the fallout: on the other side


Music for Life
May 20, 2006, 10:00 am
Filed under: coolness factor, internet, music, technology

The growing cult of the iPod. MP3 player compatibility as automotive selling points. Either the youth of America is taking over, or this stuff is not just for kids. Music = life. You heart music. Admit it. Then go visit these two sites…

Last.fm calls itself the social music revolution. Hit the front page, type in a band and Last.fm will pull up ordered lists of the bands most popular songs, similar artists, and play new recommendations based on your taste. You create a personal radio station, Last.fm uses your preferences to build its fantastic infrastructure of profiled recommendations. What's not to like?

Pandora, created by Music Genome Project crew, can be equated to asking your music buff friend for album recommendations. Only there are a lot more music buff brains behind this answer… and you don't even have to buy them a drink. Cheers!