Here are two facts about me. One, I love music. Two, I’m a nerd. And now I’ve found something that puts the two together; Last.fm.

I love music. I don’t consider myself a casual listener of music. To me, casual listeners are those who listen only to the radio. That is their only source of music. They are content with the radio and whatever it feeds them. For me, music is more than just background noise in the car. It provides the soundtrack to my life. I’ll play a specific album or song and it will take me back to a point in my life. I love how I can relate to the lyrics in a song. I listen to so much music that I am constantly looking for a new band or artist to listen to. I usually find new music through friends or the internet. But even that gets tiresome after awhile. This is where Last.fm starts. After signing up for an account and installing a small plug-in into your music player of choice, the site analyzes what you listen to and makes recommendations based on your listening habits. It suggests new artists and shows you other users with your same listening tastes. You can look at other peoples’ profiles and take a peek into what they are listening to. Check out mine to see what a user’s profile page looks like.

Last.fm also satisfies the geek in me. The site will keep track of the artists you listen to. It shows you who you’ve been listening to on a weekly basis and shows you overall top artists. It also shows you a real time list of what you’ve just listened to and even gives you html code that you can paste into your MySpace website or blog. Pretty damn cool if you ask me. It would be even cooler if I had more friends that used it. Seriously, sign up.

Posted on October 9, 2006 in Uncategorized.