While I will surely check this out (since I've already got Prime), it seems like yet another service similar to Songza and the rest. While I do like the radio-style format in many cases (as opposed to the on-demand format of services like Spotify) I still tend to prefer human-programmed streaming "stations" over algorithmic ones. Picking a style and having it play a variety of music is great but as a long-time fan of several Shoutcast stations, there is simply nothing like a playlist being designed by someone with a love and knowledge of music.
One of my great joys in life is to listen to a station with great choices and great variety and realize some thematic connection between the last few songs the DJ picked. It's like a return to the days of DJs instead of program directors and marketing departments picking the tunes on the radio...except now there are tens of thousands of stations so you can find ones that appeal to your tastes.
Prime Stations will certainly end up in my app list but my bookmarked Shoutcast streams will still be my go-to source for streaming "radio" for a while I think.
One of my great joys in life is to listen to a station with great choices and great variety and realize some thematic connection between the last few songs the DJ picked. It's like a return to the days of DJs instead of program directors and marketing departments picking the tunes on the radio...except now there are tens of thousands of stations so you can find ones that appeal to your tastes.
Prime Stations will certainly end up in my app list but my bookmarked Shoutcast streams will still be my go-to source for streaming "radio" for a while I think.