Like.fm (YC W11) Is A Social Network For Tracking Songs

Thanks!

I have totally been working on a site that would recommend music based on what your friends have been listening to. Similar to this, except it didn't have the great idea of tracking everything you listen to online through extensions. This is such a great idea. Congratulations guys!

At Grooveshark, we have a feature that does this and it works amazingly well. If you click on the people icon at the upper left hand corner of the screen you'll see a feed of what your friends are currently listening to on Grooveshark. The feature has become so useful, that I often discover new music to listen to through it much more so than algorithmic recommendations. Social recommendations are indeed the best way to discover new music. In fact, one interesting example of this is when one of our co-workers began recommending everyone listen to Mumford and Sons about 10 months ago. Within a month, everyone's feeds were filled with Mumford and Sons playlists. I remember looking at my feed and thinking "Who the hell are Mumford And Sons". Turns out they're awesome and got super popular.

My startup blaster.fm which I submitted for review recently - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2275032 - does a similar sort of thing with more of a social bent. It leverages last.fm's idea of scrobbling, so there's no need for new ways to track what you're listening to.

Best of luck though, guys.