Slacker

Last week, my hubby introduced me to a music site where you can put in your favorite artist or genre, and it will play music that falls into that category. It’s called Slacker. I’ve fallen even more madly in love with it, so I though I’d share a little more about it.

I love the name, and I’m surprised someone else didn’t snatch it up. Then again, if they truly are slackers, that explains everything.

People tend to be very territorial with their music sites. I’m not. I’m new to this whole scene. My hubby was really into Pandora and Rhapsody, and whatever the kids are into these days. Now, he’s playing around with Slacker.

He tried to get me hooked on Pandora, but, personally, I didn’t like it. It always played such weird things in my line-ups, and I didn’t have the time to constantly rate or tweak the song lists. It was more trouble than it was worth (and it was free! What does that tell you?). I was busy! Who has that kind of time and dedication! I do have good friends that have painstakingly created song lists in that and other programs. That’s awesome, but it’s not for me.

Plus, I’m the kind of person who could be deliriously happy listening to my favorite (at the time, because it always changes) song on repeat. For real. Make me work for it, and I’m not happy. Gee, maybe that’s why they named it Slacker?

I haven’t had to do any tweaking. The song lists are awesome. How ironic that when I actually have more time, I find a site that doesn’t need its hand held.

So, why is this so cool? Well, Claire loves to sing and dance, and she’s started memorizing lyrics. This is good and bad.

Most of the clubby/dance/popular radio music she likes has some interesting lyrics. So, when I stumbled upon the Toddler Radio on Slacker, I was pleasantly surprised. Granted, I wavered between wanting to thump my head on the wall and actually enjoying the songs from my childhood. Today, we are exploring the Kid Radio, and it’s a lot of fun, too.

The Jonas Brothers? Miley Cyrus? Of course I’ve heard of them (now), why do you ask? I was beginning to feel so out if the loop. (Where’s my cane? Get off my lawn!)

What I think is cool is all the mainstream artists (that I’ve actually heard of before now) who are now doing some kid-friendly songs, too…

And Slacker would be awesome to play at the office, since it’s continuous and not elevatory at all, unless you tell it to be.

So, if you’re in the market for a free online music source that takes no effort on your part, like changing the CD or setting up an mp3 list, check out Slacker. I’ve noticed that there is an option to set up your own playlist, but I’m too much of a slacker myself to even know how that works.