« Certainly appears that someone is planning for a long war | Main | A little deep for this early in the morning »
April 05, 2008
Get your music on - free and geeky, just like I like it
I am really starting to like Last.FM
I liked it quite a bit when I first discovered it back in 2004. Being a statistical nut, it was right up my alley. I could see how many times I played songs, charts of my most played for the week, month, all-time etc. Seriously, this was good stuff.
You have to realize that this sort of information has always been fascinating to me. I am the guy that took a trunk full of cassettes away to college and kept a chart of each tape. I would put a tally next to the tape each time I played it - I compiled my all-time list, my monthly charts - all of this same stuff... but I did it by hand. (Yeah maybe a little OCD... but I enjoyed it.)
Then when Last.FM showed up, I could have the same info without all the psychosis... way cool!
So why rant about it now? Well, I have recently really started using a feature of Last.FM that I had been ignoring... the playlist player.
You tag songs that you like and it adds them to your playlist - no big deal right? Well, since there are tens of thousands of FULL tracks on the site, the new playlist player will create your very own high-quality streaming radio station with just the songs you like, no ads, no interruption... just your favorite music. I stream it all day long at work.
Of course there are a few minor annoyances - some bands/artists are not yet up to speed on how new media works and thus do not upload their tracks. No biggie, the selection is so good that I rarely hear a song repeated. The player itself is a bit limited in what I can do with it. I am going to embed a version of it here.
I would like to be able to customize more than just the width and color of the player, but hey - you can't argue with the price and functionality.
If you are not using Last.FM - enjoy your retirement or wake up and get with it! When you do check it out, go ahead and add me to your friends. (All the cool kids are doing it.)
Posted by CDogg at April 5, 2008 11:03 AM