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Author Topic: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?  (Read 6311 times)

timns

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Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« on: January 09, 2011, 04:51 PM »
Its information is very gappy in terms of the crap I like to listen to  :-[

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2011, 05:01 PM »
Have you tried last.fm?

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2011, 05:06 PM »
Have you tried last.fm?

Ah - nice, it has bios and discographies and all sorts. Thanks!

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2011, 09:12 PM »
Install their plugin or use an audio player that supports it and "scrobble" everything you listen to, to their site. It will give you a nice statistical log of your listening habits and offer you suggestions based on what you already listen to. (also free downloads based on it, too)

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2011, 09:21 PM »
http://listen.grooveshark.com has a pretty awesome service.

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2011, 03:13 AM »
i use Grooveshark too. Good for finding specific tracks rather than radio listening. Not sure what "meta" info you get about the music (I suspect none, or very little). Also good if you are away from you own personal music collection as you can save/retrieve your own playlists in GS.

also, there are greasemonkey scripts for it. only tried one - removes the ads on the right and automatically replaces them with lyrics of the song that's playing. very handy when you want to singalong to the latest Justin Beiber hit (whoever he is).

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2011, 05:33 AM »
very handy when you want to singalong to the latest Justin Beiber hit (whoever he is).
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I think thats the 13 year old male lesbian Ive been hearing about  :-\

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2011, 05:55 AM »
Also good if you are away from you own personal music collection as you can save/retrieve your own playlists in GS.

Why would you ever be away from your own personal music collection when there is Subsonic?

EDIT: Also, once you see it you cannot unsee it: The Grooveshark logo looks kind of like Hitler.

Das Grooveshark.pngDas Grooveshark (Edited).png

(I suck at photoshopping images. Maybe that's because Screenshot Captor isn't photoshop...)
« Last Edit: January 10, 2011, 06:05 AM by Deozaan »

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2011, 06:32 AM »
EDIT: Also, once you see it you cannot unsee it: The Grooveshark logo looks kind of like Hitler.
 (see attachment in previous post) (see attachment in previous post)
(I suck at photoshopping images. Maybe that's because Screenshot Captor isn't photoshop...)

I made a lot of fuss in another DC thread how I never LOL...

...but i have literally just LOL'ed from that Hitler gag. Amazing. So, I better do it. here goes:

LOL !!!

(Subsonic would be fine but it requires having the "media" pc enabled to stream from. In my usual situation, that wouldn't be convenient.)

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Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2011, 08:53 AM »
Yeah, I have to give it to Deo on that one.  I was like, "wha...where....OH!  haha"  Whenever you say hitler, the mustache is the first thing that comes to mind...people forget about the floppy hairdo.