Comments for Poll: Your Favorite Streaming Music Service

Poll: Your Favorite Streaming Music Service

2007-08-13T06:05:55Z

This week's poll complements our special series on Online Music. We're asking what is your number 1 favorite music streaming service on the Web. With this poll there are bound to be sites that aren't on the list, but which are somebody's favorite. We've included as many of the major services as we could remember, but do shout out in the comments if there's an obvious omission.

Comment from jonathan on 2007-08-12

2007-08-13T06:27:03Z

www.tunefeed.com is a pretty good streaming music service!

Comment from Morgan on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T07:05:05Z

eMusic isn't really a streaming service, but it is the best. Very cheap, no DRM, easy to use.

People truly making a principled stand against DRM would support companies like eMusic instead of just stealing music. Me, I just like the service and hadn't enjoyed the DRM buying experience in the past.

Comment from abraxas on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T07:06:27Z

www.sofaspace.ch - my favourite chillout station

Comment from Petter on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T08:48:20Z

www.ezmo.com - I can stream my own music and my friends' as well. (Not available in the US, though).

Comment from Radnad on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T08:48:38Z

Fairtilizer!

Comment from Isabelle Fetherston on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T12:55:23Z

I really like Live365. It has a much wider range of music to choose from.

Comment from Andrew White on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T12:56:51Z

I'm surprised FineTune was left off the list! That's my player of choice.

Comment from Jay Neely on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T13:29:18Z

I've voted for AOL Music, though what I really use is Shoutcast, which is powered by it.

Comment from zack on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T13:43:12Z

blogmusik.net

Comment from Tina on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T14:35:53Z

I can't believe Live365 wasn't listed! It's the only one you can stream over your computer, your handheld (Treo or...), and your TiVo (if networked).....................

Comment from dboy on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T15:26:05Z

Hype Machine and blogmusik have been pretty good for me...

Comment from victor on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T15:37:20Z

For me it was pandora, but it's no more working in Europe ... fuc...
And just FYI I'm currently trying to create Musiic.net to syndicate some music services. You can check it here at http://www.musiic.net

Comment from RustyS on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T15:44:50Z

Favorite currently is Finetune.

I like Last.fm, but I was using Yahoo's Launchcast years ago and have my station so well dialed-in there I still actually use it more.

Comment from Deepak on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T15:46:43Z

I voted for Pandora, but I like last.fm almost as much, which is why I actually use a mashup of the two called PandoraFM

Comment from Jess on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T16:09:14Z

I voted for last.fm. It's simple and I like it a lot. I use to use Pandora, but I live in Canada and we don't have it anymore.

Comment from Shawn Smith on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T17:44:38Z

I too was surprised to see eMusic on the list, because I know it as a music store, not a streaming service (is there an eMusic app I don't know about?). On the other hand, I think Songbird warrants a mention.

Comment from Bryan on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T18:47:42Z

Richard, I think "MOGG" might have an extra "G" in it. Understandable tho... I am also a disciple of Snoop Dogg's school of spelling.

Anyhow, my favorites outside this list are:

1.) imeem.com
2.) Hype Machine
3.) skreemr.com
4.) Project Playlist

Comment from Avinash on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T19:40:34Z

Though I'm a last.fm subscriber, I still like finetune much more than last.fm . I wonder why such an amazing site like finetune isn't a part of the poll. :)

Comment from dumpster on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T19:58:35Z

Go to anywhere.fm
You can upload all of your music then listen to it from anywhere with an internet connection.

Comment from Richard MacManus on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T20:04:57Z

Hi folks, thanks all for your feedback so far. Based on that:

1) I've added FineTune and Live365, as they were mentioned several times in the comments.

2) I removed eMusic, as it is not a streaming service.

Comment from Mark Maruska on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T21:00:26Z

YouTube. I've started using my YouTube music video playlist as my online streaming audio source.

Comment from Jeremy on 2007-08-13

2007-08-14T01:14:52Z

I use soundpedia.com, although they are upgrading their service this month. You can listen to any of their songs and create your own playlists. I'm not sure how this could be profitable for them as I'm sure they would have to pay a lot of royalties.

Comment from David Siembab on 2007-08-14

2007-08-14T08:47:26Z

I don't know about streaming content, But I do like soulseek where you can share your music with other people for free. I find with streaming music I cannot find the punk bands I like at least with soulseek I can get the music I like and create a list I want to listen to instead of the top 40 crap

Comment from musana on 2007-08-14

2007-08-14T09:08:11Z

Hi,
I sure hope you will do this again soon as Musana will participate in such a poll. See ya.

Comment from Atle on 2007-08-14

2007-08-14T11:14:52Z

Other:
http://www.ezmo.com/

Comment from Sushil on 2007-08-14

2007-08-14T20:10:18Z

Other
www.dhingana.com
This site is targeted towards South Asian community! But pretty sleek

Comment from Geo on 2007-08-15

2007-08-15T20:01:50Z

RadioNigel.com

Just discovered it the other day. It is one of the original 91X (San Diego Alternative/New Wave) DJs from the 80s, playing all the good stuff from then!

Comment from Elad on 2007-08-17

2007-08-17T07:02:22Z

MeeMix (http://www.meemix.com/)
Still in private beta, but after using it in the past few days, it's my new favorite.