that.
I love Pandora, but I just discovered Amazon Prime music, which is free with my subscription. It’s pretty darn good and I can also create playlists with it, which I can’t do with Pandora. I may end up canceling Pandora.
Oh, this was about spam??
@Fuzzalini And you can download music too.
I love how this thread has evolved… just to state the facts for the late arrivals… the pandora in question here is the jewelry not the music service… and… it’s not so much that pitamuffin hated the jewelry (I think?) as the spam bot that was trying to get us to click links to who knows what in the guise of it being great deals on pandora charms. the spam is gone… but this threads confusion keep growing.
@thismyusername Let’s see what direction it will go in now:
I keep trying Pandora from time to time, but it seems to only loop 15-20 songs on each of my playlist plus a new one here and there. Maybe my music tastes are way too picky?
@luvche21 thumb up the ones it plays that you really like, and thumb down the ones you hate and it will modify it for you…
@thismyusername Yep, that’s what I’ve done and it sticks to the 15-20 songs per playlist.
@luvche21 weird! try this
https://help.pandora.com/customer/portal/articles/1941526-edit-stations