Music sharing service This Is My Jam has been in private beta for a while, but today the service opened its doors to all users. The idea is simple — when you sign up, you pick a song that you’re in love with or that’s just been in your head and set it as your jam. Share it with friends, meet other people based on their jams, play them, leave a comment, follow them and discover new tunes in a simple, fun to use web app. More »
You love music, but even if you consider yourself a true audiophile, the cost of high-end sound can be, frankly, a little absurd. We talked with a handful of audio experts to find out how to get audiophile-calibre sound without emptying your savings account. Here’s what they had to say. More »
If you’re walking in an area filled in traffic, it pays to concentrate, so listening to an iPod or other music player isn’t very sensible. But despite that obvious bit of advice, it doesn’t follow that we’re at a greater risk of being run over simply because portable music is so popular. More »
Mac: One of the problems with playing a big playlist in Rdio or iTunes is that it’s hard to get a quick glimpse at what’s playing without opening the app or right-clicking the icon. If you’d like graphical representation, Skip Tunes sits in your menu bar and controls all three of those apps. More »
Website musicForProgramming(); distributes a series of roughly hour-long ambient music mixes intended to “aid concentration and increase productivity” while you work. More »
Rdio updated its Android app today, with a bunch of new pages for discovering music, a better search engine and better support for your offline music. Rdio’s old Android app wasn’t bad, per se, but the interface could have used some work. More »
Dear Lifehacker,
I’d like to release some music I’ve made, but, for various reasons, I don’t want to go through a record company. What are my options? What are the best ways true music lovers can support my music directly rather than through a record company?
Sincerely,
Aspiring Musician More »
Part of us thinks that a waterproof MP3 player for $39.95 from Aldi (on sale from Saturday January 28) could be useful. Part of us wonders just how effective the waterproofing would be. Your call. [ALDI]
While we still haven’t seen Spotify appear, the range of streaming music options in Australia continues to steadily expand. Hot on the heels of JB Hi-Fi Now and Rdio, new service Rara.com claims to offer access to 10 million tracks. More »
If you have trouble getting up and out of the house in the morning on time every day, or just want an easy way to bump your schedule back a bit, try upgrading your morning routine with a playlist that’s specifically built to let you know how much time you have left based on which song is playing and how close the playlist is to the end. More »
