Internet Radio station, Yahoo! Options

[camsmith]

I've only jsut found out about http://music.yahoo.co.uk, an internet radio station where you can rate teh songs/artists/albums as you listen to them, which customises the music it feeds you.

A really cool idea, and seems to work for me.

In my opinion, better than itunes, as you don't need to own the music to listen to it (although you can't specify which song to listen to next).

[camsmith]

The reason I say 'better' is that it suits my preference. I'm always up to hear different music from artists I may not have heard of before. If I don't like it, I can press the "next" button to bring up another tune. As I rate more music and artists, it is more likely to serve up something I like.

The main reason for this is that the main time I listen to music is at work, on my laptop. I have a fairly modest music collection, so after not too long, I have heard it all. Yes, a "generic media player" is portable, but I have a walkman, discman and MP3 player all gathering dust, as when I go out, I tend to be with other people.

Therefore, it's better for me. I haven't seen anything else like it (i.e. without the talking on radio). So far, the ads have been limited to finding out more about the song/artist/album so you can buy it through Yahoo shopping. Entirely relevant and I'm happy to put up with that for a "free" product.