As I’ve mentioned previously, my iPod is becoming less and less reliable. Just yesterday, I was driving home and it decided to freeze on me. Often times to fix it requires connecting it to my computer at home, so when this happens at work, I’m music-less for the rest of the day. During those times, I’ve resorted to using services such as Pandora, last.fm, and iTunes internet radio.

There’s a lot of stations in iTunes by default, but none of them really play any of the metal I like to listen to. As a result, I find myself listening to the Electronica stations quite a bit. House, Trace, Progressive, whatever. It’s the type of music you don’t have to pay attention to. If you space out and miss part of a song or even a whole song, it’s no big deal. I also find it helps me focus more on my work tasks when I’m not singing or following along (like I would if I had my iPod).
I have to give credit to one of my ex’s for getting me into this kind of stuff. Once she left one of her CD’s in my dorm room and I checked it out just to see what it was. I believe it was Paul Oakenfold’s Tranceport. It’s pretty cool because the whole CD just melts from one song into the next. I guess she was good for something other than cheating on me.