As anyone involved in delivery work will know, the biggest issues to deal with when you are spending hours out on the road day after day are boredom and loneliness. Music is definitely one of the best remedies for either one of these problems, and can actually make a big difference to your working day. Listening to tunes can keep you focussed and make the miles pass much more enjoyably.
We’re in a great age when it comes to accessing music, and with so many apps on the market, there’s no need to spend time downloading onto iPods or messing around with CDs. Just get an app on your phone and a whole new world of music opens up at your fingertips!
Three of the Best Music Apps on the Market
Songza
Available to download onto Android, Windows and iOS, this app is a friend to anyone who does delivery work. No matter what mood you’re in or what you fancy listening to, there’s bound to be a playlist on this app to suit you. The range of songs is huge and the lists can be picked based on a particular artist, a favourite genre, your mood or even a time of day. This one comes highly recommended.
Google Play
Google Play is really handy. It makes song suggestions for you based on what you have listened to recently and what it believes your musical tastes to be. This is great when you’re not really sure what you want to listen to. One of the best features is that songs crop up on this one that you may never have heard of, but, as they have been chosen based on your listening history, chances are you will like them.
This app also syncs your existing collection so you can listen to your old favourites as well, and it allows access to custom radio stations too. It is available on iOS and Android.
TuneIn Radio
Do you know how many radio stations there are across the world? Over 100,000! And you can access every one of them through this music app for truckers. The free app becomes your new radio and it’s guaranteed to be a much better one than the conventional radio in your truck. You can fine-tune it so that it highlights radio stations that you will like best. Whether it is sports, talk shows, music or news, you have it all at the touch of a button with this app. How good is that?
Available on iOS, Android and Windows
With so many music apps available, anyone who does delivery work for a living has a huge amount of choice just waiting to be explored. The wonderful news is that those long, drawn-out days on the road can now be a thing of the past and you’ll look forward to jumping in your lorry and getting out and about. Choose which app suits you, or even download a couple, and you will be dancing your way through your delivery work. Just remember to keep your eyes on the road though…
Norman Dulwich is a Correspondent for Haulage Exchange, the leading online trade network for the road transport industry. Connecting logistics professionals across the UK and Europe through their website, Haulage Exchange provides services for matching delivery work with available drivers, and is now the fastest growing Freight Exchange in the UK.
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