Last week we posted a round-up of music recommendation software, adding Goombah to Wired’s list. Now there’s another one to throw on—British import The Filter, which investor Peter Gabriel has been hyping overseas.
If the choice of which to use seems daunting, listen to The Times and "Don’t Panic." While each service is about discovering new music, they all have their own angle. The Filter is for the user who doesn’t want to deal. Pick a song or two based on your mood and it generates a playlist then fills your iPod with it.
Compare, contrast, and comment. Then wait for the next one to come along…
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As usual I’m a mac user and this kind of software is under represented on the platform.
Tangerine takes a completely different approach and Goombah is more about discovering new music rather than building playlists. For discovering new music – last.fm wins hands down and I don’t think any one else (apart from maybe MOG) is going to help me find new artists that I know I will like.
However, this ‘playlist’ creation market is right open and having seen a friend run the software I gotta say that I was impressed at how well it coped with his obscure tracks.
Being a mac user… well I’m happy making do with my smart playlists.
December 8th, 2006 at 5:29 am
Word on the street is that a mac version is due very soon – a few weeks. I’ve also seen a mate using it and impressed but .exes don’t work on my ol iBook g4 :(
December 8th, 2006 at 11:59 am
I have a Mac and tried iLike,Goombah and Last fm. Lastfm is good listening when you want to play it. Goombah is straight forward just about the music. You don’t have to do any work trying to describe what your music is about and what you like or don’t like. It seemed to get me. I am liking some new artists I found and the free music recommended are keepers. So, I’ll keep tryig.
December 10th, 2006 at 5:15 pm