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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Turntable.fm

So how many people have heard of the website turntable.fm?  I hadn't until yesterday.  At a first glance it looked pretty cool, but after playing around with it a bit I find that I really like it.  Pretty much what you do is upload music to your queue and then enter a room.  You can either listen to songs that other users are playing, or if there's an open spot you can even DJ.  Songs start with the DJ on the left and move on down the line, playing the first song in the user's queue.

The epic awesomeness of your experience completely depends upon the other users in the room.  If the DJ's aren't playing music you like, then it's not so much fun.  But there are plenty of stations to choose from, so if you're not feeling it in one room, then check out another.  Rooms also have descriptions of what kind of music is played in that room as well as music that may not be allowed in the room.  Room moderators are the users that create the room, so they set the rules of what jives and what doesn't and they also have the ability to boot other users from their room.

If you're not finding a room that you like, go ahead and make your own room, although if you're the only DJ in the room, you will only hear a preview of the songs you play.  So it's sometimes more fun just to find a room with DJ's already playing.

If you're a music lover like me, this might be a site worth checking out.  I've heard a lot of songs that I didn't know and even found a couple of new favorites.  It is still in the Beta phase though, so the only way that you can sign up for an account is if you have a friend on facebook with an account and sign up that way.  So if you'd like to check it out and are already my friend on facebook, cool, you're in!  If you're not my friend, check the link in the sidebar and become my friend.  Because I love new friends.

Also, if you ever want to come party in Jess the Geek Girl's room, just click the link below.  :D
Jess the Geek Girl's Private Room