New Social Music Sites
By Mark Levy CEO of MaxxoMedia
The web has forever changed the way people experience music. Here are a few sites I found this week that are cleverly combining elements of social networks, games and artificial intelligence, enabling people to discover and share music like never before.
Music Discovery Game
www.thesixtyone.com is a music discovery game that rewards those who help others listen to good new music. The name of the site pays homage to US Highway 61. According to the founders, “Muddy Waters rode the 61. So did Bob Dylan, Ike Turner and B.B. King. Elvis grew up in the housing projects along it. Highway 61 was the road by which people left to find better opportunities. And by leaving, they took their music to the world.”
On thesixtyone.com, musicians upload music and listeners decide which songs go on the home page. Both musicians and listeners can create profiles to share the music they are interested in and gain influence points, which can be used to help promote the music they like. If you like a song, just click the “bump” button to increase its bump count. Each “bump” increases the artists points in the system.
There is a real-time updated leader board of both the top performing artists and the listeners with the most points. Points record progress, reflect community status and can be spent to bump more songs and influence the community.
Community Lyrics Search
If it’s lyrics you are looking for, a solid place to start is www.Lyricsmode.com. This new site has combined social networking and lyrics sharing by allowing members to upload lyrics into the site. LyricsMode is a comprehensive online music resource that provides a huge selection of lyrics for music compositions. They boast more than 550,000 lyrics for more than 20,000 artists and are adding new material daily.
In addition to the lyrics on each song, Lyricsmode offers a YouTube widget that you can embed into web pages showing the video and the lyrics to the song. You can also request and share lyrics or get the ringtone to the song.
Social Playlists and Streaming Music
MeeMix wants to provide the new generation of media consumers with an Internet radio that will give them what they want, when they want it and without having to work to get it. The service is based on an advanced analysis of personal taste in music. With MeeMix, choose a song or artist, and a playlist based on this input will be automatically built. The music will start playing immediately as MeeMix creates a personalized radio station.
The founders spent eight months developing a technology that uniquely identifies individual musical taste by using content and behavioral-based methodologies. The MeeMix algorithm is a taste-prediction tool, which not only points out songs similar to the ones selected by the user, but also takes geographical, behavioral and psychological characteristics into account in order to deliver songs that will match the user’s unique personal taste.
For example: If a 16-year-old girl from Japan and a 22-year-old guy from New York request the same song, then parameters beyond song selection will be considered to personalize the playlist. When songs are rated, the Internet radio station becomes more in tune with the listener’s music preferences. For instance, if you rate a song, they understand how you liked it and adjust the station accordingly. The more songs the listeners rate, the better the station will become a reflection of their unique music tastes.
Every member can set up his or her personal profile, and interact with other members in a variety of ways and throughout the site, including similar musical tastes or shared passions.
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