extremetech.com— "Can a free online music service find new tunes you'll like? We tested out eight of these services: MusicStrands Liveplasma UpTo11.net Audiri Pandora Mercora Yahoo LAUNCHcast Radio Last.fm"
May 25, 2006View in Crawl 4
Another interesting beta is Audiobaba (audiobaba.com). It claims to "layer" together the "human factor" approaches like those used with LastFM and Pandora, along with acoustic analysis of MusicIP, then also learns how your own mind works over time. Kinda sci fi.Anyway, it's a plug in for iTunes and WMP that does three thing (gives "three wishes" according to their genie-speak). It can create playlists from your own collection; run intelligent auto DJ (Genie Auto GJ - cute) from your own collection (works like Pandora with a thumbs up/thumbs down); and it can find new music recommendations online based on your currently playing song. The recommendations are somewhat wacky at the moment, I think because they are only working with one small content provider at the moment. The app can also take a while to load up initially, depending on the number of songs you have. My friend had a few bugs with it but they seemed quite willing to help him out. It's worked fine for me. The interface does a good job of keeping the functionality pretty clear, but i would like a way to minimize it all to the tray.
You should also try www.shizzlin.com - The site is unique in that it shows music videos and not just the streams. It's much more fun exploring for new music when you also have the videos. It also has all the relevant features - it can import from your player, your last.fm library etc.
Shameless self promotion I know but I've just launched a beta music recommendation site which uses a combination of 'similar artist' analysis and a peoples choice to recreate recommendations.<a class="user" href="http://returnr.com">http://returnr.com</a>...books and movies to come
HiPandora and Slacker are not available at my country...But i have found <a class="user" href="http://www.tv243.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tv243.com</a> a great alternative for it."Music discovery website to listen to music and watch videos in shuffle mode. Search music videos, find similar artists, bands and internet radio channels."
I find almost all of these sites very helpful, especially Last.fm, great site. I even decided to set up my own site where each day i recommend music only released on that very day so people can be the very first of their friends to see the new, upcoming music, worth a look http://www.musicbythedaily.webs.com
oficermantimberMay 25, 2006
This is great, cause I hate wasting time DLing songs I end up not listening to and this way I save HD space
lamentMay 26, 2006
Pandora LOL
lkratzMay 26, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.jamendo.com/en/">http://www.jamendo.com/en/</a> : jamendo is over 1100 albums, free and legal !Please digg this story !<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/music/Download_One_Thousand_Free_Music_Albums_Now_">http://digg.com/music/Download_One_Thousand_Free_Music_Albums_Now_</a>
slumberjackMay 26, 2006
Another interesting beta is Audiobaba (audiobaba.com). It claims to "layer" together the "human factor" approaches like those used with LastFM and Pandora, along with acoustic analysis of MusicIP, then also learns how your own mind works over time. Kinda sci fi.Anyway, it's a plug in for iTunes and WMP that does three thing (gives "three wishes" according to their genie-speak). It can create playlists from your own collection; run intelligent auto DJ (Genie Auto GJ - cute) from your own collection (works like Pandora with a thumbs up/thumbs down); and it can find new music recommendations online based on your currently playing song. The recommendations are somewhat wacky at the moment, I think because they are only working with one small content provider at the moment. The app can also take a while to load up initially, depending on the number of songs you have. My friend had a few bugs with it but they seemed quite willing to help him out. It's worked fine for me. The interface does a good job of keeping the functionality pretty clear, but i would like a way to minimize it all to the tray.
noahkMay 26, 2006
Wow, thanks for that info Slumber. I love comments that are informative like yours.
ronnyleApr 3, 2011
You should also try www.shizzlin.com - The site is unique in that it shows music videos and not just the streams. It's much more fun exploring for new music when you also have the videos. It also has all the relevant features - it can import from your player, your last.fm library etc.
hearshotJun 20, 2006
I love Last.fm. The community and profile features are very cool and you talk to people all over the world through tons of diverse forums or profile shoutboxes. Their database is quite beefy but i don't like their mediaplayer as much as Pandora. I also make use of Last.fm's audioscrobbler WinAMP plugin to track my own collection.A pandora player with built-in Last.fm Song tracking: <a class="user" href="http://pandorafm.real-ity.com/">http://pandorafm.real-ity.com/</a>My Last.FM Profile : <a class="user" href="http://www.last.fm/user/Hearshot1/">http://www.last.fm/user/Hearshot1/</a>
jayfo13May 9, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://mistermusicblog.blogspot.com/">http://mistermusicblog.blogspot.com/</a> ...this is one of my favorite sites to find great new indie music.
10secondtourismJun 5, 2008
Shameless self promotion I know but I've just launched a beta music recommendation site which uses a combination of 'similar artist' analysis and a peoples choice to recreate recommendations.<a class="user" href="http://returnr.com">http://returnr.com</a>...books and movies to come
tv243Feb 26, 2010
HiPandora and Slacker are not available at my country...But i have found <a class="user" href="http://www.tv243.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tv243.com</a> a great alternative for it."Music discovery website to listen to music and watch videos in shuffle mode. Search music videos, find similar artists, bands and internet radio channels."
dazzler94Jan 15, 2011
I find almost all of these sites very helpful, especially Last.fm, great site. I even decided to set up my own site where each day i recommend music only released on that very day so people can be the very first of their friends to see the new, upcoming music, worth a look http://www.musicbythedaily.webs.com
wanderingstarz1Feb 28, 2012
http://youtu.be/FhFShb6RAbM