Last.fm Music player and more

After doing a write up about Pandora (see Discover new music you’ll love 09-02-2005) a couple of weeks ago. I took a look around to see if there were other music players that were similar. I came across Last.fm, which happens to be an older application but was just redesigned in 2005. Unlike Pandora, Last.fm is a downloadable application. At first glance, it looks like in order to get the full experience from Last.fm you will need to download 2 applications. The first application is an ad-on for Itunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp and others. This ad-on collects this music that you play and sends it back to Last.fm. With the hopes that it will build a better playlist based on your actual likes. The second application is the actual last.fm music player. Last.fm generates recommendations from your musical tastes by compiling a list of people who listen to the same things you do and suggests bands they also play and that you don’t.

Here’s how Last.fm describes their service:

“You get your own online music profile that you can fill up with the music you like. This information is used to create a personal radio station and to find users who are similar to you. Last.fm can even play you new artists and songs you might like. It’s addictive, it’s growing, it’s free, it’s music.”

Check out for yourself by click here.

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