The music industry is holding onto the hope that music lovers will buy their CD’s and inflate their profit margins but we all know the future of music is digital and most probably via a web stream. Many people who read this site will undoubtedly have iPods and carry their music around with them but what if you could connect to your music collection wherever you were just as long as you had an internet connection?
No, it’s not Spotify, it’s your own version; Vibe Streamer. This clever piece of software installs itself onto your computer and makes a private server for all of your music, allowing it to be accessed from anywhere with a browser.
On 04.12.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
If you have a console you may be familiar with the concept of singing to score points on specific games. Games like Lips (for Xbox 360) and Singstar (for PlayStation) require you to firstly own a console and secondly, to buy the peripherals that are associated with the game.
If the thought of buying a console is too much, why not try a browser based version of the popular console titles; KaraokeParty. KaraokeParty is predominantly a flash based website and has nearly 400 songs for you to sing along to.
There aren’t many new media sites that draw me into their service these days but somehow Audiko has changed all that. I was pursuing Stumbleupon when I came upon a site that professed to make phone ringtones from any piece of music you throw at it, even converting YouTube videos.
On their homepage, you are treated to a selection of the top 100 ringtones on the site, recently converted Youtube video’s and most importantly, a search bar. As I navigated through the site, the only problem I came across was trying to rack my brain to think of a song I would actually want for my ringtone!
On 01.02.09, In Useful Software, by Matt Brian
Last.fm is seen as the leader behind the revolution in internet music and in my opinion rightly so. They took all the artists, albums and songs and made information on them readily available, as they grew they added music clips, eventually allowing you to add playlists of your favourite music.
What made Last.fm stand out for me was how it linked artists and genre’s to user profiles, allowing the service to accurately suggest music that you may like based on other people’s music playlists.
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