Short List: Discover Music, Share With Friends
I’ve actually been looking at a bunch of music sites lately.
Inspired by the comments in the last few posts of our
music section, I’ve been keeping an eye out for ways
we might open it up for more participation and recommendations. Some
of the services below suggest interesting
possibilities for sharing playlists and such. There is at
least one really special thing about each of these, and one
might be best for you. I have use for a few depending on where i’m
listening, and who i’m sharing with. Every one has redeeming qualities.
- LastFM
(Trusty. Reliable. Easy to explain. would have been it if all the rest
hadn’t happened. - Pandora
(Bionics. I’ve enjoyed my Massive Erotic City Attack mix, with hours of
music that i can’t put my finger on how, but just does sound like
Madonna and Prince fronting UK electronica) - Imeem
(Sharing music on playlists with your friends. A whole Social Network.) - Webjay
(which truly changed everything) - Faces
(upload playlist and embed player somewhere like Multiply) - Fine Tune
(Expansive list of music with tons of remixes. Strange rules related to
the industry requiring a certain number of songs on your playlist. They
have a "lazy" option to fill your list if you get part way there…but
while everything else about this site is slick and well done, that key
option can mess up your mix with it’s lack of sophistication.) - Qnext
(looks great. Just started trying out the just-available version 3.0
which allows you to "webcast" your stuff, allows peer-to-peer music
sharing among friends combined with a or Meebo
type multi-instant-messenger capability that bring Yahoo Messenger,
Microsoft Messenger, ICQ and AOL/AIM into a single instant message
window. The styling’s nice too.) - FIQL (amps
it up and take it out all dressed nice, but somehow doesn’t have the
energy of W’Jay.) - Beatport
(though doesn’e necessarily fit with the others but is as beautiful as
any and a great place to buy electronic and dance music)
Let us know what you think of these and any great ones I’m
sure I didn’t include. Many of these let you make a widget to share
your playlist or stream your music from your own page or
blog. If you get that far and want to share it with
us drop me an email at mike at towleroad and we’ll see about
getting some posted on a page in the music hub.
Here’s one to get started…
