https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:19:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2137844 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:15:39 +0000 Laurie 2137844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have Apple Music as a family subscription. I am sure I don't use it efficiently. I have a collection of albums and often just let it shuffle through my music as I walk. Or I will listen to an entire album. Every so often I'll build a little playlist.<br />(Latest Taylor Swift album is fantastic btw - anyone caught it? Very different from her early pop sound, for which I was several decades too old) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2137839 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:58:54 +0000 Lieselotte Kander 2137839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never subscribed paid streaming. Better to use SoundCloud or Spotify. I also heard about Pandora but I didn't use it yet.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2131196 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:55:40 +0000 Kate 2131196@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Spotify, CDs, radio. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2131188 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:34:50 +0000 Style Fan 2131188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, thank you, everyone.&nbsp; I am going to look at Spotify.&nbsp; I have Android and Microsoft.&nbsp; I wonder what Mr. SF does.&nbsp; He has lots of music on his phone.&nbsp; He is a tech wizard.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2131170 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 19:13:01 +0000 bella 2131170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Spotify! I got my subscripton as mother's day gift from hubby along with tiny portable speaker (jbl) and a pair of bluetooth headphones. I can either listen to the music on my own, or with the family at meal times. We listen to a lot of disney songs with my kindergartener while we bake, too.&nbsp; Best gift I've received in a long time.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2131168 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 18:49:05 +0000 Gaylene 2131168@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes to streaming! &nbsp;After six decades of amassing vinyl, then tapes, and finally CDs, Mr. G and I gave away the last remaining Items from our classical, jazz, and contemporary collections along with our vintage receivers, speakers, and high-end turntables. Our entire music collection now resides in a single unit—an Apple HomePod speaker—perched on shelf and controlled by our voice or by whatever Apple device is nearby. As you’ve probably surmised, Apple Music is our subscription service, costing us $7/ month since we share a Family subscription with my sister.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>Despite trepidation at seeing collector albums going out the door, and wrinkling of our noses at many of the algorithm-generated “suggestions”, we are now enjoying our long-time loves and delightedly discovering new ones.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>A couple of suggestions:<br />It’s easiest to work with a streaming service that complements your current computing platform. Despite working with Microsoft for decades, we switched back to Apple on retirement so it made sense to keep to that platform for our music service. The HomePod was a snap to set up using our iPad and the look and feel of Apple Music was familiar to us. To my ear, the HomePod sound quality with its self-adjusting, directional speakers was also superior to the “almost” free Echo/Amazon/Alexa system we had been given as a gift. I’m sure we could have upgraded, but staying in the Apple environment just seemed easier.&nbsp;<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out the features of the different streaming services to decide which one seems the best—and be willing to pay a few dollars a month to get the convenience and versatility you want from your system. Most services will give a couple of months of free service to help you make your decision. Check out radio stations, obscure artists you enjoy, playlists, and other features which can help you find the music and programs you enjoy.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Buy a decent speaker system. Depending on home, you might want more than one. Don’t judge the audio quality of a streaming service by just listening to the sound on a small, under $100 speaker. The small speakers we first bought work as inexpensive outdoor or basement adjuncts, but don’t have the sound quality we want for our jazz and classical music.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The algorithms get better as you fill up your music library so be patient, keep adding albums and playlists you enjoy, and click “don’t like” buttons frequently to eliminate stuff which makes you groan. My music tastes are eclectic (like most people, I’m sure) so, while I adore the Doors and Big Brother, I detest metal rock. Same goes for opera (YES!) and “new age” (NO!). The more effort you put into your library in the beginning, the better your recommendations will become in the future.&nbsp;<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The assistants (Siri/ Alexa/?) can be annoying until the algorithms get caught up, so try not to shout at them. It’s unnerving to others in the household and probably not a good example to nearby children. Getting riled up at a circuit board is actually kind of funny, so laugh instead snarl.&nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2131126 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 14:39:06 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2131126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good ideas all. I still do radio and CDs but am looking for some more options when those aren't practical. Plus the radio stations around here are direly typical and boring (except for the classical one hosted by a local college, but I can only get that one in my car, not in the house). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2131065 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 10:28:25 +0000 kkards 2131065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Old fashion radio anyone? Yup, I’m old </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2131031 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:25:54 +0000 cindysmith 2131031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Spotify. And iTunes, and CDs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2130991 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 01:06:58 +0000 kellygirl 2130991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Spotify has a free version and then you can pay to upgrade to remove commercials. I use amazon music and stream in the car or through Alexa/Dot when at home. My kids prefer Spotify--you can make play lists, etc. I guess you can do that on Amazon music too but I'm too lazy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2130978 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 23:21:01 +0000 Style Fan 2130978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am in the cave too.&nbsp; I still listen to CDs.&nbsp; I can't figure out how to stream music.&nbsp; Do they keep changing things?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Is there a place where I can get lessons on this?&nbsp; Seriously. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2130946 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:28:51 +0000 Anonymous 2130946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In a cave too! About once a month I'll get sick of all my music and see what's new on You Tube </p> <p>You may like "Change on the Rise" by Avi Kaplan ( formerly of Pentatonix). It has a nice old school spiritual sound, reminicent of "Man of Constant Sorrow." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2130928 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:56:43 +0000 Anonymous 2130928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, I've gone back to the Stone Age and I'm playing CDs on a boombox!</p> <p>But iTunes is cool, too. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2130923 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:48:51 +0000 Gigi 2130923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll join you in the cave. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2130910 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:25:02 +0000 rachylou 2130910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Everyone has abandoned Pandora that I know. It’s Spotify now. Or maybe they’re merged. I don’t keep up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/music-streaming#post-2130818 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:38:46 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2130818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, this will out me as living in a cave for the last ten years, but I've never had a music streaming subscription and I'm wondering which ones you guys like / feel like is worth the money? Or a free alternative source? I like music but haven't listened to a lot of new stuff in recent years. Usually I'm drawn to Americana, folk, bluegrass and indie rock, that kind of stuff, but I'm very open to suggestions. </p>