Any good internet radio station for Coffeehouses?
September 20, 2010 3:38 PM Subscribe
Any good internet radio station for Coffeehouses?
A friend of mine has a coffeehouse and he is getting bored of playing the same songs and albums all the time. I was thinking plugging his sound to a good radio stream might solve the problem... thing is, I don't know any.
I'm looking for eclectic but soft music - vocal jazz, folk, funk, a little bit of soul, rare groove - trying to keep it with a subtle edge so middle aged costumers don't get offended and young costumers don't get bored to death. Something that's not too abrasive for the average listener and hopefully get him interested in asking who's playing.
A friend of mine has a coffeehouse and he is getting bored of playing the same songs and albums all the time. I was thinking plugging his sound to a good radio stream might solve the problem... thing is, I don't know any.
I'm looking for eclectic but soft music - vocal jazz, folk, funk, a little bit of soul, rare groove - trying to keep it with a subtle edge so middle aged costumers don't get offended and young costumers don't get bored to death. Something that's not too abrasive for the average listener and hopefully get him interested in asking who's playing.
Yeah try Soma - I really like the Secret Agent station.
posted by mannequito at 3:58 PM on September 20, 2010
posted by mannequito at 3:58 PM on September 20, 2010
Lots of places just pipe out Pandora now.
Personally, might I point out that KCRW both streams and archives for streaming a lot of its stuff. Of special not, for me, is Morning Becomes Eclectic which is archived all the way back to 1990 I believe.
posted by cmoj at 4:04 PM on September 20, 2010
Personally, might I point out that KCRW both streams and archives for streaming a lot of its stuff. Of special not, for me, is Morning Becomes Eclectic which is archived all the way back to 1990 I believe.
posted by cmoj at 4:04 PM on September 20, 2010
What timing! There's a FPP on streaming college radio stations. Downside: changing the station when the format changes, and you might not get an easy read of what is playing right then.
posted by filthy light thief at 4:13 PM on September 20, 2010
posted by filthy light thief at 4:13 PM on September 20, 2010
KEXP is a fairly well renown independent music station out of Seattle that has an online stream. They play an awesome mix of stuff all, with a variety of regular weekly shows (themed hours).
posted by jpeacock at 4:30 PM on September 20, 2010
posted by jpeacock at 4:30 PM on September 20, 2010
The Current is an MPR station with an extremely eclectic mix of music. Things I've heard recently:
Deathcab
Stars
Hendrix
Basement Jaxx
Mumford and Sons
Trampled by Turtles
Muse
Weezer
Rilo Kiley
Tribe Called Quest
Atmosphere
And so on. They'll touch on pretty much any era and range from top40 to exceedingly obscure.
posted by kavasa at 5:38 PM on September 20, 2010
Deathcab
Stars
Hendrix
Basement Jaxx
Mumford and Sons
Trampled by Turtles
Muse
Weezer
Rilo Kiley
Tribe Called Quest
Atmosphere
And so on. They'll touch on pretty much any era and range from top40 to exceedingly obscure.
posted by kavasa at 5:38 PM on September 20, 2010
I agree that there are some SomaFM channels that would suit your friend's purposes. Note that Indie Pop Rocks is relatively eclectic and will occasionally get too edgy for a coffee shop setting. My introduction to Liz Phair was listening to "Flower" on my headphones in an open-plan office while I worked on some code. That was a trip. Other channels are more consistently mellow.
Nothing against Indie Pop Rocks though. It was the biggest single factor in developing my taste for music, and Exile in Guyville is a brilliant album.
posted by serathen at 8:16 PM on September 20, 2010
Nothing against Indie Pop Rocks though. It was the biggest single factor in developing my taste for music, and Exile in Guyville is a brilliant album.
posted by serathen at 8:16 PM on September 20, 2010
I like the French radio Flux 4 -- sometimes a little repetitive ie high rotation, but sometimes poppy, sometimes funky.
posted by bwonder2 at 11:34 PM on September 20, 2010
posted by bwonder2 at 11:34 PM on September 20, 2010
I lurve Radio Paradise out of California. Check out recent songs played: http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=Playlist It might, at times, skew a little more rock than you need, but overall it's a thoughtful blend of good music, some popular, some deep cuts, new artists, etc.
Commercial-free, but has a DJ so if a customer likes a song they could stick around to hear what it is.
posted by 100watts at 6:54 AM on September 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
Commercial-free, but has a DJ so if a customer likes a song they could stick around to hear what it is.
posted by 100watts at 6:54 AM on September 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
The gym I go to plays Pandora. At home I use .977 music. They have commercials, but a lot of choices in streams. Plus, if you are handy, you can extract the mp3 URL so you can use any player you want.
posted by Climber at 9:23 AM on September 21, 2010
posted by Climber at 9:23 AM on September 21, 2010
DI.FM - aka Digitally Imported - has a broad range of lower quality free streams, but you can pay $5 per month or less and get higher quality streams (96kbps vs 256 kbps MP3; also in aacPlus and Windows Media formats).
Or you could play a lot of mixsets. No handy tracklistings on the spot, but you can get some great stuff for free, like Blu Mar Ten mixes (listening to From the Vaults Vol 2 right now, and I could see this being played in a coffee house).
posted by filthy light thief at 4:49 PM on September 21, 2010
Or you could play a lot of mixsets. No handy tracklistings on the spot, but you can get some great stuff for free, like Blu Mar Ten mixes (listening to From the Vaults Vol 2 right now, and I could see this being played in a coffee house).
posted by filthy light thief at 4:49 PM on September 21, 2010
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