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Social Music: Top 5 Music Recommendation Services

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Social Music: Top 5 Music RecommendationServices

February 2, 2009 - 10:57 am PDT - byJennifer Van Grove 20 Comments

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Finding great new music can be the most rewarding experience, but sometimes the effort that goesinto music discovery often thwarts even the most determined of us. Pandora is great for listening tomusic online, but without having any foresight or direct say over upcoming tracks, it’s certainly not thebest there is if you’re looking to achieve playlist perfection.So we’ve put together a list of the top music recommendation services available to help you hone inon new numbers, old favorites, perfect playlist partners, and visual matches. These 5 stellar serviceswill transform your music listening experiences into music learning courses, and help you expand your auditory horizons.

1. MyStrands

TheMyStrandswebsite isn’t a great solution for actually listening to music, but if music discovery isyour goal then the recommendation engine is top notch. Based on songs or artists you either uploadfrom your iTunes playlists or add as favorites on the site, MyStrands will recommend similar songs,albums, and artists that you can add or exile as you go.

But it’s the MyStrands desktop app that really rocks our socks off — you can pretty much skip theweb experience entirely. The application works similar to Last.fm’s scrobbling software, reworkingyour iTunes experience and synchronizing with the MyStrands recommendation engine.With the app, you can start managing your library of music with tags, keep track of the music your friends are listening to, and get multiple recommendations per song played. Plus, if you start messingaround with some of the buttons, you’ll find that you can sync iPod play counts with MyStrands, filter recommendations by decade, genre, and popularity, as well as build fabulous playlists.

The Playlist Builder is MyStrands’ take on iTunes Genius-like functionality, except it’s actually a littlebetter. Instead of building smart playlists based on a single song, you can fine tune your playlistsbased on several selections, and even add in additional advanced filters. New playlists are portedover to iTunes with a click of the button and can also be shared with MyStrands.com.MyStrands isn’t accepting new members, but if you have aStrandsaccount, then you’re good to goand you’ll definitely want to reap the rewards of the robust recommendation engine.

2. iTunes Genius

Genius’ playlist and sidebar combo pack a nice one two punch when it comes to songrecommendations within iTunes. In fact, given the portability of iTunes via iPods and iPhones, mypersonal experience with Genuis’ super intelligent formula has proven that this is the best way toremaster your library into the perfect gym mix and keep you from entering into a music coma.

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