Tuesday May 13th 2008
The sweet sound of music…
Throughout the day, I am lucky enough to listen to music while I answer the emails our customers send in with queries about our service, how to make something work, or just to ask what the hell it is that we do. It also serves as a comfortable barrier in a noisy room, so I can focus on what I’m doing and not be distracted with the happenings of the office, or by any other loud conversations that occur from time to time.
As with most people, I have my own collection of music that I have gathered over the years, but once in a while it’s nice to listen to the radio to hear some music that I haven’t heard, or have a copy of that I would play over and over and over again. Rather than have a radio at my already-cluttered desk, I’m one of those guys that prefers to listen to Internet Radio, and I do so via iTunes.
There are an absolute TON of stations to choose from, but I only have a few I listen to, with one that I recently tried out today, and have since added to my playlist. As well, I tend to only listen to radio stations that stream at a minimum of 128 kbps, as that ensures you get some decent sound.
For those of you interested in my playlist, here they are:
- Bassdrive - Drum & Bass
- Groove Salad - Ambient beats
- Pure.FM Radio - House
- Big R Radio - 90s Alternative Rock
There are a few radio stations in the Toronto area that I wish had an Internet Radio presence, but it’s understandable that with the bandwidth costs that they wouldn’t. As well, I’m sure there are licensing agreements about how the music has to be played within a certain area or region, and with Internet Radio, that’s almost impossible to ensure.
One thing I do love about Internet Radio is that most of the stations will list the tracks that they are playing, so if you want to see about getting a copy of what you’re listening to, you can easily jot down the name of the track, and go about searching for it. Very neat.
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