Last.fm rocks!
Last.fm is a site that provides personal radio channels. You can prime it with a Winamp plugin so that the service learns what music you like. Then you can download a little app that handles the channel selection and streaming for you.
All in all, a very nifty service. I’ve listened to channels based on my own choices, and on the choices of fans of Aimee Mann and Lloyd Cole, and already found some artists I’d like to listen more to (specifically Ricky Lee Jones and Paul Westerberg.)
Naturally there are links galore to the specific artists and albums, which is where I guess Last.fm’s profits come from. It’s all very low-key, with no intrusive advertising (unlike Yahoo!, who have a similar service). Also, the sound quality is very good.
For a person like me, essentially sitting in front of computers all day and with limited time and patience for browsing records stores, Last.fm is a great way to learn about new music and artists. Especially considering that my musical tastes gelled around 1992, and haven’t expanded since then. This means that there’s a long tail of music that’s not otherwise exposed through “normal channels” — radio and TV.
Have a look at my profile at last.fm/user/gerikson/.
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