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Stayin’ Alive : Grooveshark Attack !

The boyfriend told me about Grooveshark some days ago and I was hesitating about signing up for “another social networking site” but no regrets at all ! In fact, I would have stabbed myself (just kidding) for not checking Grooveshark out !

Yet another internet radio site but one of the main draws of Grooveshark is the breadth of their library, which covers almost everything from indies to your usual A-songs. Unlike blip.fm which certainly has its flaws on streaming, you can stream songs from the web interface easily and so far I have yet to come across any broken links. It’s like having an iTunes online, free of charge !

It is evident that the Grooveshark team spent a lot of time creating an interface that users would find intuitive even though new users will probably take awhile to figure it out. I love how sleek the design looks and the 3-col layout is easy to navigate. It is even easier to conduct search in Grooveshark as compared to other internet radio sites. Just type in the name of a song in the interface and you’re provided with a small url that you can paste into any of your favourite social media services, like twitter and facebook. You can do a user search to add your friends and share your playlists too ! I like the fact that I can create several playlist to suits my mood, that’s probably something that blip.fm doesn’t offer.

I have been using Grooveshark almost a week now, and I am loving it ! Grooveshark proves to be a formidable player with its user-friendly interface and much lesser downtime/broken links. Its library and social media-friendly elements are probably the key factor why I’d switch from blip.fm to them. If you can’t tell, Grooveshark has already totally win my heart ! It’s keeping me alive at work everyday without fail.

you can add me @iammyy to check out my playlist (will be adding more)

P.S : The boyfriend just told me that Grooveshark is facing lawsuit from EMI, I hope they will survive it and continue their service. C’mon record labels, *this* is the new way to promote your music and artistes…learn to embrace technology and live with it already !

Tags: a-songs, blip.fm, EMI, grooveshark, indie, interface, itunes, lawsuit, library, mood, playlist, search, social media, songs, stayin' alive

Your own radio station ? Holy Blip !

I’ve joined blip.fm since 17th Sept last year and so far, I’m really loving it.

I meant to blog about blip ages ago and go into details but let’s just keep it short and simple.

8 reasons why i love blip.fm :

1. It is like the best bit of  last.fm+twitter all rolled into one.
2. It has a realtime feed of what other “DJ”s are listening to.
3. It is personal/interactive because you pick the music for your playlist and you get to reblip others.
4. It encourages “value-system” – it requires contributions from its members in order to benefit from the others in the society.
5. It has an idiot-proof interface and system – just search and *tadah*, there you go!
6. It has a built-in virality and a good feedback system.
7. It has alot of “undiscovered” artistes, oldies and radio hits shared by others.
8. It is addictive – it’s almost becoming a habit for me to share my music pick everyday.

What I really liked about blip is that it directly updates my tumblr and twitter to allow others to see what I’m listening to.

Most of the time I’ll also plurk about my blips as my “music of the day” plurk. I guess it’s a good way to share great music found online and so far I spend at least half an hour on blip.fm to look for good songs and am getting props/positive feedbacks on my music taste – which really is quite an ego booster. (HAHA)

Sure, there are many music sharing sites out there and probably better ones. But Blip.fm is still my favourite as of now. Do give it a try (c’mon, it’s not like you don’t have 9867545122 different accounts out there already) and let me know what you think about it ?

Speaking of music, I’m planning on adding a new “element” to this blog. Keep a lookout for my little project! =)

Tags: addictive, blip.fm, built-in virality, dj, iammyy, indie, interface, last.fm, Music, playlist, plurk, props, radio, tumblr, twitter, value system