[mil_pl]

please join mates!
http://www.last.fm/group/Sonic+Youth+Gossip+Unite

Ive never used last.fm
is it worth it?

[mil_pl]

yep.

I will do so, but later. I am kinda waking up right now

[to.w]

How do we do when we don't speak this language...

[mil_pl]

in english...
http://www.last.fm/group/Sonic+Youth+Gossip+Unite

[noisereductions]

I dont wanna sound like yr grandpa or something... but I dont' even really know what lastfm is/does.

[mil_pl]

here ya go:

Last.fm is a UK-based Internet radio and music community website, founded in 2002. It claims over 21 million active users based in more than 200 countries.[1] On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for £140m ($280m USD).[2]

Using a music recommendation system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of all the songs the user listens to, either on the streamed radio stations or on the user's computer or some portable music devices. This information is transferred to Last.fm's database ("scrobbled") via a plugin installed into the user's music player. The profile data is then displayed on the user's profile page. The site offers numerous social networking features and can recommend and play artists similar to the user's favourites.

Users can create custom radio stations and playlists from any of the audio tracks in Last.fm's music library, and are able to listen to some individual tracks on demand, or download tracks if the rights holder has previously authorised it. Registration is required to acquire a profile but is not necessary to view any part of the site or to listen to radio stations.

[SonicBebs]

i used to use it quite often. You can ask to listen to bands similiar to Sonic Youth (you get stuff like Velvets, and Yo LA Tengo) or bands similair to Girls Aloud (you get stuff like Sugarbabes)

its pretty good for that

[SYRFox]

Last.FM RULES. I discovered tons of bands with it.

[SYRFox]

Btw I just joined the group. It better has the best charts ever!

[noisereductions]

meh.

[SonicBebs]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

meh.

awwhh, thats your answer to everything

[viewtiful_alan]

I think I will be making a profile for this tonight. It sounds pretty amazing.

[EMMAh]

Originally Posted by mil_pl

here ya go:

Last.fm is a UK-based Internet radio and music community website, founded in 2002. It claims over 21 million active users based in more than 200 countries.[1] On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for £140m ($280m USD).[2]

Using a music recommendation system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of all the songs the user listens to, either on the streamed radio stations or on the user's computer or some portable music devices. This information is transferred to Last.fm's database ("scrobbled") via a plugin installed into the user's music player. The profile data is then displayed on the user's profile page. The site offers numerous social networking features and can recommend and play artists similar to the user's favourites.

Users can create custom radio stations and playlists from any of the audio tracks in Last.fm's music library, and are able to listen to some individual tracks on demand, or download tracks if the rights holder has previously authorised it. Registration is required to acquire a profile but is not necessary to view any part of the site or to listen to radio stations.

I never really saw the point until I read this.

I thought it was just that list that has the last ten or so songs you've listened to haha

[This Is Not Here]

I've never understood the thinking behind Last fm. and Pandora (is that still going?!). I'm often told its good to find out bands which are similar to bands you already like, but... who wants to do that? Call me fickle, but I don't want to hear a band that does what Sonic Youth does but not as well, or for that matter a band that does it better, because quite frankly, thats silly talk.

[EMMAh]

I was under the impression that it recommends bands that other fans of whatever band like?

[atsonicpark]

Originally Posted by This Is Not Here

I'm often told its good to find out bands which are similar to bands you already like, but... who wants to do that?

...um, everybody?

If you like good music, it'll reccomend more good music. An endless supply of good music. And that's good.

[This Is Not Here]

Well good is subjective, and these websites don't organise bands by how 'good' they are, do they? I like to hear a sound that I havn't before, don't really understand why people are content with the same old same old.

[atsonicpark]

No, it's not rated by how good the bands are, it's listed by how many fans of a certain band likes another certain band and then it groups them according to tags that people give to the music (which is usually genres but can be other tags like "Weird" or "minimalist fingerpicking drone" or something) and such.

You want to hear something "new" but you won't bother checking out music on last.fm because you're afraid that, since they're listed as a similiar artist, they're going to sound TOO similiar to what you like? Trust me, this won't happen. Look through Sun City Girls's similiar artists.. John Fahey, Jandek, The Tower Recordings, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Boredoms, etc. While there are a few stylistic similarities between some of those musicians, it's still pretty eclectic. They're really not similiar moreso as they're just artists that a person who likes SCG might like.

As someone who definitely doesn't bother listening to the same old same old, I reccomend last.fm 110%. There's such a wealth of knowledge and discovery there, it's ridiculous. If you just want to look at all the highest-rated "avant trombone" albums, there's probably a page for that. There are groups on everything one would ever be interested in. Also, all the users are friendly and on a few pages like the Ry Cooder and AMM pages, I've asked for some help with reccomendations and I've IMMEDIATELY gotten reccomendations from people. Very helpful, friendly, a good atmosphere, filled with intelligent/open minded people (that's more than I can say for a lot of the people who populate this board), and I gurantee within a few weeks you will have discovered 50 not-so-same-old-same-old bands if you bother to look.