social networking in music

one of the best things about having a ipod is the ability to manage and track the music you listen to. now you can share your listening habits and discover new music.

music mobs is a true social networking sight where you upload your itunes library and then it will give you the names and playlists of other people who you share musical tastes with. so far i am really impressed with some of the new music i have found, and seeing the variety of tastes many people have. i always have thought that i would find people listening to radiohead, bach, michael nyman, richard james all on the same playlist. now i know it really happens.

the internet itunes registry is also a great site. it is setup to document your playlist and give you graphs and tools to give you more info about your listening habits.

here is the breakdown of the tools:

last import
tracks
artists
genres
diversity of tracks
total time
total listening hours
average track length
average rating
number of ratings

both of these are just the tip of the iceberg. it looks like social networking is just another tool that connects us to useful information.

cheers!!