April 19, 2005
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Rhapsody subscribers received an email from parent company Real.com to let us know: “on April 26, we are taking Rhapsody and digital music to the next level.“
I’ve been using Rhapsody for over 2 years now and there hasn’t been a
major client change; frankly it’s pretty dated, so this is very
exciting news. At the same time, I’m a bit apprehensive since in
the past, changes made by Real.com aren’t always for the better.I can’t find any info on just what changes are coming to Rhapsody, but here are just a few things I’d love to see:
- More community.
Rhapsody has a “send playlist” feature, but little else when it comes
to community. I feel like I exist in a bubble when using
Rhapsody. Music is a passion; let me share that passion with
others. - More lists. Help me find new music.
Take a lesson from Amazon on how to circulate and connect users within
your product. Like Amazon, Rhapsody has full access to the user’s
listening data, and I’d love to see them leverage it to my benefit. - Better organization.
Right now I can create a playlist in Rhapsody, but that’s about
it. How about storing more stats the way iTunes does, so I can
see when I added an item to my playlist, or how many times I’ve
listened to a track. Better organization would let me carve my
own musical world within Rhapsody. - Rhapsody to-go?
Napster’s Super Bowl ad sucked, but the power of their Napster to-go
service is undeniable. I’d like to see the same from
Rhapsody. Unfortunately, I doubt they could make it work on
iPod. But guess what? If Rhapsody did this, I’d buy a Creative Zen. - Downloadable tracks.
This is a no brainer. Real must realize that although users
stream music from Rhapsody, they turn to other sources like iTunes to
purchase them.
A few things I do NOT want to see:
- More restrictions on what you can stream and burn.
- Yet another “universal music player”.
It seems like every new music application on the market wants to
organize, catalog, rip and burn my music to their ways. Rhapsody
has a self-contained world of music, and they should stick to
organizing that.
Oh and one interesting thing. In
addition to these changes on the 26th, Real is throwing a *free*
concert with Good Charlotte. 500 Rhapsody subscribers will get a
pair of tickets to the event. It’s in NYC on the 23rd;
unfortunately, I couldn’t care less about Good Charlotte. - More community.
Comments (26)
is rhapsody any good? i heard of it but i’m still pretty suspicious.
propz
hey is creative zen good?
creative sucks mpio is better
get an Ipod……..
Yeah, is Rhapsody any good, or have you just been using it for two years because you’re masochistic. *smirk*
Oops. Sorry.
Couldn’t care less about Good Charlotte, either (and way to use the right phrasing on that!). I can’t think of a single one of their songs. But, when I hear one, I know it does nothing for me.
Creative Zen is the way to go… I would not buy an iPod.
I got a similar email from Real Networks about asking it’s users to visit their site on Apr 26. I’ve posted it for all the world to see! http://www.csstudent.com/xangapics/realindex1.html.
Personally, I don’t use RealPlayer that much on my home machine because it takes too long for it to load (a P3 450Mhz with 128Mb mem and 40GB HD under WinME).
oh monsur, I can only hope that Rhapsody finds your wish list. I would absolutely buy a zen micro if they offer “Rhapsody to go”.
My experience with Napster has been subpar to say the least. They lack inventory AND the user interface is confusing. A search on albums will return a whole list of songs instead of albums. It’s very hard to navigate around the product.
Hey, what if itunes offer a streaming service like Rhapsody? That would kind of rock too!
lol I don’t care to much for Good Charlotte either, my bands of choice are Foo Fighters, Weezer, and… 90′s bands. maybe iTunes is good I think (99c a song), I don’t really download music online so I don’t know much about programs for downloading music. Later!
In my mind the best possible outcome is that Apple offers a ‘to-go’ subscription service. I really like Napster (sure it has its issues) but I don’t think anyone has come up with an MP3 player better than the iPod.
Wow, I’ve never used Rhapsody before. Thanks for the info…
So how do I go about getting a refund on my lifetime premium? See, when I paid it, Xanga worked and now it doesn’t. Feel free to prorate it, but I’d like half back.
gEOIN thE Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!
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