LastFM - Opinions?

[Skaarlaw]

First post etc, felt like making an account after reading for a long time.

But really, what do you guys think of LastFM? I use it rarely due to thinking it'll be full of mainstream stuff i'd hate, but after a few hours of playing today it's not actually that bad.

Opinions/Discussion, GO!

 

[genocide roach]

i used it when i listened to music on the computer. i dont anymore.
~gR~

 

[Phrozenspite]

its very good for recommendations...I come up with names to check out every couple of weeks from it usually with at least 1 gem amongst them... Last.fm was how I initially heard about Brain Drill before they got signed and such... for the social aspect? not worth it just stick to the music

 

[ErikSL]

yea i just use the last fm music player, I don't put much time into the actual website. I hear a lot of stuff I've never heard before on there. I think its great.

 

[Ender Rises]

I love being able to see, at a glance, charts based on my listening. That's why I use it.

 

[Addo_Of_Nex]

I really enjoy seeing what I listen to over time, as the vast majority of my listening is done on my computer.

The recommendation system is a joke, but the "similar artists" function can find you a gem or two if you look well enough.

 

[Enemy242]

I like having it to keep track of what i listen to and the similar artists thing is cool sometimes. i don't use it for the social aspect like having people as friends or anything on there, just for the music aspect.

 

[sevag00]

I use last.fm when i listen to music on my pc, but that is not frequent. I use it a lot to listen to samples of albums before downloading them.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

One of the best sites ever.

 

[byrne]

yeah i think its pretty cool. good idea, not really useful, but its kinda interesting.

 

[Dem0n0id]

As already said, mainly for two reasons.
1.To check out my charts, what I've been listening to.
2.Similar artist tag...usually has good recs there.

 

[Silent_Scream]

Great site.

Experience it for yourself.

 

[DarkBliss]

Well, it can useful for finding similar artists to your favorites.Even if in the majority of cases, they're not similar at all, just have shared fan-bases.
I used to troll the shout-boxes there for a short while, but it isn't fun anymore.
I can get all the great recs from people on RateYourMusic.com. Or here.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

I'm so old-school, I only liked it back in the day, when it was called Audioscrobbler.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Hey, I had mine back then too!

 

[MadTinus]

I only use it for scrobbling and browsing the site, to see what I've been playing, that's fun. It even goes as far as influencing what I play, sometimes I play a band more for the fact that I want them higher in my charts rather than because I really wanna hear them at that moment. Or I avoid a band to not have it go up in my charts that's wrong of course.

I once used the recommendation system and was quite surprised by what it was playing to me, nothing that would remotely interest me, I wonder how it came to those recommendations, made no sense considering my taste.

Anyway, it's a very good and clever site I think.

 

[Jreg]

I like the concept of it tracking my listening habits, but the statistics are clearly always gonna be somewhat deceiving. While I do normally listen to anything in digital form (CD, mp3) on a computer since my speakers are pretty good quality, there's still a lot of cassettes and vinyl unaccounted for. Same with anything I listen to in the car, and there's no scrobbler for my mp3 player unless I wanna take the time to write one myself. Still a cool idea though.

 

[Personified Hatred]

One of the best sites ever.

I agree.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

there's still a lot of cassettes and vinyl unaccounted for.

Agree with this.

 

[Jreg]

Well if it bothered me that much I COULD always rip the vinyls to my computer. But that would partially defeat the purpose of the records in the first place.