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The problem with streaming services like Spoitify, Google Play Music, or Apple Music is it's basically the modern version of top 40s (maybe now it's top 40,000's..).

When I listen to the radio, I want to discover new music. Last.FM was amazing for this but there was a mass exodus shortly after CBS acquired it and the site has lain dormant and the search engine seems to have gotten worse.

http://bandcamp.com/ is pretty reasonable for music sales, 15% fee.

http://bandcamp.com/pricing



I've found Pandora to be a better discovery service than radio ever was.


Free-form radio is still a great way to discover music, usually college radio in a major city with have real DJs/music curators who share newly discovered or rare music.

[1] http://wfmu.org/ NYC

[2] www.kexp.org/ Seattle

[3] http://www.kxlu.com/ Los Angeles




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