Comments on: MyStrands, Last.fm competitor, raises $25 million http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:10:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: VentureBeat » Mystrands brings music discovery to online music videos http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/comment-page-1/#comment-509868 VentureBeat » Mystrands brings music discovery to online music videos Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:24:31 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/#comment-509868 [...] The Corvallis, Oregon company has previously launched a desktop-based application that you download to track what you listen to in iTunes or other desktop music players. The application uses the information it collects to recommend similar songs, as well as connects you with other users with similar tastes (our coverage here). [...] [...] The Corvallis, Oregon company has previously launched a desktop-based application that you download to track what you listen to in iTunes or other desktop music players. The application uses the information it collects to recommend similar songs, as well as connects you with other users with similar tastes (our coverage here). [...]

]]> By: Tomas http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/comment-page-1/#comment-347380 Tomas Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:07:56 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/#comment-347380 I was personally disappointed from last.fm recommendation engine, so my take is; another music community site. I believe the next best thing is a community site WITH AN EDGE regarding recommendation. There have been some talks about meemix.com. I just registered to there Beta. If I understood correctly, they combine member behavior and music discovery to provide a station based on personal taste! Let me know if you get invited. I was personally disappointed from last.fm recommendation engine, so my take is; another music community site. I believe the next best thing is a community site WITH AN EDGE regarding recommendation. There have been some talks about meemix.com. I just registered to there Beta. If I understood correctly, they combine member behavior and music discovery to provide a station based on personal taste! Let me know if you get invited.

]]> By: Dan Kaplan http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/comment-page-1/#comment-343030 Dan Kaplan Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:09:13 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/#comment-343030 Marshall: Points well taken. The site and press release did not do a great job conveying that they were more than an attempt to emulate Last.fm, but I should have looked harder. Marshall's post can be found here: http://www.ajax-blog.com/partystrands-aims-to-be-lastfm-digg-for-the-jukebox.html Marshall: Points well taken. The site and press release did not do a great job conveying that they were more than an attempt to emulate Last.fm, but I should have looked harder. Marshall’s post can be found here:

http://www.ajax-blog.com/partystrands-aims-to-be-lastfm-digg-for-the-jukebox.html

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/comment-page-1/#comment-342960 Marshall Kirkpatrick Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:55:50 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/18/mystrands-lastfm-wannabe-raises-25-million/#comment-342960 Dan, speaking only as someone who has written about MyStrands before I think you're not giving them a fair shake here. Their mobile and groups functionalities extend into things like a commercial product for bars and clubs that incorporates requests by SMS, photo sharing, etc. I'm not a big user of the service, but they are certainly more than a Last.fm knock off :) Dan, speaking only as someone who has written about MyStrands before I think you’re not giving them a fair shake here. Their mobile and groups functionalities extend into things like a commercial product for bars and clubs that incorporates requests by SMS, photo sharing, etc. I’m not a big user of the service, but they are certainly more than a Last.fm knock off :)

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