PUBLIC MARKS with tag Last.FM

A while back Last.fm released a command line tool to retrieve metadata for an arbitrary mp3 from their new fingerprint database. I tried it yesterday and it seemed way better than MusicBrainz. So, as a person with a lot of random mp3s, I cooked up a script for retagging entire folders of songs.

So, I'm trying my hand at Cocoa, namely RubyCocoa. Objective-C is a bit out of my grasp right now. If I start needing big performance boosts, I'll go that route. In the meantime, writing RubyCocoa apps is insanely fun. I wrote this basic tagger in 2 days (roughly 6 hours) and it works pretty well! If you plan on trying out this app, create a small playlist with the name 'lastfmtagger' and put a few albums in there.

You are supposed to be able to listen to an artist and read their Wikipedia entry (if one exists) at the same time. I say supposed to, because when I tried it I was only able to get it to play music similar to the artist.

new and upcoming music releases from the artists you listen to

new and upcoming music releases from the artists you listen to

LastFMProxy is a proxy server for the last.fm radio streams. It allows you to use your regular old audio player to listen to the last.fm streams. It does this by acting as a player itself, connecting to the server on your behalf, but instead of playing th

Automatically tag your music collection with metadata from Last.fm.

Last.fm Extra Stats is a windows program that calculates many cool stats using your last.fm music listening history.

Rhobbler is a tool that submits your Rhapsody recently played track information to Last.fm.

rank your favourite artists and albums by an estimation of how long you have spent listening to them

Créer un graphique avec les artistes écoutés sur Last.fm

Last.fm looks like a great way to sample new music and introduce friends to bands that you like. In that sense, Last.fm could easily grow into a "YouTube for music," making it the preferred (legal) way to link up full songs for others to hear

As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website