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Music a la Carte – Rdio.com

23 Monday Jan 2012

Posted by Jo Bossart/ParrySounds.com in Sounds, Suggestions

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It’s not often you come across a service good enough that you want recommend it to others. I have found one – Rdio.com.

This is an online music service, available in Canada, that provides access to almost all music over the past 50 years. There are some exceptions, you won’t find the Beatles or Led Zeppelin, but they have the full catalogue of the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and almost all of the artists from the last 50 years. They have lots and lots of jazz, rap, punk and rock. Name the genre and they have it. You are able to play the full album, it’s not a song here and a song there. Unlike Pandora, USA only, you select everything you want to listen to.

The cost is about $6 per month for unlimited streaming. For $11 per month you can also get it on your mobile phone. The quality is good, about 192 kbps. Most of what you listen to on any type of mobile device is probably around 128 kbps, and the better quality downloads from iTunes are 256 kbps. In real terms it sounds great.

At 192 kbps or so an average album takes 60 MB of data. For the average Cogeco cable customer with 80 GB per month you could listen to about 1,000 albums per month and still not be over your limit.

I highly recommend you give it a try if you like music. I’m using Rdio.com to go back and catch up on the music I missed while building a career and raising a family. There was not much extra time or money to buy the albums that were popular at the time. And of course just a decade ago a CD cost $15 or so, and there was almost nowhere you could listen to a full album before you bought it.

In case you are wondering I am not receiving any type of commission or reward for promoting Rdio.com. It’s good and it a great value. Enjoy it while you can, I suspect that there will be limits placed on what you can hear and how much it costs in the years to come. But at this price it’s never too early to discover some great music.

From time-to-time I’ll point out some of my recent discoveries, or rediscoveries. Right now I’m enjoying the Moby and Kraftwerk catalogue. There are many hours of listening pleasure ahead of me. and not so long ago I listened to the CTI collection of jazz from the 60’s and 70’s featuring artists like Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine and Ron Carter.

The 3rd Alternative – Covey Wisdom

11 Friday Nov 2011

Posted by Jo Bossart/ParrySounds.com in Green Shoots, Parry Sound

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I’ve finished reading a new Parry Sound Library book – The 3rd Alternative, by Stephen R. Covey. He’s the author of ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’, a book that over the last couple of decades has had a major impact on the way people think and act, from world leaders to people like you and me.

His new book outlines how it is possible to do better in everyday situations and conflicts. Rather than having winners and losers in any argument or conflict he is suggesting both both not only can win, but they can do even better than they imagined. It just takes looking at the challenge with a different frame of mind. This 3rd Alternative thinking is a logical progression to one of the 7 Habits – “Think Win-Win”. Dr. Covey provides the reasoning and benefits of 3rd Alternative thinking in many real life situations.

The book is an entertaining read and full of great ideas. It’s a definite winner and worth checking out from the Parry Sound Library.

Do you have a great book you would like to share with others? You may want to adopt a book at Parry Sound Library. For just of the cost of the book you can share it with members of the community. Drop by the library for information on the program and ideas on books you may wish to adopt, or suggest your own title.

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