Sadly, I have only been using Pandora for the last few months. I really love the notion of artist matching and I think their site, app does a lot of great things from a UX perspective.
Can anyone recommend other sites like Pandora? -Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shaun Bergmann Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pandora to possibly shut down? I started using "MusicMatch" 3 or 4 years ago and absolutely loved it. The "artist match" functionality introduced me to many new artists that I otherwise wouldn't have been aware of, and those artists can directly thank my daily usage of MusicMatch for all of the CD's and concert tickets I've actually payed for since then. Well, MusicMatch in Canada came to a close sometime around 18 months ago, and was apparently bought out or replaced by Yahoo Music Canada. I payed for an account with Yahoo to continue using it. It was mostly the same engine, although I found the "Artist Match Radio" to not be quite as powerful. This morning, I launched the desktop app and was presented with the following: "Important Notice: Yahoo! Music Unlimited Service Termination This is a notice to inform you that Yahoo! Music Unlimited and Yahoo! Music Unlimited To Go will no longer be available in Canada as of September 30, 2008. What does this mean for annual subscribers? Annual subscribers with anniversary dates after May 1 will not be renewed for service. Any annual subscribers that have a term that extends beyond October 1 will receive a pro-rata refund on their credit card. All users make should verify their billing information is current in their Yahoo! Wallet What does this mean for monthly subscribers? Monthly subscribers will continue to be renewed through August 30, with their service stopping on their anniversary date through September 30. If you have purchased tracks from the Yahoo! Music Unlimited store, we recommend that you back them up to an audio CD before the closing of the store September 30, 2008. For more information about the termination of Yahoo! Music Unlimited, or the closure of the music store, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions. " Whatever it is, it's viral. Aside from the obviously unbalanced special treatment internet radio firms are being subjected to with the charges / song / listener, is there a problem with how much we the people value such a service? I was paying around 8 dollars a month for this service, which allowed me access to a massive library of artists. I could pick "Flaming Lips" for example, and either play entire albums, or "Top Songs" or "Artist Fan Radio", the latter of which did a pretty good job of dynamically mixing bands "like them" However, if $8.00 / month isn't enough, what is our cap on how much we'd consider paying? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=32148 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
