http://www.audioscrobbler.com/ Audioscrobbler is a free online database that watches what music you listen to, and how frequently you listen. after it has enough data about you, it can compare you to other listeners with similar tastes, and surgest albums and tracks you may like, which you dont already own. I first descovered it when i accidenlt built its functionality into amarok. AudioScrobbler will work with the following media players using pluggins. Winamp Windows Media Player 9/10 iTunes (Windows) iTunes (Mac) foobar2000 XMMS/Beep Media Player AmaroK QCD Rhythmbox J. River Media Center SlimScrobbler Xbox Media Center Noatun AmiScrobbler (MorphOS) If you listen to alot of music while you work, sign up, its free. the more people using it, the better the results will be.

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I was really surprised to see some of the totally obscure bands I love being listened to by others. This is pretty cool. I downloaded the plugin and am going to try it out.

Thanks for the tip, qwijibow!

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Thanks for the tip... Not sure I'll like ALL tunes it will tell me I like But I'll try it anyway, even for fun.

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Hi I'm Lee, I own a small 'Game developers' called Vusay. Sorry, but I'm sure you can tell this is my first post so I apolozigse if I'm doin something wrong. Anway, I agree with 'banjosforpeace', I searched for Girlschool and couldn't believe they were there. So yehr thanks for that. That's really useful I'll try it out later.

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I'm not sure if I will use it. It kinda sounds like "Big Brother" is watching what I listen to. I just might be a little paranoid or whatever [but that is a another topic]... Anyways from the sounds of it watches what music you listen to, and how frequently you listen, it compares you to other listeners with similar tastes, and suggest albums and tracks you may like, which you don’t already own. My question is how accrete is this? I mean how can a computer make that kind of judgement on what music you may or may not like? Even though it is comparing your listening habits with other with similar taste does not mean that they can give you accurate info.

What I am trying to say is, for example, you have person A and person B and they share some similar music habits. However person A does not like rap music but person B does. My question is what is going to stop the plugin from suggesting to person A the rap songs that person B listens to even though they share similar music habits and person A hates rap?

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Generally, my musical tastes are pretty ecclectic, so a database like this might have trouble showing me things that I would actually like. I tried looking up some bands, like for example I looked up the hardcore punk band Void and it said most Void fans liked Carlos Santana... Plus, a lot of the band names seemed obscure, in the wrong way. I think I'll stick with the user groups in SS. It's interesting the way people can showcase their own bands in those programs, and either be praised or shot down.

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I think it is pretty great for me because I can search for people who like Old Crow Medicine Show, or The Mammals, or Uncle Earl... really obscure string band stuff and find others who like it. The automatic recommendations are cool, but nothing beats being able to identify other music geeks like me.

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It plays any random crap to me, but then I listen to highly varied music, it probably cant lock onto what I actually listen to, pretty cool idea though.

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Trekkie, what did you tell it you liten to ?
and what did it surgest ?

since i subscribed ive only played 30 songs, you got all 100 already? you music freak !

try listening to some of the obscure bads it surgests. just because bands arnt on MTV doesnt mean there not good.

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hmmm... i think ill try it out. i listen to black metal...i want to see how many people from that site do too...

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