We’re law-abiding types here at HK, so this week we’re recommending free and totally legal music-related hubs.
Social FM
www.social.fm
Stream your music collection directly from your computer. It’s not an online service per se, as you need to install their free program to be able to broadcast or listen to other members’ music.
Pros: The ability to listen to your music collection from anywhere.
Cons: You’ll have to keep your computer connected to the Internet.
Musicovery
www.musicovery.com
Whether you’re gloomy or happy, upbeat or depressed, this online music player selects music according to your emotions. If you’re a Nokia user, you can get Musicovery on your phone too.
Pros: It gives you a set of recommended tracks, so you can choose which one you want to listen to.
Cons: You can’t specify artists or albums; just your mood.
Last.FM
www.last.fm
An online social networking site (like MySpace or Facebook) that connects people according to their tastes in music. When you listen to a song on your computer, the website will take note of (or “scrobble”) the track name and artist and you can then listen to their online radio based on your scrobbled music collection and find online friends with similar tastes.