Utterly random "radio"

Sarunoni · 03-30-2013, 12:16 AM

Hey...how's it going?
So, it was recently brought to the forefront of my attention that I don't really have a consistent, favorite or really even preferred genre of music. It seems to shift based on what I've been listening to most recently. There's the introduction/premise of the following question:

I would like to find a way of listening to as much variety of music without having to pick the genre each time. Ideally, it would play like a radio station, but instead of having a theme or particular genre, it would just play songs from a massive library in as random a way as manageable. It would have the capability of playing a rap song, followed by classical, country, something from the 30's, some recent pop sing, etc...all without batting an eye and ideally with no choices made by me as far as genre, artist or the like. That last point is especially important, because I know if I had to make any choices my biases would get in the way.

Long story short, is there a way to basically listen to all known recorded music with a giant shuffle button? (well, all known music is an exaggeration...but you get the idea)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-30-2013, 07:37 AM

Really?
This is a serious question?

If that's what you want to listen to then build up a music collection that allows you to play that.

People are lazy, Everybody wants everything done for them right this moment.
If that's what you want, make some effort to work towards doing it.

Paul Smeenus · 03-30-2013, 08:27 AM

You could do something like this on Pandora

Sarunoni · 03-30-2013, 11:33 AM

Thanks for the replies...I'll have to give that Spotify button a try. I considered the Pandora route, but I couldn't figure out a way to do it without getting over my own personal biases. Again, thanks for the info :-)

03-30-2013, 12:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sarunoni Groupie Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 2	Utterly random "radio" Hey...how's it going? So, it was recently brought to the forefront of my attention that I don't really have a consistent, favorite or really even preferred genre of music. It seems to shift based on what I've been listening to most recently. There's the introduction/premise of the following question: I would like to find a way of listening to as much variety of music without having to pick the genre each time. Ideally, it would play like a radio station, but instead of having a theme or particular genre, it would just play songs from a massive library in as random a way as manageable. It would have the capability of playing a rap song, followed by classical, country, something from the 30's, some recent pop sing, etc...all without batting an eye and ideally with no choices made by me as far as genre, artist or the like. That last point is especially important, because I know if I had to make any choices my biases would get in the way. Long story short, is there a way to basically listen to all known recorded music with a giant shuffle button? (well, all known music is an exaggeration...but you get the idea)

03-30-2013, 07:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Really? This is a serious question? If that's what you want to listen to then build up a music collection that allows you to play that. People are lazy, Everybody wants everything done for them right this moment. If that's what you want, make some effort to work towards doing it. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

03-30-2013, 08:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Paul Smeenus David Hasselhoff Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Back in Portland, OR Posts: 3,680	You could do something like this on Pandora

03-30-2013, 11:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sarunoni Groupie Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 2	Thanks for the replies...I'll have to give that Spotify button a try. I considered the Pandora route, but I couldn't figure out a way to do it without getting over my own personal biases. Again, thanks for the info :-)