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With a good internet connection, which is like disposable resource in the west (I don't know of anyone who had limited bandwidth plans) people catch up with music for free, without downloads and stuff.

Get an Android phone, install apps for internet radio.. like Pandora, TuneIn radio, spotify etc.,
On some services like Pandora (my fav) you can create an account and filter genre's of music and save. you can click on a genre, and you hear streaming-audio, non-stop random music (of your genre) that keeps playing forever. Assuming, you go on a long drive, have charged your phone, and have an unlimited internet data plan, you are all set. Don't buy that iPhone and pay for music on iTunes.. unless you want to limit yourself to a particular sub-set of music.

In my opinion: If you get to limited music through purchases, you should actually not be bothered about marketing phrases like "1 billion songs to choose from".. because you are not going to be able to buy all of that.

Yes, internet free radio won't play new music very often since they pay a broadcasting fee to the creator. but they do play new music sometimes.

And ah! there will be ads in between music playlists.. and also onscreen popup ads, to make up for the money the radio loses when you hear it for free. But I think its very tolerable ad-time compared to FM radio.

And here's a good graphic on comparison between Spotify and Pandora. The comparison though seems to be outdated on the cost part.. because my Spotify is free only for 3 days... unlike what the graphic mentions.
http://www.themusicvoid.com/2013/02/spotify-vs-pandora-which-is-better/

I am currently having an interesting experience.. trying to understand, work with, adjust to Pune, its people, climate, food and culture.

Its been a month since I relocated to Pune in Central india.. to try working from outside Chennai, my Home, atleast once. I wouldn't say work / accomodation and food have been good so far.. but haven't been bad.

Though its been a month since I relocated to Pune, I haven't had much of a chance to explore Pune. I compare the place I stay as something like Adyar in Chennai, and the place I work as something like deep Old mahabalipuram road in chennai.

If you know chennai.. you would understand that neither adyar or the deep old mahabalipuram road areas give any idea of Chennai at all. Most of Chennai is in TNagar / Mount Road. The same with my experience with Pune. I have had a couple of chances to visit Laxmi Road in Pune which I compare to TNagar.. but otherwise I haven't had any idea of Pune really so far.. and I hope that Pune is not just what I have seen so far.. because what I have seen so far hasn't been interesting.

Pune, as I understand so far, has a very dominant Maharashtrian population, and is only a developing city, though its aggressively growing. Cost of living is high here.. but I guess I haven't seen Pune's options to cost of living so far.

More on my experiences with Pune .. as I explore.