What product have you used lately that is truly innovative? Hmm, tough question. I was asked this recently in a job interview and it had me pretty stumped. I mean an iPod is pretty cool, but its more innovative marketing than innovative design. Similarly I like my macbook, but at the end of the day its just a laptop. After a brief awkward silence I had my answer; last.fm and pandora.com. These two websites have changed the way I experience new music. Gone are the days of trawling the internet and magazines for new bands and artists. Now all I need to do is sit back and listen. For free! Both sites will recommend and play music for you based on your existing tastes. For instance if you like Gotan Project, then last.fm will recommend you try listening to Zero 7 or Theivery Corporation. More than just recommending the music, the site will play them back to you as a constant audio stream.
A huge community has sprung up around last.fm, and the site today has a wealth of information about artists and music. It can now even recommend live music events based on your listening preferences. The site is also open to software developers, who have written all kinds of cool applications to analyse your music taste. If you haven't used last.fm, give it a try, and add us as a friend :) http://www.last.fm/user/itsInotIhipIhop.
listening habits http://www.diametunim.com/muse/
breakdown by artist
http://lastgraph3.aeracode.org
music taste breakdown by country
http://lastfm.net76.net/?user=itsInotIhipIhop
music taste breakdown by country
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