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Firth
12-14-2013, 02:20 PM
I made a channel using the seed "Big Big Train". In addition to hearing tunes from English Electric pt 1 which I had not heard, there were many tunes from a surprising range of bands. An occasional Nissan commercial interrupts, but not bad. Sound quality is really good.
Jerjo
12-14-2013, 03:37 PM
I'll have to try that. I did Rush radio and it was pretty disappointing. They seemed to think Rush fans like hair metal.
Firth
12-14-2013, 04:41 PM
I'll have to try that. I did Rush radio and it was pretty disappointing. They seemed to think Rush fans like hair metal.

Did you try a preprogrammed channel or did you try to create one?
Firth
12-14-2013, 04:44 PM
Oh I can actually provide a link to my station:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/station/big-big-train-radio/idst.119706038
Jerjo
12-14-2013, 05:33 PM
Did you try a preprogrammed channel or did you try to create one?

The preprogrammed one. I didn't realize there was an option. The only times I've tried it is with my phone docked on the little player in the kitchen.
Paulrus
12-14-2013, 06:00 PM
I'll have to try that. I did Rush radio and it was pretty disappointing. They seemed to think Rush fans like hair metal.

I had the same thing happen when I tried that with Pandora.
Firth
12-14-2013, 08:19 PM
The preprogrammed one. I didn't realize there was an option. The only times I've tried it is with my phone docked on the little player in the kitchen.

On the favorite channel, click new, type a bands name, and it will create channel and play the first song.
Scott Bails
12-14-2013, 08:41 PM
I had the same thing happen when I tried that with Pandora.

Pandora allows you to "steer" your station, down-voting things you don't like, adding artists, etc. If you play with it some, it works pretty well, IMO.
JKL2000
12-14-2013, 08:48 PM
Oh I can actually provide a link to my station:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/station/big-big-train-radio/idst.119706038

I'm listening to it now. Phideaux - Formaldehyde
NogbadTheBad
12-14-2013, 09:49 PM
So I put in Univers Zero & it came up with -

Univers Zero, Curved Air, Dyzan & Thin Lizzy, hahahaha
Firth
12-15-2013, 07:20 AM
So I put in Univers Zero & it came up with -

Univers Zero, Curved Air, Dyzan & Thin Lizzy, hahahaha

I don't like every song or band on my BBT station, I just skip.
NogbadTheBad
12-15-2013, 09:28 AM
Oh I like them all just struggling to see any logic in the connections
Firth
12-22-2013, 12:58 PM
Ok I wondered when the good songs would stop. The problem is continuous repeats. Oh well appetizers only. I would buy ITunes if it was lossless.