webmoz
04-30-2009, 12:50 AM
I was pleased to see that the new Blackberry App World offered Shazam and downloaded it at once. I first heard about Shazam when I saw the commercial advertising it as an application for the iPhone. A friend wanted it so she could win all the “name-that-tune” games on roadtrips.
I see it as a music finder. When I listen to music, it’s usually in my car, listening to a CD. If I’m at home, it’s on my computer or iPod. If I’m exercising, it’s on my Blackberry. That means, I made the playlist and I know the artists and songs. When I listen to online radio, that’s when I discover music. Here’s what I do and how Shazam is going to help me discover music.
Get to work, turn on my computer, turn on music player with the radio streaming, start my day. I hear a song I like, but I’m not familiar with it. I go to the website of the station, click on the playlist, find the song. Now, there’s more work to do. I can either email a message to myself to find it later, or I can search for it now. I’m at work, so I usually don’t have time to do the research on it that I would like to do. If I don’t send the message, I forget about it.
Now with Shazam, I click on Shazam, click on the menu button and choose Tag Now. It picks up the song, tells me the name of the song, the artist, the album name, the genre and the record label. Options include buying it by taking me to online music stores, look at similar artists, share the song with someone by text or email, get an album review, get the biography of the band, and look at their discography. And by tagging it now, I can do this all later.
There have been times that it hasn’t been able to find a match (tag a song). I don’t know if this is because the song is not available. It won’t tag live recordings that I have. Other noises, such as talking or television, will cause it to not find a match also.
The application is free for three months and after that it’s offered for $4.99. Not a bad price, but not necessary. So try it out while it’s free. Discover music. And share it with your friends.
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I see it as a music finder. When I listen to music, it’s usually in my car, listening to a CD. If I’m at home, it’s on my computer or iPod. If I’m exercising, it’s on my Blackberry. That means, I made the playlist and I know the artists and songs. When I listen to online radio, that’s when I discover music. Here’s what I do and how Shazam is going to help me discover music.
Get to work, turn on my computer, turn on music player with the radio streaming, start my day. I hear a song I like, but I’m not familiar with it. I go to the website of the station, click on the playlist, find the song. Now, there’s more work to do. I can either email a message to myself to find it later, or I can search for it now. I’m at work, so I usually don’t have time to do the research on it that I would like to do. If I don’t send the message, I forget about it.
Now with Shazam, I click on Shazam, click on the menu button and choose Tag Now. It picks up the song, tells me the name of the song, the artist, the album name, the genre and the record label. Options include buying it by taking me to online music stores, look at similar artists, share the song with someone by text or email, get an album review, get the biography of the band, and look at their discography. And by tagging it now, I can do this all later.
There have been times that it hasn’t been able to find a match (tag a song). I don’t know if this is because the song is not available. It won’t tag live recordings that I have. Other noises, such as talking or television, will cause it to not find a match also.
The application is free for three months and after that it’s offered for $4.99. Not a bad price, but not necessary. So try it out while it’s free. Discover music. And share it with your friends.
More... ([Only registered and activated users can see links])