Am I Famous Now…

I have been putting this of for a real long time now. Audioscobbler was one nerd part I never wanted to participate at. Last.fm the same. Actually it is the same. I finally surrenderd. Why? Because the Last.fm website is totally Web2.0 so it was definately worth having a look at.

After half a day now I can only say this : ‘Wowww!’. Social radio. No way. The decisive all-time music charts if you ask me. The principle is simple. You choose a station, based on tags. Just look for your favourite artist, pick an appropriate tag and start listening. If there’s a track you don’t like you skip it, or you can even ban it from your ‘preferences’. Or you ‘heart’ them.

I looked for ‘White Stripes’ have been listening around 8 hours now and skipped approx. 15% of the music that was played. Looking at my playcharts I am amazed. I find all my favourite artists back. Jane’s Addiction, The Chemical Brothers, The Pixies, Nirvana and Bjork, aso… even Air.
But what impresses me even more are the charts. Have a look at them. They will get famous, forget the iTunes download charts. Last.fm will decide about the all-time best (rated/most listened) artists.

Give Last.fm a try. It’s the best radio out there. There are several WP-Plugins as well. And if you like it, don’t forget to sign up as a plus member. I will definately after having listened a little more. The industry will definately not do them any favours, but this service must and will survive.

My Last.fm profile.