Sometimes, I enjoy listening to music while I work. I like all kinds of music, but soul, R&B and soft rock are my favorites. The Internet has a lot of free radio stations, but Pandora and Grooveshark are the two that I use. I learned about both through blog posts. I like Pandora a little bit better.
Pandora allows you to choose the type of music they play for you. What I mean by that is if you select an R&B song, Pandora will start playing more R&B songs. Every now and then they'll throw in something from a different genre, just to see what you think. If you "like" it, they make a note of it in their system, then go back to playing R&B music. If you "dislike" the music, they make a note of that, too, and let you know, via popup message, that they won't play any more songs of that type. Another thing that I like about Pandora is that you can buy the songs you're listening to with little hassle.
With Grooveshark, you have to create music play lists. If you leave the music selection up to them, regardless of what you mark as a "favorite," they're going to play whatever they want. If you can buy songs through Grooveshark, I haven't discovered how to do it, yet. What I do like about Grooveshark is that you can replay your favorite songs over and over again. You can't do that with Pandora. Also, Pandora, like a regular radio station, has commercials. Grooveshark has ads that run down the side of the page; however, if you have a paid membership, you can remove the ads.
Another plus to Grooveshark is that you can mix music types. Since I like a lot of different kinds of music, my play list has everything from R&B to hip hop to rap to 80's pop to contemporary pop to gospel. It doesn't have to be that way, though. I could easily create a separate play list for each different type of music. I can do the same with Pandora by simply choosing a particular song or an artist who sings a particular type of music, then saving that music type as one of my "stations."
I find Pandora to be the most convenient to use. All I have to do is open the page and my music starts playing. Of course, I only have one station. Things might be different if I had two or more. Also, Pandora never interrupts the music to ask me if I'm still there. Grooveshark does that.
Pandora allows you to choose the type of music they play for you. What I mean by that is if you select an R&B song, Pandora will start playing more R&B songs. Every now and then they'll throw in something from a different genre, just to see what you think. If you "like" it, they make a note of it in their system, then go back to playing R&B music. If you "dislike" the music, they make a note of that, too, and let you know, via popup message, that they won't play any more songs of that type. Another thing that I like about Pandora is that you can buy the songs you're listening to with little hassle.
With Grooveshark, you have to create music play lists. If you leave the music selection up to them, regardless of what you mark as a "favorite," they're going to play whatever they want. If you can buy songs through Grooveshark, I haven't discovered how to do it, yet. What I do like about Grooveshark is that you can replay your favorite songs over and over again. You can't do that with Pandora. Also, Pandora, like a regular radio station, has commercials. Grooveshark has ads that run down the side of the page; however, if you have a paid membership, you can remove the ads.
Another plus to Grooveshark is that you can mix music types. Since I like a lot of different kinds of music, my play list has everything from R&B to hip hop to rap to 80's pop to contemporary pop to gospel. It doesn't have to be that way, though. I could easily create a separate play list for each different type of music. I can do the same with Pandora by simply choosing a particular song or an artist who sings a particular type of music, then saving that music type as one of my "stations."
I find Pandora to be the most convenient to use. All I have to do is open the page and my music starts playing. Of course, I only have one station. Things might be different if I had two or more. Also, Pandora never interrupts the music to ask me if I'm still there. Grooveshark does that.
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