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Save me from last.fm embarrassment!

charmston — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:25:31 -0800

Recommend me some music to run to. My current favorite album to run to is Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSongs: it's pretty good musically, a little cocky in the lyrics, and is paced perfectly, leading me to run between 8:15 and 8:45 miles. I'd appreciate any suggestions to provide variety, saving me from the embarrassment of having JT as my top artist on last.fm. Bonus points if your suggestions match my usual music taste:

- Dance-punk - LCD Soundsystem, !!!, Out Hud, Death from Above 1979, Hot Chip
- Hip-hop - Cunninlynguists, Immortal Technique, Common, Tonedeff, Foreign Exchange
- Grime - The Streets, Sway, Kano, Wiley, M.I.A, Dizzee Rascal
- Indie Rock - Arcade Fire, Muse, Broken Social Scene, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Magic Numbers, My Morning Jacket
- Post-rock - Sigur Rós, Explosions in the Sky, Eluvium, God is an Astronaut, 65daysofstatic
- Folky-ish - Sufjan Stevens, Damien Rice, Alexi Murdoch, José González, Elliott Smith
- Folktronica - The Album Leaf, The Notwist, Si*Sé, Talkdemonic, Lali Puna, Dntel
More detail on my music taste.

Actually, come to think of it, I would appreciate any music suggestions. Most specifically, I would appreciate suggestions of good music to run to. Also, I am aware of and use the Nike Plus series (Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Aesop Rock) from time to time, I would just prefer something with better vocals than those provide.

Show me the money...

mjlondon — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:39:54 -0800

Where do sites like Pandora & Last.fm make their money? I use both sites and others that have no or limited advertising and I'm very curious as to how they can support good looking websites with some degree of infrastructure behind them (staff, music rights etc). Also I'm keen to find out how I would go about pricing up my idea for a site that works in a similar vein but with a twist... I have an idea that seems like a natural evolution from the sites already mentioned and I think it really would be a very well received concept that could take off. I'm just not sure of it's potential to make money without knowing more about potential revenue streams. Can anyone help me find out how much it would cost to put together without losing my idea to someone (ie a web deisnger)? I know that I would have to put together a business plan as well which clearly involves profit/turnover predictions but I'm finding it hard to work out where the money comes in for sites like Pandora and to what level. I don't have any experience in web design so will have to outsource the whole process. Any help/advice greatly appreciated.

Contemporary classical and folk internet radio?

Utilitaritron — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:53:37 -0800

Are there internet radio streams that play (a) contemporary classical (I love Max Richter and Jóhann Jóhannsson; I don't care for Philip Jeck) or (b) folk-y artists like James Yorkston, Marissa Nadler, Vashti Bunyan, and Emilíana Torrini? I accidentally deleted all the music on my laptop. Don't worry -- I made a copy two weeks ago -- but it's not nearby, and I'm busy all this week. For the time being I can take advantage of my nearly-free broadband and listen to streams. I'd prefer single-genre streams (more or less), but I'll take what I can get.

Radio Darvish is great, but not all the time. Ditto Espace Musique.

Help me rock out wirelessly

unSane — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 07:02:47 -0800

How do I listen to last.fm via airtunes? I want to listen to last.fm on my hi fi. I can listen to iTunes just fine via airtunes, but I can't figure out how to listen to a live stream from the last.fm player. I have Audio Hijack and can record the stream and play it later, but I want to be able to divert the audio stream straight to airtunes. Any clues?

iPod+Last.fm?

mdbell79 — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:54 -0800

Does anyone know how to get a Windows-based ipod and Last.fm to work together? I've justed start setting up Last.fm (audioscrobbler), and I've got it to update songs played on iTunes at my computer. As far as I can tell though, it's not updating songs played on my iPod (although the play counts go up in iTunes). I found a solution for Mac (I think) but couldn't find anything similar for Windows. Any ideas?