{"id":1226,"date":"2012-11-20T15:20:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T20:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2012-11-27T21:16:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T02:16:26","slug":"rara-com-streaming-music-service-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2012\/11\/rara-com-streaming-music-service-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Rara.com Streaming Music Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can listen to Halo 4’s soundtrack on Rara.com<\/a> so this is counts as video game news. This service was something I never knew I wanted. Recently, Microsoft launched their Xbox Music service and I decided to give that a go. Playing tons of albums I wanted on my Xbox seemed great, so I gave it a try on a desktop computer figuring that with all the mobile options surely there would be a PC option. Oh there is, for Windows 8 only. So that’s how I ended up searching and found Rara.com was available in Canada.<\/p>\n

Disheartened after being shown the sweet thrill of being able to stream so many albums, I was delighted to see there were other options online! Time after time though I was told that the various services weren’t available in Canada. About ready to give up I finally came across Rara.com<\/p>\n

There isn’t a free trial, but by the time I found this service I knew it was what I was looking for. I have some obscure tastes sometimes in music too, and most of the albums I looked up were available! As you can see, even Green Day’s new trilogy of albums is on the service! Well the first two anyway, the third comes out next month.<\/p>\n

So what’s the big deal? I’m happy with the idea of a service that legally grants me access to the bands I love. Streaming keeps everything fresh. I was already using other music purchasing services to stream chunks of songs through their previews. This is just the next step in\u00a0streaming whole albums.<\/p>\n

Why Rara.com? They’re the first I’ve seen in Canada that provides me with the ability to make playlists of what I want to listen to. Even collecting together albums is easy. Click a little info box on the album cover and the whole track listing comes up. From there you click your ‘add to’ button, select to make a new playlist and there you go! The album is added to your playlists. You can even add info like changing the name of the playlist or adding a description. All this from within your browser.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong, Rara.com isn’t just a browser based service. They have mobile options too. It’s just that the browser streaming is all I need. Now for the important part, so how much is it anyway? To start with, it’s just $0.99 for the first three months currently. Sure, it’s not a free trial, but I’m happy with the service. It would be good to have a way to browse their library before comitting but at the worst you’re out a dollar. Every month afterwards is $4.99\u00a0and yes, those are Canadian funds. Adding mobile access adds $1.99 to your monthly fee however. Also, all of this is ad free.<\/p>\n

That’s still cheaper that most services I’ve seen offering similar content. So five dollars for all the music I want to stream including tons of brand new albums? Yes please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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