I love music. If you ask those that know me best, they’ll tell you that my musical taste centers around a chewy nougat of classic rock, with a dark chocolate coating of modern rock. While I can still get my classic rock fix from Chattanooga’s KZ 106.5, there’s not much else on the airwaves to soothe my palate since 96.5 The Mountain went Top 40. Thankfully, I spend more of my time behind a computer than behind the wheel, and have discovered the following sites to satiate my musical hunger. (Like all the food refrences? You have no idea how hard it was to refrain from saying: ‘…centers around a chewy Nugent of classic rock’. Get it? Nugent, classic rock? See how much self control that took?)

  1. Songerize - Great for that one song fix. Just type in the name of the song and artist you want to hear, and songerize plays it for you, no strings attached. Downside? You can only play one song at a time.
  2. Pandora - By far one of the best things to happen to the interwebs since the blogs. You give it the name of an artist or song and it plays that artist/song followed by artists and songs that have a similar musical style. It’s great for discovering new bands. Downside? I’m not always in the mood for discovery.
  3. Skreemr - This is the most…how we should say, ethically sketchy of the list. I’m not advocating musical piracy, but Skreemr has access to a plethora of mp3s for download. Downside? RIAA. That’s all I’m going to say about it.