grooveshark.com
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- M_C_P
can i just say how badass this site is? its free, nearly instantaneous and seemingly vast. almost everything i searched for was a on there. this is where streaming media and iTunes are headed.
btw, I've been lovin the shit out of the Inception soundtrack.
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/…
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- tasty0
I <3 grooveshark
Their radio feature needs a little work, it takes weird turns in music style. But you can find anything on there, have friends and listen to their play lists. Bring your playlists anywhere, instant party DJ woot woot.
- kult0
Yepp, I've been using Gshark for months and months. It's the best out there, IMO.
- ayport0
Thanks. This is fantastic!
- hotroddy0
Apple's dragging their feet. The purchased lala and shut it down. They don't want music to go in this direction particularly once you get it on your phone.
- M_C_P0
i was a big lala fan. apple's purchase of it either meant to kill it or to incorporate it into itunes. rumors of their new massive data center in north carolina suggests streaming itunes.
either way, streaming media is where its all going. the new netflix deal is more proof.
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/…
- Dodecahedron0
its great i use it everyday but i have the feeling its too good to last. any day it'll go totally pay and only offer song previews or just be shut down.
- ukit0
Question is will they be able to make any money of it? Does Grooveshark make money?
- M_C_P0
ad supported. seems a bit like pandora in that regard. i'm sure a free/pay model is in the future.
- thats what it is nowDodecahedron
- man, that future comes fast!M_C_P
- ukit0
I just wonder if the numbers actually add up. You can say we're going to support it with ads and it sounds like a win for everyone but I feel like if the economics of it really worked the music industry would have jumped on it years ago.
The funny thing is, Grooveshark's whole approach was basically to launch something that was completely illegal when they first came out. They didn't reimburse artists at all, they just let people play music for free. And the labels obviously sued them but in the meantime they managed to acquire enough users that the labels decided to settle and change their business model instead of completely put them out of business. So now apparently they do pay royalties to artists when you play music. I just haven't seen any numbers that indicate a business model like this is actually profitable yet.
- They just settled with another distributor last week: http://www.digitalmu…ukit
- 3030
I love grooveshark. They really do great job over there.
They also have iphone/ipod touch app which was rejected by apple. If you have one with jailbreak you can use it.
http://mobile.grooveshark.com/ph…
Has anyone of you tried it?
- chuparosa0
Love, love, love grooveshark. I used to listen on lala but once it got shut down I found grooveshark. So glad I did. I'm very surprised this is free. I agree that the radio feature isn't so great.
- Frosty_spl0
Is this better or any different than Pandora?
- M_C_P0
i dunno about better since it's kinda two different services. pandora is streaming radio: you define a genre or band and they play songs in that vein. grooveshark is more streaming on demand so you choose your content.
apart from that, grooveshark allows multiple repeats of the same song, ff & rew, playlists, etc. they do have a radio feature, but it's nowhere near pandora.
- M_C_P0
ukit, it seems it's no longer a matter of legitimacy since the questionable aspects of it are gone, labels are partnering up and companies like hp are advertising with them. regarding the numbers, i've wondered that too. its a similar model to pandora so i imagine grooveshark has viability in the marketplace. time will tell.
- Dodecahedron0
I like the promotions they're doing with artists, labels seems to be giving them a chance.
- M_C_P0
looks like apple just approved the grooveshark app so you no longer need to jailbreak your iPhone to get yer shark on. word!