Thursday, September 25, 2008

MySpace Launches New Music App

I know MySpace has been getting a bad rap as of late with many people I know switching over to facebook, but this morning they flew past Facebook in terms of their new music application.

Partially to stay innovative and competitive, and partially because they got the crap sued out of them by Universal Music (who, as a term of the settlement, has a substantial stake in this and therefore provides their artists), many if not most big name artists now have their full catalogs on the site. Just go in, search for the songs and artists you wish to play, and add them to your playlist which can either be kept private or posted as your profile play list on your site.

Pandora is still good for finding new artists and songs in a similar style to those you already like, but honestly I'd rather just hear my favorites. With MySpace Music, you can stream these to your desktop at the office and take away the crap that Pandora sometimes throws at you. And yes, you can buy the mp3s if you so choose (though I tend to stick with iTunes).

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