In the mornings, as our vanpool is crawling up I-95 towards Washington, I frequently get frustrated with commercial radio choices -- how many times can a person be expected to listen to the same classic rock songs or the same 25 soft-jazz tunes? So, I'll tune to National Public Radio and snicker as the 13 other folks in my van are gradually lulled to sleep. In addition to the lack of screaming DJs and car commercials, they offer interesting stories and fair (in my opinion) news. Sometimes in the morning we'll also hear a short biography of a musical band with some musical clips.Since I'm a music fiend, and still (6 years later) piss and moan about CNET buying out MP3.com and ruining my free downloads across all genres, I love to find new places I can "snatch" music. I've discovered how to use audio capture software (Audacity) to record any website's audio stream into my computer and then save it as an mp3 file for my I-Pod or work computer.
Which brings me around to NPR's All Songs Considered. How many of you can say you've heard 70-year old Jerry Lee Lewis pair up with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page? They cover a lot of ground, all genres (country to modern experimental -- which by the way I really do NOT get usually), and cross generations. Lots of good stuff to listen to...check out the "Archives" and listen to the Allman Brothers playing, "Old Friend".
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I think my ears are just as bored. I've been looking for alternative (and non-DRM'd) music. Check out the track Cold December by Matt Costa:
http://www.3hive.com/2005/12/matt_costa.php
Mash Ups are also fun. Been enjoying Victim of Da Funk and Electro Funk 21 by DJ John:
http://www.djjohn.net/mashup.htm
Thanks Jim...free music is always appreciated. They have some interesting choices there on 3hive. Looks like many artists are choosing MySpace to post their original stuff now. I couldn't get the djjohn site to work from here (work) so will try later from home.
ahh, try www.garageband.com
13 other passengers? sounds more like a bus than a van.
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