Online Music Streaming
There are a lot of great music streaming sites out there. A few years ago I was a huge fan of Pandora but unfortunately it isn’t available in Canada anymore. Don’t worry though, I’ve put together a list of some great alternatives for you fellow Canadians.
I am listing Grooveshark first because it’s my personal favorite. Just type in a song and add it to your playlist, its that easy. It’s a great looking site enhanced with the latest HTML5 and I haven’t yet searched for a song that they didn’t have.
Stereomood provides a great alternative when you don’t know what you want to listen to. All you do is pick a ‘mood’ and Stereomood will create a playlist. It actually works great and I highly recommend it for those long working days.
Jamendo allows you to listen for free and download it directly from their site. Jamendo users can discover and share albums, create playlists and share music with friends. Users can also review albums or start a discussion on the forums. Albums are democratically rated based on the visitors’ reviews. If they fancy an artist they can support them by making a donation.
Open a Web browser, type a song name, and have that song start playing immediately.
Spotify offers you legal and free access to a huge library of music. All you need to do is create an account and download their streaming music player.
Not a great looking site but allows you to download popular songs from various artists.
lala.com
Find music and listen – Lala enables you to listen to full-length songs, not just clips. Search or browse by your favorite genre. Lala has over 5 million licensed songs, so it’s most likely that you’ll find something you’ll like.
Jogli is the search engine for music. It scans the internet for existing music and music video clips, and then indexes the music to allow an easy and efficient search. As a result, users have access to huge, free inventory of music. Including half a billion songs and more then 12 million albums. Also now can send any playlist, albums or artist page to your Facebook friends by clicking share. You can also create online bookmarks using del.icio.us and other online bookmarking services.
Jango is all about making online music fun, social and simple. A free custom radio service that learns from your taste and connects you to others who like what you like. Just type in what you want to hear – and Jango will play your chosen music and other favorites of Jango users who share your taste. You can customize your stations further by adding more artists and rating songs
vSide is an impressive, interconnected virtual city environment where you can hang out, listen to music, chat, dance, and make friends. The 3D virtual club features everything from DJs to bands to celebrity appearances. Come in and meet bands like Maroon 5 and All-American Reject, gain exposure to up-and-coming artists like Kevin Michael or just hang with your friends. vSide is your non-stop entertainment destination 24/7.
SkreemR is a search engine for locating audio files on the web. SkreemR crawls the internet for audio tracks and then provides the information for you to listen, download, or find out more about music that you are interested in.
A great new online music player called Spool.fm, allows you to search for all your favorite music and easily to make playlists. You’ll be able to hear those playlists over and over on the Web. Spool.fm includes drag & drop to create playlists, AJAX everywhere and a lot of great features such as similar artists recommendations and the awesome feature “listen with a friend” which allows you to listen in real time to what a friend is listening to.
If you consider yourself a music artist and would like to expose your creation to the world, you should try iJigg. You’ll be able to easily upload your music files and share it with others on the site itself or via emails, blog/site embedding and even post it to your facebook account. This great site is not just for artists, It’s for everyone who likes to listen to music and discover new songs.
Last.fm is the flagship product from the team that designed the Audioscrobbler system, a music engine based on a massive collection of Music Profiles. Each music profile belongs to one person, and describes their taste in music. Last.fm uses these music profiles to make personalized recommendations, match you up with people who like similar music, and generate custom radio stations for each person.
imeem is a great new social media network that will allow you to browse for tags in a different and cool way and will give you lots of stuff to enjoy. You can search and listen to music, watch videos, find playlists, upload photos and share just about everything with your friends online.
While this is not an options for people in Canada, I thought I’d put it on here just in case they decide to change their minds.
Multiply gives you an easy way to share all kinds of digital media, including photos, blogs, videos, music and more, all in one convenient place: your own personal web site. With Multiply, you can share and discuss your topics with everyone in your “social network,” and also be alerted whenever they have something new.