Friday, June 13, 2008

New way of listening

SO, what kinds of music do you like? I like a lot of different kinds, actually, and they are mostly not found on the radio. Well, at least not around here. OK, so we live out in the boonies, socially speaking, and radio has long been a wilderness here. Carl solved it by getting Sirius radio. It has a lot of channels and a lot of variety, but you do have to pay for it.

Ron came by a different solution. There are streaming radio stations on the internet. I doubt that is a surprise to many people. What you might not have thought about is that there are independent streaming radio stations on the internet. These are generally run by music lovers sharing the type of music they love. Some are commercial ventures and others are not. Ron worked for a while as a DJ for one of these stations. Now he is DJ-ing at another.

Ron likes to play jazz of all kinds, a little swing in there, and he hunts up a lot of unknown artists that you won't hear other places. THAT is the cool thing about these independent stations, the artists don't have to be sign with a major recording label for you to hear their work! I've heard him screening artists, and creating play lists, and of course not everything out there is worth listening to, but a lot of it is worth listening to at least once. So, if you are interested, Ron DJ's on Tuesday evenings from 5PM to 8PM Mountain Time on UNUradio.com. Take a listen. If you like it, let him know - of course there are other DJs at other times, so try their shows out too. If this music isn't your style, then try out other streaming radio shows. You never know what you might hear!

1 comment:

Fran said...

Have you tried Pandora? I've found several artists there I'd never have heard of otherwise.