Social Networks for People Who Love Music
So what's buddies music social networks all about? Buddies lists the top social networking sites for people who love music. If you like music social networks it's for you and particularly aimed at helping unkown and unsigned bands and musiscians gets their stuff out there. Here you will find the best known sites and services that are dedicated to missing out the middle men (the record companies) who dictate the output of the record industry and limit the showcasing of talent to the perameters they want us to be within.
MOG is a social network that helps music lovers “discover people through music and discover music through people”. MOG makes it easy for you to find new music to listen to free by using custom music filters and personalized suggestions. This music site also provides users with news, reviews and streaming audio. MOG also features music TV that continuously broadcasts music videos taken from YouTube video share website.
iLike, another familiar one - iLike is a music listening and rating service to help you organize your music, share your music tastes, and discover new artists through your friends. iLike basically helps you discover new music based on what you’re already listening to. It lets you share music libraries with your friends, browse and sample their most played songs, and compare your compatibility scores. iLike will also send you music recommendations directly in iTunes.
Sonific is a social network that offers a great way to promote your music free, if you are an artist. It lets users put free music widgets with your music on their sites and promote it to their own audiences, for free. In exchange, Sonific users get free music to use and listen to (download is not permitted) and make their site look cooler - while you get free advertising for your music.
amNow is a music based social network aimed at musicians that allows them to create audio content online in real-time. JamNow isn’t a site that simply makes you “post and listen” to audio content: its platform enables real-time music collaboration and lets you schedule live jam sessions and listen to musicians that are playing right in that moment.
Flotones is a monetized musical social network for artists and their fans. The most interesting feature is the possibility to promote and distribute artist’s content via mobile phones (such as ringtones and mobile wallpapers). After you register and add your content, you’ll be able to promote your mobile content at your shows, on your website and on your MySpace profile. You’ll be asked to sign a contract before getting paid.
iJigg is a online music community that lets you comment on music and share songs. You can rate music and influence what becomes popular, as well as upload your own music to share it with the community and make new fans. You will need to decide whether to open a “listener” or “artist” account, which will give you access to different features (e.g. listeners can download free mp3 of their favorite music, while artists can upload their own music).
MusoCity is a music oriented social network. It provides accounts specifically designed for music fans, artists, musicians, music retailers and music venues. MusoCity is completely free to join and you can start browsing members profiles to make friends, discovering new artists, getting in touch with musicians in your area and finding events and music stores near you.
Midomi is a music network that makes it easy to discover new music and people who like music. The great thing is that you can search for music by singing or humming part of a song. You just need is a microphone attached to your computer and you will be able to connect to your favorite music, and to a community of people that share your musical interests. You can listen to other member’s voices, see pictures, rate singers, send messages and also buy music.
Sellaband is a music social network that turns the fans and listeners of bands into their producers, asking them to invest in a band or artist they support so that they will be able to get a recording opportunity. Every single investor that supports a successful band will take home a small cut of the profits made by them. Artists not only get financial support but also share 50% of the ad revenue coming from the free downloads of their music.
Radio 2.0 from Mercora is a music social network with an integrated free music listening service attached (that sustains itself through contextual music-centered ads), as well as a personal-webcasting platform. Mercora Radio 2.0 will search your hard disk for all the music tracks you have legally acquired and then you are ready to broadcast your own music library to the world. Each radio station has multiple channels and each DJ can also create his own playlists.
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