turntable.fm!!!
Thought I would start a thread just for turntable.fm instead of cluttering up Plong42's Google Music Beta thread.
turntable.fm is a great place to discover new music. So far, it is free. At first it was world-wide, but they racheted down to USA-only apparently due to licensing issues. So use a proxy if you're not in the USA.
There are different "rooms" to click on, or you can make your own room. I joined the music gourmets room at first (another music-centric forum kinda like emusers.org), but have had a lot of fun in some 80s rooms and a sad bastard room that only plays pitiful songs, and a machinima room for people who work at that company. About the only thing I haven't seen is a classical room, but I could just be missing it.
You sign up via facebook. So far it's invitation-only, but isn't difficult to get invites. I made a facebook profile just for this tt.fm thing. Feel free to friend me. The tt.fm facebook page also has plenty of posts from people who will gladly friend you to get you in. You can unfriend us after you use us ; )
You can also change your tt.fm screen name as soon as you log into tt.fm if you wish. In other words, it doesn't have to be your facebook name if you want privacy in that area.
Once you're in, add music to your queue. You need to have some tracks in there before you hop up onto a DJ spot. There are tons of tracks already in the tt.fm database, or you can upload tracks from your PC. mp3 format only, no flac or aac.
You don't have to DJ, either - you can just listen. If you hear something and want to note it for later, hit the banner under the DJ table for links to add it to your tt.fm queue, a lastfm playlist, or spotify.
If you go to an empty room and try to DJ, it will only play a sample of whatever song is playing from your queue. Something about licensing I guess? So don't DJ to an empty room.
The volume controls for the page are on the speakers.
If you like a song, hit the awesome button and the DJ playing it gets a point. If you don't like it, hit the lame button. With more points, you can change your avatar.
If you like a DJ's stuff, or just see an online freind in there, you can become their fan, so it's easy to find them later. You'll get an email when they start to DJ somewhere, so if you don't want emails, turn that option off. You can still find them though, if they are on the tt.fm website their facebook avatar will show in the list of rooms.
I think that's it for the quick-start guide. Check it out and let me know what you think!
turntable.fm is a great place to discover new music. So far, it is free. At first it was world-wide, but they racheted down to USA-only apparently due to licensing issues. So use a proxy if you're not in the USA.
There are different "rooms" to click on, or you can make your own room. I joined the music gourmets room at first (another music-centric forum kinda like emusers.org), but have had a lot of fun in some 80s rooms and a sad bastard room that only plays pitiful songs, and a machinima room for people who work at that company. About the only thing I haven't seen is a classical room, but I could just be missing it.
You sign up via facebook. So far it's invitation-only, but isn't difficult to get invites. I made a facebook profile just for this tt.fm thing. Feel free to friend me. The tt.fm facebook page also has plenty of posts from people who will gladly friend you to get you in. You can unfriend us after you use us ; )
You can also change your tt.fm screen name as soon as you log into tt.fm if you wish. In other words, it doesn't have to be your facebook name if you want privacy in that area.
Once you're in, add music to your queue. You need to have some tracks in there before you hop up onto a DJ spot. There are tons of tracks already in the tt.fm database, or you can upload tracks from your PC. mp3 format only, no flac or aac.
You don't have to DJ, either - you can just listen. If you hear something and want to note it for later, hit the banner under the DJ table for links to add it to your tt.fm queue, a lastfm playlist, or spotify.
If you go to an empty room and try to DJ, it will only play a sample of whatever song is playing from your queue. Something about licensing I guess? So don't DJ to an empty room.
The volume controls for the page are on the speakers.
If you like a song, hit the awesome button and the DJ playing it gets a point. If you don't like it, hit the lame button. With more points, you can change your avatar.
If you like a DJ's stuff, or just see an online freind in there, you can become their fan, so it's easy to find them later. You'll get an email when they start to DJ somewhere, so if you don't want emails, turn that option off. You can still find them though, if they are on the tt.fm website their facebook avatar will show in the list of rooms.
I think that's it for the quick-start guide. Check it out and let me know what you think!
Comments
http://turntable.fm/music_gourmets
http://turntable.fm/80s_play_3step_down
http://turntable.fm/machinima
http://turntable.fm/sad_bastard
http://turntable.fm/jazz_all_31_flavors
http://turntable.fm/mashupfm
I usually say hello to the room in the chat box, and ask if I can DJ before I hop up.
I'll see if I can find you there? What room are you in?
edit - I am going to be standing in the music gourmets room. Gotta do some dishes & stuff, but I'll be checking to see ifyou show up.
Watch out, I have had to set a timer on myself with this entertaining distraction!
Some rooms have a list to get on. Such as the 80's play 3 & step down.
Or, just ask if anyone is leaving soon.
I am a jazz fan but of the "I don't know much about jazz but I know what I like" variety and I'm much more confident about being able to play crowd pleasing things in the country/folk/blues genres but being "forced" by the time difference into the jazz rooms has really been cool for me. Back in the day when eMusic and the label let me download the Prestige/Fantasy stuff I got into jazz seriously for the first time and its been fun to go back to all that to dig up particuarly good things to play. I've also been exposed to a lot more acidy, free 70s type jazz which I find I dig and have bought a few CDs of that.
So yay. Thanks to katrina for the invite.
Somewhere between weird and annoying. Time to unlike this bad boy.
Craig