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Jul 14, 2009#1

Calleja

So, who's using this? I've had an account created since 2007, apparently, but I haven't used it since last night when a friend convinced me it can be fun.. giving you a view into your listening habits and it can recommend some good music, ala Pandora. I'm giving it a try, and it's interesting and kinda fun so far.

But it works better if you have people added as Friends... so... who wants to be my Last.fm friend?

http://www.last.fm/user/FCalleja

Jul 14, 2009#2

Tress

Oh! Me! Me!

I've had my account for a while. I still have a few people added as friends from the previous boards, but no one since moving to Halforum.

http://www.last.fm/user/Sprngpilot

No making fun of my music!

Jul 14, 2009#3

Denbrought

Eh, tried it for a while when it came out, that would've been years ago... I doubt my account is still around, and I didn't see much use for it.

Jul 14, 2009#4

HoboNinja

http://www.last.fm/user/HoboNinja

I love it, it's an awesome way to discover new music because it shows groups that are similar to others.

Jul 15, 2009#5

Tress

No one else?

Jul 15, 2009#6

Calleja

Squares. :humph:

Jul 15, 2009#7

DarkAudit

http://www.last.fm/user/DarkAudit

Jul 15, 2009#8

Seraphyn

Meh. Never really appealed to me. To get into new tunes I just turn up the radio. More of similar artists/tunes is just more of the same, which is rarely something I enjoy.

Jul 15, 2009#9

Calleja

Seraphyn said:
Meh.

Thanks for the contribution?

Jul 15, 2009#10

Seraphyn

You're welcome. :ninja:

Jul 15, 2009#11

I just tried I really did. But as I added "stations" it only saved a few. I had like 20 artists that I'd put in and it saved maybe 5. Pandora is just better for me.

Jul 15, 2009#12

Calleja

Turbo, you have to stop thinking of Last.fm as a similar service to Pandora. It's not.

It's more of a social thing, where you see what your friends have listened to, what their top-playing artists and songs are, and even what they're listening to NOW. It's also a really interesting experiment in seeing what YOU listen to and how often. Its stat keeping is pretty cool.

Plus, if you find a friend that has a sufficiently HIGH compatibility in taste with you, you can scan through his/her favorite artists and those you don't know you'll probably really like.

Pandora is to sit back and listen, Last.fm is to poke around.

Jul 15, 2009#13

Calleja said:
Turbo, you have to stop thinking of Last.fm as a similar service to Pandora. It's not.

It's more of a social thing, where you see what your friends have listened to, what their top-playing artists and songs are, and even what they're listening to NOW. It's also a really interesting experiment in seeing what YOU listen to and how often. Its stat keeping is pretty cool.

Plus, if you find a friend that has a sufficiently HIGH compatibility in taste with you, you can scan through his/her favorite artists and those you don't know you'll probably really like.

Pandora is to sit back and listen, Last.fm is to poke around.

But I apparently am unable to put in many artists, so instead of a statistical representation of my musical tastes you end up with a skewed microcosm. And now that I've said that most of them have appeared.

I guess they take a few minutes to show up.

edrondol is my last.fm name. Go figure.

Jul 15, 2009#14

Calleja

The best way to use Last.fm is to "scrobble" your tracks. That is have your PC's media player send the track info to your Last.fm account. The most common way to do that is to download the scrobbling client Last.fm offers, which works with like all media players... I personally use the AWESOME Songbird with the Last.fm extension so I don't run any other little client.

If you add artists manually it doesn't capture the same type of stats.

-- less than a minute ago --

"Once Edrondol listens to more music, your compatibility score will be shown here."

lol

Jul 15, 2009#15

*sigh*

Jul 15, 2009#16

Calleja

What's eating at ya, Turbo?

And WOW did Michael Jackson's death boost the nostalgia listens... look at the top listened to artists and tracks:

http://www.last.fm/charts

Jul 15, 2009#17

Singularity.EXE

Prepare for multiple-personality radio!

http://www.last.fm/user/SingularityX

We have rage-metal! We have alternative! We have techno! We have future pop! Turn up that radio for "Death Cab for Cutie" but keep your hands on that dial for Rammstein!

-- Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:58 pm --

Example:

System of a Down – Roulette full track
Guster – Jesus on the Radio
Death Cab for Cutie – New Candles
The Fray – Little House

Jul 16, 2009#18

So is there any way to mix up your artists and play through your playlist? I have no mp3 on this computer DUE to it being my work PC. And since I don't want to have to constantly click on a different style of music I'd like to have a mix.

Jul 16, 2009#19

DarkAudit

Tip: load up the scrobbler on your home PC, turn your player of choice onto shuffle, then leave it overnight or several days. That'll load you up with a decent mix.

Jul 16, 2009#20

DarkAudit said:
Tip: load up the scrobbler on your home PC, turn your player of choice onto shuffle, then leave it overnight or several days. That'll load you up with a decent mix.

Good idea. First I'll have to scrub all my wife's and daughter's songs or I'll look like a big gayboy.

Jul 16, 2009#21

Krisken

DarkAudit said:
Tip: load up the scrobbler on your home PC, turn your player of choice onto shuffle, then leave it overnight or several days. That'll load you up with a decent mix.

Ugh... have to use WMP. Blech. Ah well, guess I'll have to give that a shot.

For anyone who cares:
http://www.last.fm/user/Krisken1

Jul 16, 2009#22

V.Bond

http://www.last.fm/user/LosVagabond

Teach me your ways, oh wise Last.Fm sages.

Seriously, have I done everything right so far?

Jul 16, 2009#23

HoboNinja

Krisken said:
DarkAudit said:

Tip: load up the scrobbler on your home PC, turn your player of choice onto shuffle, then leave it overnight or several days. That'll load you up with a decent mix.

Click to expand...

Ugh... have to use WMP. Blech. Ah well, guess I'll have to give that a shot.

For anyone who cares:
http://www.last.fm/user/Krisken1

Why do you have to use WMP? It supports WMP, iTunes, Winamp, and Foobar out of the box I think and you can get plugins for other programs.

Jul 16, 2009#24

Krisken

Ok, I just friended all you.

HoboNinja said:
Krisken said:

DarkAudit said:

Tip: load up the scrobbler on your home PC, turn your player of choice onto shuffle, then leave it overnight or several days. That'll load you up with a decent mix.

Click to expand...

Ugh... have to use WMP. Blech. Ah well, guess I'll have to give that a shot.

For anyone who cares:
http://www.last.fm/user/Krisken1

Click to expand...

Why do you have to use WMP? It supports WMP, iTunes, Winamp, and Foobar out of the box I think and you can get plugins for other programs.

I use Rhapsody, and the scrobbler for it is a pain in the ass to use. I tried to get it to work, but I'm pretty computer stupid.

Jul 16, 2009#25

Calleja

SONGBIRD people SONGBIRD

Jul 16, 2009#26

Krisken

Calleja said:
SONGBIRD people SONGBIRD

I'll look it up. Right now WMP is working ok though.

Jul 16, 2009#27

Vrii

http://www.last.fm/user/Vrii

Jul 16, 2009#28

DarkAudit

There is now a Halforum group on Last.fm...

http://www.last.fm/group/Halforum

Jul 16, 2009#29

CynicismKills

http://www.last.fm/user/CynicismKills

Jul 17, 2009#30

twitchmoss

http://www.last.fm/user/twitchmoss

Jul 19, 2009#31

DarkAudit

Bump for JOIN OUR GROUP!

http://www.last.fm/group/Halforum

Charts should be generated presently...

Jul 19, 2009#32

Krisken

One of us, one of us

Jul 20, 2009#33

If you're listening to the HF Group radio and a song comes on you don't like, can you ban the track or will it remove it for everyone if you do that?

Jul 20, 2009#34

DarkAudit

I think it just bans it from your own profile.

Jul 20, 2009#35

Singularity.EXE

I have a feeling that I won't be listening to Halforum radio much, considering what low compatibility I've had with most of you.

Jul 20, 2009#36

Calleja

Wait, I thought it took the information for that chart from the stats of each member? Right now it looks like it's only scrobbling from those who listen to Halforum Radio? I mean.. 4 plays from The Beatles? I have over 800 on my OWN.

Jul 20, 2009#37

Krisken

Singularity.EXE said:
I have a feeling that I won't be listening to Halforum radio much, considering what low compatibility I've had with most of you.

Last I checked, ours was actually fairly high.

Jul 20, 2009#38

CynicismKills

Ahh, I knew I was missing a station. Had to make a Reel Big Fish channel.

Jul 20, 2009#39

CynicismKills

Oh, I need me a swing station, too.

Jul 20, 2009#40

Calleja

No one has the answer to my group question?

Jul 20, 2009#41

Krisken

Sorry, I tried to find an answer for you Calleja, but the FAQ sucks.

Jul 20, 2009#42

I don't know how they figure out their metrics.

Jul 20, 2009#43

DarkAudit

Calleja said:
Wait, I thought it took the information for that chart from the stats of each member? Right now it looks like it's only scrobbling from those who listen to Halforum Radio? I mean.. 4 plays from The Beatles? I have over 800 on my OWN.

How many have you listened to since the group was started? We have less than a week's worth of data.

Jul 20, 2009#44

DarkAudit said:
Calleja said:

Wait, I thought it took the information for that chart from the stats of each member? Right now it looks like it's only scrobbling from those who listen to Halforum Radio? I mean.. 4 plays from The Beatles? I have over 800 on my OWN.

Click to expand...

How many have you listened to since the group was started? We have less than a week's worth of data.

I listened today but I had to bail for a meeting.

Jul 20, 2009#45

DarkAudit

I've been listening to a lot of sci-fi surf guitar today, like Man or Astro-man?

Jul 20, 2009#46

CynicismKills

I've been on a ska kick today, and now I'm doing a little Johnathon Coulton. I'm not sure if this affects the group list at all or not, still figuring out the kinks of this thing.

Jul 20, 2009#47

Krisken

I'm always on random. One minute it's playing Less Than Jake, the next Frank Sinatra, moves on to Fear Factory, then to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Hell, I was just listening to Ska, and now it's playing Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Op. 8/1, "Spring" - 2. Largo.

Jul 20, 2009#48

CynicismKills

Krisken said:
I'm always on random. One minute it's playing Less Than Jake, the next Frank Sinatra, moves on to Fear Factory, then to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Hell, I was just listening to Ska, and now it's playing Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Op. 8/1, "Spring" - 2. Largo.

I've been using the Suggestion channel a lot, though it gets a little heavy on the hardcore/metal sometimes. I think that's because when I left the Scrobbler on iTunes was on a Protest the Hero/Killswitch/Sword kick.

Jul 21, 2009#49

Tress

Calleja said:
Wait, I thought it took the information for that chart from the stats of each member? Right now it looks like it's only scrobbling from those who listen to Halforum Radio? I mean.. 4 plays from The Beatles? I have over 800 on my OWN.

The group chart isn't tracking the number of plays for that artist. It's tracking the amount of people within the group that listened to a particular artist, and then listing the most common artists. So when it says 4 for The Beatles, it's saying that four people in the group listened to the Beatles last week.

Jul 21, 2009#50

Calleja

Ah.. gotcha.

FOUR!?!

You philistines.

Jul 21, 2009#51

Yeah, like we choose what we listen to. I put it on group radio and sit back.

Jul 21, 2009#52

DarkAudit

15K tracks on shuffle. It takes time for The Beatles to come around again. :tongue:

Jul 21, 2009#53

Singularity.EXE

I swear that I'm going to leave my computer on over night, playing "Jonas Brothers" radio.

Jul 21, 2009#54

Singularity.EXE said:
I swear that I'm going to leave my computer on over night, playing "Jonas Brothers" radio.

Mine went for a day and a half cycling through my playlist. I forgot it was on.

Jul 21, 2009#55

DarkAudit

Singularity.EXE said:
I swear that I'm going to leave my computer on over night, playing "Jonas Brothers" radio.

Nice idea, but flawed. There's a timer, after which it shuts off waiting for input. :tongue:

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