I am trying to put together this wonderful music project for YOU (yes, you!). But you have to understand that it's gonna take a bit of time. I, sadly, do not have superpowers.
In exchange for your patience and understanding while I am sorting things out- sending out e-mails and generating musical content for my faithful blog followers- I am going to share with you a very handy tool that I often use for discovering new music.
Three years ago, I was recommended by my good friend, Stephanie Daniels, to visit a website called last.fm. This social music project has completely altered the way I listen to music.
Let me explain.
last.fm offers a program called the last.fm scrobbler, which links your iTunes music library to your last.fm account. The music you are listening to in iTunes is then automatically posted to your user profile. Anyone who visits my profile can then see what it is that I am listening to.
What's great about this is, not only can I share with my friends and the community the great music in which I am always listening to, but last.fm offers recommendations for artists similar to those in my library, and links me up with users from all over the world who are listening to the same things as me. I visit these pages, browse around for a couple of hours, and voila! 8 new albums. 6 hours of new music. It's just like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
I urge you to visit the last.fm website and browse around. I have found some of my favorite artists on there, and have discovered some really great independent artists from all over the world as well.
One last thing that's worth mentioning--- last.fm has a channel on YouTube.com called LastFM Presents. It is not updated as frequently as it has been in the past, but there are still dozens of artist performances and interviews that you can watch and listen to.
For your viewing pleasure, here is a LastFM Presents session with one of my favorite folk/soul singers, Joshua James. You can almost see his old soul flying out of his mouth when he sings.
Let me explain.
last.fm offers a program called the last.fm scrobbler, which links your iTunes music library to your last.fm account. The music you are listening to in iTunes is then automatically posted to your user profile. Anyone who visits my profile can then see what it is that I am listening to.
What's great about this is, not only can I share with my friends and the community the great music in which I am always listening to, but last.fm offers recommendations for artists similar to those in my library, and links me up with users from all over the world who are listening to the same things as me. I visit these pages, browse around for a couple of hours, and voila! 8 new albums. 6 hours of new music. It's just like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.I urge you to visit the last.fm website and browse around. I have found some of my favorite artists on there, and have discovered some really great independent artists from all over the world as well.
One last thing that's worth mentioning--- last.fm has a channel on YouTube.com called LastFM Presents. It is not updated as frequently as it has been in the past, but there are still dozens of artist performances and interviews that you can watch and listen to.
For your viewing pleasure, here is a LastFM Presents session with one of my favorite folk/soul singers, Joshua James. You can almost see his old soul flying out of his mouth when he sings.
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