The new generation fueling thier iPods with music is the latest trend. To cater this ipod era websites are making millions of songs available online. But how to choose which ones? Music recommendation services are using tech wizardry to solve the problem.Music is no longer spreading by talking to friends or listening to the radio, no one pays a a visit to the local record store. Latest is, online music stores like iTunes and Napster offering millions of often obscure songs, users have found a better solution.

Two of the most popular services, Pandora and Last.fm, are making some serious effort and plan to take radically different approach.

Pandora (http://www.pandora.com) sets up a personalized online radio station based on a few favorite artists or songs, then adds new songs basing the selections on attributes of the music you’ve chosen.

If Pandora recommends songs based on their inherent qualities, Last.fm (http://www.last.fm) takes a very different approach by relying solely on the power of social networks: If you and a lot of other music fans like one song, it’s likely that you also have other favorite songs in common.

The concept is known as collaborative filtering, and it often shows up on Web sites like Amazon that offer recommendations stating that “customers who liked ___ also liked ___

Last.fm works through two separate pieces of software: One that monitors the music you listen to on software like Apple’s iTunes and another that streams a personalized radio station to your computer.

The Last.fm Web site also allows you to search for a given artist and find similar music, as well as listen to 30-second samples of most songs.

Live Plasma (http://www.liveplasma.com) is a site that draws striking graphical maps that show the overlapping relationships between artists. Aretha Franklin, for example, is orbited by Teddy Pendergrass, Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye and Barry White.

Prefered Music choice doesn’t come by smart sorting or intelligent logic building.. all it takes is a groove to take on you.. all stated above websites if tried.. may end up with differest results..

As long as customer choice prevail… options will be overwhelming & unique..its just what catches your Eye… oops Ear in this case

 

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