Dan put me onto Jango about a week ago, and it's rather excellent. It's now on whenever I'm at the PC working. The basic premise is that you add all of your favorite artists to a list, and it randomly streams all of their material. You can rate songs to adjust how often they might play, or even bar a song from you jukebox entirely. It has a 'recommendations' list too, with artists that might match your taste.
But the niftiest feature is that it automatically slots in a random song from upcoming artists as well as established ones that align with your list of selected artists - so it serves as a great music discovery tool. With upcoming artists, you can "make or break" them by ensuring you never hear from them again, or leaving comments with praise - even subscribing to their mailing list if you wish.
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> Phil Collins > Elton John > Cat Stevens > Simon & Garfunkel > Eric Clapton > The Jimi Hendrix Experience > Cream > The Doors > Guns N' Roses > Led Zeppelin > Jimi Hendrix > Pink Floyd > David Bowie > Red Hot Chili Peppers > CAKE > Kasabian > R.E.M > The Dandy Warhols > Radiohead > The Offspring > Rage Against the Machine > Muse > Soundgarden > INXS > Bloodhound Gang > José González > Beastie Boys > System of a Down
My main station - called "InfoAddict's Primo Selection"
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Red Hot Chili Peppers The Beatles Pearl Jam Midnight Oil The Doors Eric Clapton Nirvana Jimi Hendrix Roger Waters Creedence Clearwater Revival Led Zeppelin U2 Radiohead Neil Young Bob Dylan Coldplay Crowded House Rage Against the Machine John Lennon Foo Fighters Van Morrison Audioslave Eddie Vedder Sigur Rós Muse Thom Yorke Neil Young & Crazy Horse The Jimi Hendrix Experience Queen Cream Blind Faith Pink Floyd Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crosby, Stills & Nash Grateful Dead The Rolling Stones Dire Straits Syd Barrett System of a Down
3 bucks a month for last.fm is hardly a crime for the service. If I wasn't a happy last.fm subscriber I'd probably give jango a try. However, if money is your deciding factor I'd get in quick. Good things don't run on wishes.
Quote: Fees. Use of the Jango services is currently free of charge but may not always remain that way. You acknowledge that Jango.com reserves the right to charge for the Jango Services and to change its fees from time to time in its discretion. If Jango.com terminates your Membership because you have breached the Agreement, you shall not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of subscription fees.