subject: Satellite Internet Helps You Name That Tune [print this page] Have you ever been out at a bar or in a grocery store or listening to the radio in your office and heard a song that was achingly familiar, but that you could just not name for the life of you? You probably wracked your brain for a half an hour, thinking about every similar song you have ever heard before, without being able to quite put your finger on it. You are certain that it was from the early 90s, and you remember that it was popular right around the time that Shiny Happy People by REM was dominating the airwaves from coast to coast. But the name is not just going to come, and you will probably spend the rest of the day in frustration, unable to focus on little else. (Maybe not everyone is so easily distracted, but there are certainly some people out there who can relate!).
Luckily with satellite Internet, the wait to name that tune is over! You can now discover the identity of that mystery song almost instantaneously after you heard it. This is because of the amazing power of satellite Internet to put you in contact with pretty much all of the information that exists out there about music and entertainment. All you need is the ability to handle a mouse!
If you can remember even a few random lyrics, you can enter them into a search engine and see what comes up. The more specific you are with your lyrics, the more likely you will get the right results the first time around. For example, if the song you are trying to figure out is I Want You Back by the Jackson 5, you will probably have a better chance searching for the lyrics when I had you to myself, I didnt want you around than simply I want you back, because the latter will produce a number of songs with that title, such as the songs by KT Turnstall and Nsync. This is why it is usually better to catch some lyrics from the verses as opposed to the chorus if possible.
Once you have figured out what song you were looking for, you can use your satellite Internet connection to dig even deeper into the tune. You can look up lyrics, and memorize them all so that the next time it plays you will be the opposite of frustrated! If you go to a video sharing website such as Vimeo or YouTube, you can watch produced music videos for the song if it was a bigger hit. Or you can watch live versions from official acoustic sessions to bootleg concert videos that people shoot in stadiums around the world. If you are a musician, you can often use your satellite broadband connection to find and download sheet music, which will help you learn parts for different instruments including guitar and voice. Within minutes, you will be able to go from wondering who the heck sang that song to learning how to play it on guitar!
