| Not likely to happen, but..... The RIAA needs a major overhaul.
1. Stop putting out songs that suck and fire the artists that suck. Bye Justin and Britney.
2. They need to start planning out the future system with a service such as XM. Instead of just listening to some DJ speak lame one-liners and playing a song off of the list you don't want to hear, they need to create a system that is similar to InDemand.
Instead of the station deciding what you want to hear, why not let the consumer decide what they want to hear? If you just want to listen to music, leave an option just to have the station pick for you.
While this is not possible now, it is always good to think ahead. They've not done this and are paying the price right now for not doing so. |
| While I agree with both points, point #2 isn't really up to the RIAA. The bad DJs are a product of nearly all radio stations being owned by two companies (mainly Clear Channel Corporation). We need more locally run radio stations who play a better variety of music. (And by variety, I don't mean that same 50 top 10 songs from 1970 - 2004.)
As far as an "OnDemand" type of setup, I don't think a pure-onDemand setup would work. I could see a playlist based one working, but the details would be tricky (hardware support, playlist management, infrastructure for streaming the music, etc).
For me, my current solution is an MP3-CD player and an MP3 CD filled with about 10 hours of music. (The MP3s are ripped from my CD collection.) I can play them randomly and even make a 'custom-mix' beforehand depending on the trip. (CDs are so cheap, that I could dispose of them after each trip if I wanted to.) You could adapt this solution to use an iPod if you'd like. I just don't have the funds to buy one yet. 
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