Comments on: Free Music Isn’t All Bad http://bus442.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/free-music-isn%e2%80%99t-all-bad/ UPEI's BUS442 class learning about Web 2.0 through exploration and participation. Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tasia http://bus442.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/free-music-isn%e2%80%99t-all-bad/#comment-678 Tasia Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:04:22 +0000 http://bus442.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-678 Dave: I did start downloading the file in class, and the first thing I did was check out what song files were listed under the detailed info tab. There are 764 songs. There is some of my favs listed on there, like Oh No, Oh My's classic "Walk in the Park", and some stuff by Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden and Spiral Beach. Of course a file listing wouldn't be complete without Jen Lekman's "Opposite of Hallelujah", everyone went crazy over that song. I think I'm going to get back into my last.fm account, it was pretty useful to use when I wanted to find more bands like the ones I already listen to, but I've been pretty busy lately. Dave: I did start downloading the file in class, and the first thing I did was check out what song files were listed under the detailed info tab. There are 764 songs. There is some of my favs listed on there, like Oh No, Oh My’s classic “Walk in the Park”, and some stuff by Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden and Spiral Beach. Of course a file listing wouldn’t be complete without Jen Lekman’s “Opposite of Hallelujah”, everyone went crazy over that song.
I think I’m going to get back into my last.fm account, it was pretty useful to use when I wanted to find more bands like the ones I already listen to, but I’ve been pretty busy lately.

]]> By: tag1983 http://bus442.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/free-music-isn%e2%80%99t-all-bad/#comment-673 tag1983 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:45:55 +0000 http://bus442.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-673 I think this post really relates to one of the posts I made last night about giving stuff away increases your sales. Like Tasia said you are getting your name out there. No one is going to buy your stuff unless they know who you are, so why not give them a taste and see what happens. If you are any good at all they will most likely come back to you. The same goes for the book in my post or to the music in Tasia's post. -TAG I think this post really relates to one of the posts I made last night about giving stuff away increases your sales. Like Tasia said you are getting your name out there. No one is going to buy your stuff unless they know who you are, so why not give them a taste and see what happens. If you are any good at all they will most likely come back to you. The same goes for the book in my post or to the music in Tasia’s post.

-TAG

]]> By: Dave http://bus442.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/free-music-isn%e2%80%99t-all-bad/#comment-672 Dave Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:31:11 +0000 http://bus442.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-672 Have you tried downloading the file Tasia? Another great SXSW tool to check out is here: http://www.last.fm/group/SXSW+Music/ It looks at your last.fm profile and then tells you when bands that you like are playing at SXSW, and it recommends other bands you'd probably like and when they're playing. And to clarify, the way the Hype Machine/last.fm link works is that when you play a tune on Hype Machine it now "scrobbles" to last.fm. Scrobbling is the term they use to describe capturing the act of you playing a song and adding that to your last.fm profile. They've done this for a long time with iPods and iTunes. Have you tried downloading the file Tasia?

Another great SXSW tool to check out is here: http://www.last.fm/group/SXSW+Music/ It looks at your last.fm profile and then tells you when bands that you like are playing at SXSW, and it recommends other bands you’d probably like and when they’re playing.

And to clarify, the way the Hype Machine/last.fm link works is that when you play a tune on Hype Machine it now “scrobbles” to last.fm. Scrobbling is the term they use to describe capturing the act of you playing a song and adding that to your last.fm profile. They’ve done this for a long time with iPods and iTunes.

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