Zune Social: 1. What type of Zune do you currently own?
I bought a brown Zune30 at the end of November, '06, which I then replaced with a black Zune80 the day it came out in 2007. The hold switch on my 80 broke a couple weeks ago and Microsoft was kind enough to replace it with a red one, which I absolutely love.
2. What have you learned from your friends at Zune Social?
People with good taste (or similar taste to mine, I should say) will lead me to new music that I love. At the same time, people don't often listen to just one genre of music, and you can often get a better sense of the person's taste over time than just looking at their top artists or plays. I found out through Social that one of my good friends, a Taiwanese exchange student from down the hall, loves listening to the Pussycat Dolls. Who knew?
3. What made you decide to get a Zune over any other MP3 player?
I was never a huge fan of the iPod series (or most Apple products), so my first MP3 player was a Creative Zen Vision: M. When it got stolen from my locker in July '06, I started looking to the Zune because I liked the bigger screen and, of course, the brown color.
4. What type of music do you listen to (name as many as necessary -- genres/groups)?
I'm mostly a hip-hop/reggae listener, but I'll pretty much listen to anything fun. I especially love 80s dance tracks, 90s pop and R&B, and I've got a soft spot for stadium rock and Motown. More randomly, I love mashups and one-hit wonders because there's always so much energy in new groups who never chart again. Some of my favorite acts are De La Soul, AZ, Joell Ortiz, Devin the Dude, Big Pun, the Pharcyde, Mighty Mystic, Luciano, Collie Buddz, Ed O.G., Bun B, and Nas. On the other end of the spectrum, I like the Rolling Stones, Ratatat, The Pogues, Regina Spektor, the Shins, India Arie, Erykah Badu, Anthony Hamilton, John Vanderslice, Jake Armerding, Rilo Kiley, and Adele. Favorite mashup producers include DJ Mav, A plus D, Party Ben, and DJ Le Clown.
5. What's your favorite thing about Zune (favorite feature)?
I love that they stay abreast of the latest musical trends. By promoting shows from N.E.R.D. and Bun B and the BBQ series a couple years back, they seem to be in it for the fun of it. A lot of the songs from the Zune commercials and Zune Arts have become fast favorites of mine. Favorite device feature has got to be the Zune Pad and the sheer joy of scrubbing through a list of thousands of songs—it's just really well implemented.
6. Where do you use your Zune? Working out? At the office?
Mostly while walking to and from class and while working out. It's also great for long subway and bus rides where I'm not always apt to socialze. Whenever I'm working at my computer, the Zune software is open and blasting out of my kickass speaker set.
7. What are some of your hobbies? What's your life like away from Zune Social?
I'm a student in Computer Science currently working as sound designer for my school's theatre department (and getting paid!). I also write for Zune Thoughts and I'm ultimately hoping to get an internship or job with the Zune team. Hey, I can dream, can't I?
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