Rhapsody for the Mac?
The Gotham Gal is moving to a Mac this evening.
She's got her email figured out with Entourage and Exchange.
She's got Office for the Mac working.
She's got Firefox and Safari working.
She's got TypePad working.
But the one thing that she hasn't figured out how to replace is Rhapsody.
If anyone knows of a unlimited music service that supports the Mac, let us know.
Afraid not...no music service company wants to touch the mac platform due to apple's dominance of it. She's gonna have to wait until Apple rolls out a subscription service.
Posted by: Rags | May 31, 2005 at 01:49 PM
Rags is correct, there is no Mac streaming service as of yet...but rumour has it Apple will be launching one in the (near) future, so don't lose all hope just yet.
In the meantime, the solution might be to try using Virtual PC for the Mac, and hope Rhapsody works on it.
Posted by: Darryl Ballantyne | May 31, 2005 at 02:51 PM
I have NO idea why Rhapsody won't suppor the Mac. It would seem the best way to compete with iTunes Music Store. As of right now, there is no competition. I don't think there's any sort of "lock out" issues -- just the fact taht iTunes comes with the Mac and works great. Couldn't Rhapsody give out a free player that runs on Mac? How does it work on Windows? Is it a player or a web page?
Posted by: scott partee | May 31, 2005 at 09:51 PM
It's not unlimited and it doesn't stream but the selection is broad & eclectic, there's no DRM and the cost is low - http://www.emusic.com.
Just looking at the albums in heavy rotation on this page and three of the six are available (all indie releases)
Disclaimer: I work for eMusic
Posted by: Chris McBride | June 01, 2005 at 12:11 AM
Yeah, I don't think you'll have to wait long for iTunes 5.0... maybe only the summer or the fall, but it's a certainty at this point. In the meantime, maybe most the most of the streaming stations out there like kexp.org.
Posted by: Mike D. | June 01, 2005 at 01:43 AM
Ummm, that's "make the most"... sorry. :|
Posted by: Mike D. | June 01, 2005 at 01:44 AM
My associate AJ and I had a chat about this last night and came up with a couple of suggestions, but unfortunately neither of us can think of a service that directly parallels the Rhapsody to Go model. Don't you just love proprietary DRM?
The above-mentioned eMusic.com is a good supplement to iTunes. I used it sparingly awhile ago (before the iTunes store was available in Canada) but now that I have an iPod I'm going to check it out again -- thanks for making me remember.
iPodLounge offers some advice on legal sources for music other than iTunes. Many of the services listed there are platform-independent and provide music not generally available on the major services. In particular, I found the selection at purevolume.com very interesting, and 3hive.com provides a round-up of free downloads provided by bands as marketing for their albums/tours.
Posted by: Ken King | King Marketing | June 01, 2005 at 07:21 AM
I looked forever and finally had to settle for Napster on a PC laptop. Bleah.
In the meantime, I love the following streaming radio station -- listener supported, no ads:
In fact, I use them to find new music, which I then "bookmark" with Napster. Slick.
Posted by: Gordon | June 01, 2005 at 09:26 AM
Screw emusic - bastards, where's my freaking check assholes, buy my damn company for it's content, then your shitty ass stock falls off the fuckin' map, and I'm out a job and my options, dickheads - fuck you!
Sorry Fred
As for Gotham Gal loading the box, see my recent post....
Posted by: jackson | June 01, 2005 at 11:31 AM
Fred-
Another online radio site with good content to check out is:
KCRW.com
KCRW is one of the best radio stations in the country. Thanks for your site, I've been enjoying it.
-David
Posted by: David Niederman | June 02, 2005 at 12:50 PM