If you don't already know about this service I would be slightly surprised. Increasingy building its numbers of members, Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/) is the leader of what they call "The Social Music Revolution." It is service that is similar to internet radio, but you pick what you are listening to. Although I am more familiar with the mobile version, mobilescrobbler, I am assuming that the website works in a similar manner, but you can pick the exact song that you want to listen to. Last.fm's server keeps track of your listening habits and recommends and builds playlists around your taste in music. Since I am more familiar with the version I have on my iPod, shh... don't tell Apple, I will discuss that and leave the rest up to your own judgement. On Mobilescrobbler, you can search for an artist and it will play similar artists and occasionally weave that artist into the playlist. For example if I type "incubus" into the search bar, it begins to play a song by incubus. I now have a choice to "love" it or "ban" it which I guess will help direct the system in narrowing its playlist selection. I can also skip the song or just let it play through. There is a toolbar that is located at the bottom that allows me to read the band bio, lyrics and events that the current band playing will be attending. The "Song Info" or main screen has the cover art and song information, along with a similar artists list and what the song or artist has been "tagged" as. Tagging is simply another word for single word descriptions. As the next song comes on (Audioslave - Revelations) the screen changes and the new information arrives via wi-fi and the song begins to play. I am sure that there are some features that I have not covered like "Discovery Mode" where the program will never play a song that it you have already listened to, but you should want to play around with it. So check it out, my user name is newskinnebula if anyone wants to friend me. Not that anyone is reading this blog yet, but I could hope for some readers in the future.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Last.fm
If you don't already know about this service I would be slightly surprised. Increasingy building its numbers of members, Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/) is the leader of what they call "The Social Music Revolution." It is service that is similar to internet radio, but you pick what you are listening to. Although I am more familiar with the mobile version, mobilescrobbler, I am assuming that the website works in a similar manner, but you can pick the exact song that you want to listen to. Last.fm's server keeps track of your listening habits and recommends and builds playlists around your taste in music. Since I am more familiar with the version I have on my iPod, shh... don't tell Apple, I will discuss that and leave the rest up to your own judgement. On Mobilescrobbler, you can search for an artist and it will play similar artists and occasionally weave that artist into the playlist. For example if I type "incubus" into the search bar, it begins to play a song by incubus. I now have a choice to "love" it or "ban" it which I guess will help direct the system in narrowing its playlist selection. I can also skip the song or just let it play through. There is a toolbar that is located at the bottom that allows me to read the band bio, lyrics and events that the current band playing will be attending. The "Song Info" or main screen has the cover art and song information, along with a similar artists list and what the song or artist has been "tagged" as. Tagging is simply another word for single word descriptions. As the next song comes on (Audioslave - Revelations) the screen changes and the new information arrives via wi-fi and the song begins to play. I am sure that there are some features that I have not covered like "Discovery Mode" where the program will never play a song that it you have already listened to, but you should want to play around with it. So check it out, my user name is newskinnebula if anyone wants to friend me. Not that anyone is reading this blog yet, but I could hope for some readers in the future.
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