Comments on: Zounds, Sounds http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/03/10/zounds-sounds/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= Gavin Clabaugh's irregular blog on irregular things. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:26:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ellen http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/03/10/zounds-sounds/#comment-2457 ellen Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:45:19 +0000 http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/03/10/zounds-sounds/#comment-2457 Awesome blog! thanks for sharing Awesome blog! thanks for sharing

]]> By: gavin http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/03/10/zounds-sounds/#comment-66 gavin Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:48:58 +0000 http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/03/10/zounds-sounds/#comment-66 Thomas- Sara Gazarek, lovely. Thanks. Gavn, err.. Gavin. Thomas-
Sara Gazarek, lovely. Thanks.

Gavn, err.. Gavin.

]]> By: Thomas Taylor http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/03/10/zounds-sounds/#comment-65 Thomas Taylor Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:13:14 +0000 http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/03/10/zounds-sounds/#comment-65 Here are some links to check out if you want to get more into the Web 2.0 digital music thing: http://last.fm http://pandora.com Personalized, ad-free, streaming radio. They "learn" what you like - give them an artist or a song that you like and they take it from there. As you indicate whether you like or dislike a selection, they refine their selections. Last.fm bases its selections on the Amazon social model - if you like this song, here's a song that fans of that first song like. pandora.com uses the Music Genome project, assigning musical qualities to songs and feeding you songs that match the musical qualities of songs you say you like. http://emusic.com http://amiestreet.com/ Buy DRM-free MP3s. Emusic works on a subscription model - pay x/month for up to y/month downloads. It's a good deal if you use it, and I've definitely downloaded stuff that I wouldn't have bought otherwise. Somewhat limited catalog - no major labels. But they also have some nice social features - along the lines of Amazon - users can create lists, and when you pick a song that's on a list, there's a link to the list. You develop "musical neighbors," based on similar downloads, etc. They have a nice pandora.com mashup - pandora.emusic.com - listen to pandora in a top frame, and emusic pops up the songs/artists (if they have them) in the lower frame. Here's an artist you might like: Sara Gazarek: http://www.emusic.com/artist/11595/11595346.html. I found her when I was looking for a version of The Circle Game for my kids. Amie St I just found out about, and is a very cool model. Artists upload MP3s. All songs are initially free to download, but as more people download a track, the price goes up, with a ceiling of $0.98. Their catalog is probably a little thin in your preferred genres, but worth a look. Here are some links to check out if you want to get more into the Web 2.0 digital music thing:

http://last.fm
http://pandora.com

Personalized, ad-free, streaming radio. They “learn” what you like - give them an artist or a song that you like and they take it from there. As you indicate whether you like or dislike a selection, they refine their selections. Last.fm bases its selections on the Amazon social model - if you like this song, here’s a song that fans of that first song like. pandora.com uses the Music Genome project, assigning musical qualities to songs and feeding you songs that match the musical qualities of songs you say you like.

http://emusic.com
http://amiestreet.com/

Buy DRM-free MP3s. Emusic works on a subscription model - pay x/month for up to y/month downloads. It’s a good deal if you use it, and I’ve definitely downloaded stuff that I wouldn’t have bought otherwise. Somewhat limited catalog - no major labels. But they also have some nice social features - along the lines of Amazon - users can create lists, and when you pick a song that’s on a list, there’s a link to the list. You develop “musical neighbors,” based on similar downloads, etc. They have a nice pandora.com mashup - pandora.emusic.com - listen to pandora in a top frame, and emusic pops up the songs/artists (if they have them) in the lower frame. Here’s an artist you might like: Sara Gazarek: http://www.emusic.com/artist/11595/11595346.html. I found her when I was looking for a version of The Circle Game for my kids.

Amie St I just found out about, and is a very cool model. Artists upload MP3s. All songs are initially free to download, but as more people download a track, the price goes up, with a ceiling of $0.98. Their catalog is probably a little thin in your preferred genres, but worth a look.

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