I forgot the two controllers and iPeng on my iPhone. "Ikabob" Wrote: > Can you tell me one thing, how does last.fm work and why do you like it? Every song I've 'chosen' to listen to over the last 5 or 6 years has been logged by Last.fm. It knows what music I like. I only use some of it's facilities though.... in order of preference;
My Loved Tracks. When I come across a track I really like I tell Last.fm I love it (via a Controller or iPeng). I now have over 500 loved tracks. When I just want to listen to unabashed good music I play My Loved Tracks radio. Others peoples Loved Tracks. Usually very listenable even if you don't share the other person's taste in music. Especially good with Friends (people you have some sort of relationship with) or Neighbours (those that Last.fm recognise as having tastes 'similar' to your own). I think you need to be a paid subscriber to get this facility. Neighbours Radio. Tracks liked by people with similar tastes to your own (good for being pretty sure you'll like the music and for digesting new music there is a high probability you'll like. Neighbours are ranked in 'closeness' of music taste to your own. Music Like an Artist Radio. Choose an artist and Last.fm will play music by artists it thinks are similar to these (judging by the other the music played by Last.fm subscribers who listen a lot to your selected band i think. We use this a lot at work to set the mood, There's lots more too (Tag Radio, your and others Playlists, My Radio etc, etc) it's just that I don't use them much. I find it very good for presentimg me with new (and often surprising) music. Did I mention that it is also a repository of tons of information about the bands and music, all of which can be reached via the various Squeeze devices? Last.fm is the only paid music service I use. I only pay (the paltry amount they charge) to get Loved Tracks. I think all the other facilities I use a open to those that don't pay. MC -- ModelCitizen Think the third party Squeeze plugins and applets are important? Then 'vote for bug 14194' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14194) so more can be made. Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70638 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
