Post by cpr on Mar 31, 2009 22:06:38 GMT
Ok, I tried Last.FM a few years ago and got that weird extra Last.FM stand-alone player thing. Didn't take me long to come to the conclusion that I was either being forced to listen to supposedly things that I'd like, (yeah, it wasn't working) or that I was doing it wrong.
So, I dropped it. I've a shed-load of CDs and I'm always willing to buy more, so Last.FM wasn't for me.
Just due to it's popularity I've be linked over to the site a few times to check out something, (much like maninacan's recent recommendation). Every time I see that site it seems to change and I get lost pretty quickly.
Anyway, just having a hunt around and I remembered someone telling me that one of my remixes (Celldweller) was on Last.FM which I thought was quite cool. So I do a search for 'Copy Paste Repeat', (because I'm really an ego-machine) and it looks like I've got a bit of a library going on there. Nothing to do with me of course, but I don't mind, (I'm not a fan of most of my old work so I'm not too precious about it).
So I was just wondering, how does my music get up on there? And can you actually play my music via Last.FM, (just tried to listen to my stuff and I can't seem to find the 'play' button) or is it just a way to find artists and buy their stuff if it's available?
I've heard quite recently that Last.FM is going to start charging... maybe that change has just happened...
Just as a slight side note, (and another reason I don't use Last.FM), does anyone think that there's such thing as too much music? I ask that as a personal question and as a general one. I personally don't like to be introduced to loads of (potentially) cool/interesting music in a short space of time because it all just blurs together into a crappy mass. Plus I can't recall hundreds of tracks if I only ever get to listen to them once or twice. In a general sense I wonder what's happening with the weight of music or a particular album or even song when someone can trawl Myspace or Last.FM for the rest of their lives and never hear the same song twice. Am I the only one who finds this a little off-putting? I guess this is just another faction of the disposable/instant culture we've created.
So, I dropped it. I've a shed-load of CDs and I'm always willing to buy more, so Last.FM wasn't for me.
Just due to it's popularity I've be linked over to the site a few times to check out something, (much like maninacan's recent recommendation). Every time I see that site it seems to change and I get lost pretty quickly.
Anyway, just having a hunt around and I remembered someone telling me that one of my remixes (Celldweller) was on Last.FM which I thought was quite cool. So I do a search for 'Copy Paste Repeat', (because I'm really an ego-machine) and it looks like I've got a bit of a library going on there. Nothing to do with me of course, but I don't mind, (I'm not a fan of most of my old work so I'm not too precious about it).
So I was just wondering, how does my music get up on there? And can you actually play my music via Last.FM, (just tried to listen to my stuff and I can't seem to find the 'play' button) or is it just a way to find artists and buy their stuff if it's available?
I've heard quite recently that Last.FM is going to start charging... maybe that change has just happened...
Just as a slight side note, (and another reason I don't use Last.FM), does anyone think that there's such thing as too much music? I ask that as a personal question and as a general one. I personally don't like to be introduced to loads of (potentially) cool/interesting music in a short space of time because it all just blurs together into a crappy mass. Plus I can't recall hundreds of tracks if I only ever get to listen to them once or twice. In a general sense I wonder what's happening with the weight of music or a particular album or even song when someone can trawl Myspace or Last.FM for the rest of their lives and never hear the same song twice. Am I the only one who finds this a little off-putting? I guess this is just another faction of the disposable/instant culture we've created.