Free Dance Music Internet Radio Stations: Streaming Radio Options Offering the Best Dance Mixes

With the advent of satellite radio and the increasing pressure on terrestrial radio to abide by what many believe to be outright censorship, music lovers unwilling to fork over monthly subscription fees to XM or Sirius are eager to find alternatives to fulfill their listening needs. A popular outlet is internet radio. 

Though some internet radio sites require paid memberships on par with satellite radio, there are free options to choose from. Better still those free sites feature a variety of musical genres including pop, jazz, rock and for the purposes of this piece dance. Dance music is in many ways best suited to this modern way of listening being both dance and internet radio are both based somewhat in counter culture as well as growing in industry acceptance. Of the many dance internet radio sites, www.digitallyimported.com, now www.di.fm and www.live365.com lead the pack musically and visually.

DI and Live365 provide similar dance mixes with techno, trance and hip hop beats. Streaming music through the internet requires a media player. The choice of player is one way each site is distinguishable from the other.

Live 365 has a built in player. Once the mix is selected, the Live 365 player pops up in a separate window. The sound quality is very good. It is worth noting that the pop up window does not spawn other pop ups so internet security is not threatened.

DI does not have a custom made player but it offers listeners three players to stream with; Windows Media Player, Winamp and aacPlus. The choice mainly has to do with computer speed. Upon testing each player out Winamp was the fastest and aacPlus was the slowest, which is consistent with the speeds listed. 

Perhaps mentioning this is unnecessary being that a certain degree of internet savvy is needed to stream music online but dial up service is not conducive to this manner of radio listening. Broadband or DSL is a must. That said, once you stream through either site, you will find the sound quality and uninterrupted play very much to your liking.