Wednesday, January 27, 2010

MOG Review

I recommend this application for music lovers that are looking for a service that combines their desire to specify songs and get a great internet radio.

Quick Summary
MOG is another internet music listening service, however they have combined some features that have been lacking in others. MOG allows you to search for specific songs, artists, or albums and play them instantly. So imagine this is the service you log onto youtube to do when you are hanging out with friends trying to find a specific song. You can then play the song using their internet player. You can play only that artist, or mix up the station by adjusting a slider to play similar music (this is adjustable which is nice, so you can play more or less of a mix).
MOG is a subscription only service that allows unlimited listening, but you can give their service a test for an hour. As far as music goes I would say the service is very similar to Pandora, but offers many more options for picking and fine-tuning (pardon the pun) the music you want to hear. The price for a subscription is 5$mth or 25$ for 6mths. Pandora charges .99$ for a month of ad-supported unlimited listening or 36$ for a year of high-quality, ad-free radio. Last.fm is a similar service (although free), but their radio service pales in comparison to either of these services and their main focus is on community building and artist discovery.
MOG is much closer to having your itunes collection online, but with the added ability that you can access any song anywhere. Their service is definitely better than Pandora or Last.fm, but lacks the mobile application I desire (for my android phone) and a free option that would entice me to leave Pandora and Last.fm.

Things I Like

  • Extremely customizable. I can find music exactly as I want it. Play only one artist, mix it up, and essentially do anything I can with iTunes except that I have an unlimited library.
  • Great player with awesome user interface for building playlists, sharing music, seeing lyrics, and finding new music. 
  • Awesome site for finding music according to a variety of options and filters. Their site kills Pandora and Last.fm (except last.fm has a better community building feature set).
Things I Don't Like
  • Comparably more expensive than Pandora or Last.fm (which although is has ads, is free up to 40 hours, and since I'm a student, any money saved is a good thing)
  • No mobile application, which is something both Pandora and Last.fm offer.

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