sort of like last.fm, which I recommended here:
http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=399251

except that musicstrands (http://www.musicstrands.com/) not only makes recommendations based on what you've been playing on your computer (it works with itunes and WMP), but then will generate playlists for you based on those recommendations (using music you already have that fits what it thinks are your preferences). it's really, really, really cool

and then, if you're a http://last.fm user, of course, playing those playlists will send those stats back to last.fm again, which means last.fm will also give you better recommendations, as will musicstrands, and then... well, you see how this will go

4/7/2006 2:28:43 PM

anyone tried this yet? it's great

4/8/2006 4:23:00 PM

i tried it but haven't found much use for it yet. it also makes my itunes take forever to load.

4/8/2006 4:41:50 PM

really? i haven't had any such problems. you don't think creating playlists is useful?

i mean I have alot of music I haven't listened to much or at all, like 50 gigs total, and this helps me know what to listen to and will make me listen to it.

4/8/2006 5:15:54 PM

that's what i got it for, but i guess i haven't really figured out how to do that yet. if you have any tips, let me know, their website kinda sucks

4/8/2006 6:53:12 PM

oh well that's easy. while you're running the program, click the "playlist builder" icon. then it'll ask you for at least one artist, or track, album, etc, tell it how many tracks to put in the playlist, then you click "get tracks," and it'll create a playlist. simple.

ha! awesome

Quote :

"If you are using last.fm, you already know they offer great services like nice weekly artist recommendations. MusicStrands is now offering instant song recommendations based on your last.fm profile, so that you can have a music discovery experience with another flavor. Also you can meet MusicStranders who share your musical taste. We hope you will love this new experience!"

http://labs.musicstrands.com/features/recommendations/lastfmrecs.html

[Edited on April 9, 2006 at 12:27 AM. Reason : .]

4/9/2006 12:22:05 AM