Record executives and radio DJs may have controlled what made it onto record store shelves in the past, but a web-app called thesixtyone is helping its users decide for themselves what they want to listen to now. With a goal of helping young artists get discovered, thesixtyone has created a way for music lovers to listen to songs by musicians they’ve never heard of before and download those that seem worth listening to again.

If you’re sick of the music on the radio and tired of the tunes you’ve downloaded onto your iPod, it might be time to give thesixtyone a try. Head over to the site – www.thesixtyone.com – and click on the word “ready” to begin. Immediately, a song will begin playing by an artist you’ve most likely never heard of before. If you like the tune, then keep listening and add the song to your playlist. If you hate the song, there’s no hard feelings. Just click the arrow on the right-hand side of the page to start listening to another song by an undiscovered artist. When you find a song you actually enjoy, download it to your hard drive and import it onto your iPod. Musicians who sell their songs on thesixtyone are paid directly without having to give a cut of the proceeds to their record companies or distributors.

Thesixtyone isn’t just a service that allows people to listen to music and sell their songs on the web, either. The web-app also offers an interactive gaming element that lets users recommend songs they like and earn points when other users download or recommend those very same songs. Users can also comment on songs, make friends through the site, and complete “quests” or journeys just for fun. For music aficionados who enjoy being on the cusp of new music trends, thesixtyone is a great web-app.

Practical Uses:

• Find new musicians whose music you enjoy
• Download songs that your friends have never heard before
• Sell your music to fans online
• Earn reputation points for recommending lesser-known songs that users enjoy

Insider Tips:

• Go on “quests” to earn points
• Comment on songs with tips and suggestions for the band
• Scroll through songs until you find one you like
• Download music to your desktop

(via appvita)

Most music streaming services offer some kind of Wikipedia-style write-up on the artist that’s currently playing. Shuffler.fm does one better, switching between music blogs in your chosen genre and streaming tracks from recent posts. In other words, it’s a more music-nerd-y Pandora.

In practice, shuffler.fm sits as a music control bar at the top of each blog page, providing controls to skip back or forward, pause the playback, switch genres, or email, Tweet, or “Like” a track on Facebook. Like what you’re hearing? The blog post likely centered around the artist, song, or event from which it came is right there in your browser tab. You get free music, a good vibe from patronizing smaller-scale music blogs, and you don’t even need to create a free account to listen.

Shuffler.fm is a free service, and seems to require only a browser with Flash capabilities.

(from lifehacker)

Jessica Miller has written for Jewcy.com, The Jew and the Carrot, and is an avid digital music explorer. She holds a B.A. in religion from Barnard College, and blogs regularly on her own site, The Boomerang Blog.

You don’t have to be Oliver Sacks to know that music can have a profound effect on the human psyche. Music is undeniably important in shaping moods, and, likewise, certain frames of mind require certain kinds of songs.

Luckily for us, there are now several websites out there that feature mood searches. Instead of generating artists and songs by genre or title (as Pandora does), they are able to filter songs by emotions and activities.

So whether you’re feeling down and need a pick-me-up; you’re down and you’d like to stay that way for a bit — whether you’re in an “Empire State of Mind,” or it’s just another “Manic Monday” — we’ve hand picked our five most satisfying sites for finding the perfect songs to suit your mood.

1. Musicovery

Musicovery is a fun and colorful website that lets you find your mood-appropriate music with several adjustable options. First, it instructs you to chart your mood on a grid, with the x-axis going from dark to positive, and the y-axis ranging from energetic to calm. Then, below the chart, you can select which genres of music you’d like Musicovery to dig around in for you, and which music decades you’d like to be included in the search. (If you’re open minded, you can select them all!)

Musicovery then creates a brightly colored family tree of mood music for you. Each burst on the tree has a shade corresponding to a genre (rap is dark red, funk is light green, etc.). Although you have to register on the site in order to shuffle from one song to another, you can always alter your mood on the grid if you don’t like what’s coming up. You can also ban songs you don’t like, and you’ll get the next song in the lineup.

As an added perk, if you’re looking for something to dance to, there’s an additional grid to refine your search. This grid allows you to alter the dance-ability and tempo of your tunes. There’s also a discovery feature that will just plainly surf Musicovery’s library for you without any fuss.

Pros: Fun to look at, lots of fine-tuning options.

Cons: Registration is required to shuffle and choose specific songs.

2. AUPEO!

Despite the enthusiasm in its name, AUPEO! is not the flashiest website, but it gets the job done. Like Pandora, it is capable of creating a playlist for you based on a favorite artist, but it also contains an easy-to-use mood search feature.

Simply click the mood tab, and then select one of the ten provided emotions, which include aggressive, happy, relaxing, and dramatic. Then you can instruct AUPEO! to hunt for appropriate songs in all genres, or narrow its searches down to one specific classification. The menu includes nine genres ranging from pop, to country, to R&B. Hit the orange music notes icon and you’re in business. You can shuffle songs if you want something new, or change your search criteria. As you listen, AUPEO! will give you album covers to look at, which is nice.

Pros: Simple and easy to use. No fuss involved.

Cons: Must search for songs one emotion and genre at a time. Occasional ads.

3. Stereomood

There are three elements to Stereomood: Mood, activity, and artist.

To get started, you can either click on one of the tags on the homepage, or use the menu at the top. The tag cloud on the front page is a wacky jumble of emotions and activities varying from the more basic (e.g. sad, jogging) to the more eccentric (e.g. lost in thought, driving Route 66.) I prefer to use the menu at the top, which is a little more organized. The menu lets you search either the site, the moods, or the activities one at a time. If you search by mood or activity, a pull down menu will appear, and you can make a choice from that list.

Whatever you choose, you will be taken to a playlist page where you can either select the specific songs you’d like to hear, or just put the songs on shuffle. There is also a menu on the left that will suggest other action, emotion, or artist playlists for you based on the one you’re currently in.

If you simply choose to search the site through the menu, you can put in whatever criteria you wish, including artists you like, or your own activities/emotions. The search results tend to be a little more literal when you put in your own keywords, but, for example, if you wanted to find a whole mess of songs that contain a specific word, this would be a good tool. If you search for an artist though, you can see what mood and activity playlists your favorite band is included in, which is kind of fun.

Also, regardless of how you search, each song that comes up contains a list of tags, so you can see what other playlists each one is in.

Pros: Shuffling, and even choosing specific songs you want to hear, is possible.

Cons: Slightly disorganized.

4. Last.fm

Maybe I’m the only one, but I never realized that it’s possible to search music by tags on Last.fm. Thanks to those user tags, Last.fm can be an excellent aid for finding songs appropriate to how you may be feeling.

Simply type an emotion into the music search field, and then click on the appropriate tag. You’ll get a station full of songs that other Last.fm-ers have tagged as being appropriate to that emotion. In addition, you’ll get a heads-up on the artists included in the station, and a list of suggested tags that might be related to what you’re looking for.

Pros: Very straightforward. Easy to pick up and contribute if you already use Last.fm

Cons: Somewhat less adventurous.

5. Thesixtyone

Thesixtyone  is different from the other sites because it has a strong visual component. The images and information it generates are usually nice, but can veer towards distracting or cluttered at times. Other than that, it’s a fun experiment in finding mood-appropriate music, and in finding new music in general. Since thesixtyone likes to highlight newer artists, you’re more likely to hear something you’ve never heard before on this site.

To get a mood station on thesixtyone, simply hover your mouse over where it says “popular” on the top right, then click on moods. A little menu will pop up with 12 moods listed (10 really, since “remix” and “covers” are not moods.) Just click on one and the station will start playing. If you’d like to shuffle forward or back, click on the green paddles on both sides of the window.

Pros: Nice photos and artist information. Backtracking is possible.

Cons: A little cluttered. Less user-friendly.

Have you found any other sites that can generate music playlists by mood? Let us know in the comments, and happy hunting!

(from mashable)

Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want.

There are no restrictions in terms of what you can listen to or when. Forget about the hassle of waiting for files to download and fill up your hard drive before you get round to organising them. Spotify is instant, fun and simple.

Because music is social, Spotify allows you to share songs and playlists with friends, and even work together on collaborative playlists, Friday afternoon in the office might never be the same again! We’re music lovers like everyone else.

We want to connect millions of people with their favorite songs by creating a product that people love to use. We respect creativity and believe in fairly compensating artists for their work. We’ve cleared the rights to use the music you’ll listen to in Spotify.

You will need to have an invitation (token) to get access as it is still in beta. There 3 plans, free (supported by ads) and two premiums.

There is also a nice iPhone app. This link is for the features and this for the price plans.

The iPhone app is superior to the Pandora or last.fm ones.

The interface is like iTunes (which is a negative point if you want it web based like pandora).

Unlike either Last.fm or Pandora, Spotify actually lets you pick the exact music you listen to, which is a plus.

Of course, there is a catch. In return for being able to access any music you want,  you have to listen to occasional adverts, like radio ads with web links to the products. This for the free version. The  ‘Premium’ account (a tenner a month, or 99p for a day pass)  removes the ads entirely.

Time to relax… with cafe del mar

Give yourself a present and listen to this superb guitar.

What a piece of heaven….

PLAY.FM is the most comprehensive audio database for DJ and club culture on the internet. More than 12.000 DJ sets, live recordings and radio sessions can be streamed free of charge and on-demand.

Upload, track list wiki, meta-shop
DJs can upload and release studio mixes, radio sessions and event recordings themselves and check their audience statistics. The PLAY.FM audio player visualizes the entire set in wave-form, enabling the user to set time markers in order to identify and inquire about unknown tracks in wiki form. Each identified track is linked to the meta-shop: currently 1.4 million tracks from 5 different online shops can be compared on PLAY.FM’s metashop where tracks are categorized according to quality and/or pricing – 20 further shops will follow in the next weeks.

Promotion platform for the club-music industry
Labels, clubs, bookers and organizers use PLAY.FM as an effective promotion platform: They promote their artists, releases and events by posting live recordings, radio sessions and DJ sets ranging from jazz, house, drum and bass up to techno. On PLAY.FM one can reach music industry’s protagonists, distributors, as well as music lovers from over 140 countries who are able to listen to all of PLAY.FM’s recordings for free and on-demand. Additionally, PLAY.FM’s widget offers users and content partners the possibility to embed mixes into their websites.

Further features scheduled
In order to give users a prompt insight into their desired local scene, PLAY.FM’s “Cities” pages will illustrate all of PLAY.FM’s content on city maps. A PLAY.FM “Channel” will give music magazines, online forums and advertisers the opportunity to present text, image, video as well as interactive flash formats together with PLAY.FM content.

Positioning
The comprehensiveness and depth of PLAY.FM’s content, enable the user to constantly discover new music styles, labels, artists, djs, and clubing locations. With brand-new applications such as the track list wiki, meta-shop and the exact acquisition of audience statistics, PLAY.FM provides for more transparency and intends to actively contribute to the fair distribution of music licensing.

Bliss -Right Here

Metallica -Nothing else matters

Por una cabeza -Tango

Original:
Carlos Gardel y Alfredo Le Pera

Instrumental:

La mamma morta -Maria Callas

The Magic Flute – Maria Callas

Royksopp – Remind me

(chorus)
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me.
It’s only been a week,
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
Prevailing to recall
What I was missing, all that time in England
Has sent me aimlessly,
On foot or by the help of transportation,
To knock on windows where
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten.
(chorus)
And everywhere I go,
There’s always something to remind me
Of another place and time
Where love that travelled far had found me.
We stayed outside til two,
Waiting for the light to come back,
But hid in talk I knew,
Until you asked what I was thinking.
(chorus)
Brave men tell the truth,
A wise man’s tools are analogies and puzzles,
A woman holds her tongue,
Knowing silence will speak for her.
So now I’ll never know,
As you will only sleep beside me,
And everywhere I go…
(chorus)
(repeat)
It’s only been a week,
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
Prevailing to recall
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
What I was missing all that time in England
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me.)
Has sent me aimlessly
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
On foot or by the help of transportation,
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
To knock on windows where
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten.
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me.)
(chorus)

Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft – Try

Touch me – Dj Tiesto

When I close my eyes while listening to this song, I am teletransported to a dancefloor with tons of feelings.

You’ll always be my baby
I’m always thinkin of you baby
yeaahh

Touch me in the mornin
and last thing at night
keep my body warm baby, u know it feels right
take it a little higher
i’m takin it too
tell me what your feelin
i’ll feel it with you

We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow

Move a little closer
make sure i’m lookin up
heal me with your loving
i need you so much, i need you so much , i need your so muchhh
yeahhhh
Ohh ohhhh

We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow

We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow

You touch my mind in special places
my heart races with you
i’ll take your love and i’ll take my chances
I’ll take them with you

Touch me in the mornin
and last thing at night
keep my body warm baby, u know it feels right
take it a little higher
i’m takin it too
tell me what your feelin
i’ll feel it with you

heeyyy

We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow

You touch my mind in special places
my heart races with you
i’ll take your love and i’ll take my chances
I’ll take them with you

i need you so much

A very nice song from Alphawezen, into the stars

I am sleeping within fragile skin
Dreaming of a brighter flame to wake within
Am I free to be here now
That‘s everything I have
Why do we lose ourselves
To fires on the shelf
We could feel ourselves
And how we break our shells
You give me the frameless shape I‘m moving in
Full of You is everything I‘m burning in
I am free to be here now
That‘s everything I have
I‘m fading
Into the stars tonight
Right into Your toxic light
To swallow up Your sky
And burn like firebirds
so bright
Into the stars tonight
Right into Your toxic light
To swallow up Your sky
And burn like firebirds
so bright

telepopmusik – don’t look back

robin s – show me love

One of my favourites tracks for dancing… back in 1993…

Heartbreaks and promises, I’ve had more than my share
I’m tired of giving my love and getting nowhere, nowhere
What I need is somebody who really cares
I really need a lover, a lover who wants to be there
It’s been so long since I touched a wanting hand
I can’t put my love on the line, that I hope you’ll understand
So baby if you want me
You’ve got to show me love
Words are so easy to say, oh ah yeah
You’ve got to show me love
I’m tired of getting caught up in those one night affairs
What I really need is somebody who will always be there
Don’t you promise me the world, all that I’ve already heard
This time around for me baby, actions speak louder than words
So if you’re looking for devotion, talk to me
Come with your heart in your hands
Because me love is guaranteed
So baby if you want me
You’ve got to show me love
Words are so easy to say, oh ah yeah
You’ve got to show me love
Show me, show me baby
Show me, show me baby
Show me, show me baby
Show me, show me baby
Heartbreaks and promises, I’ve had more than my share
I’m tired of giving my love and getting nowhere, nowhere
What I really need is somebody who will always be there
This time around for me baby, actions speak louder than words
If you’re looking for devotion, talk to me
Come with your heart in your hands
Because me love is guaranteed
So baby if you want me
You’ve got to show me love
Words are so easy to say, oh ah yeah
You’ve got to show me love
There’s nothing that you can tell me
You’ve got to show me love
There’s only one key to my heart
You’ve got to show me love
Show me, show me baby
You’ve got to give it to me, give it to me, give it to me yeah
I don’t want no fakes, don’t want no phoney
I need you love
Show me, show me, show me baby
Give it to me, give it to me
I am not a toy, I’m not a play thang
You’ve got to understand
If you’re looking for devotion, talk to me
Come with your heart in your hands
Because me love is guaranteed…
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Ketama – no estamos locos

no estamos locos
que sabemos lo que queremos
vive la vida
igual que si fuera un sueño
pero que nunca termina
que se pierde con el tiempo
y buscaré, oye pero buscaré

me desperté esta mañana
y empieza de nuevo un día
después de una borrachera
me he “tomao” una manzanilla

voy en busca del camborio
que se lo fuma en arguila
tengo que tranquilizarme
me desmadro “tos” los días

me gusta vivir la vida
y a nadie doy explicaciones
soy bohemio y soñador
pregonando mis canciones

la noche a mi me seduce
y “embrijá” mis fantasias
y es que la noche me inspira
y es mi adorada enemiga

iio – is it love

beautiful song from iio… beautiful.

I never knew a love
A love that could be sweeter
No matter what my mind says
Your music gives me fever
The moment that we danced
Your arms felt like a cradle
And when you took my hand
I was no longer able
It never felt so right before
I need to be with you much more
I can’t believe this kind of fate
We can runaway…
Is it love?
I’m always in a spell
Even when I sleeping
You’re always on my mind
I hope that I’m not dreaming
If I am let me stay asleep
Don’t wake me up I feel complete
I never want to feel it end
What a lovely moment
I wanna give you my love
Overtime
I wanna make love to you
Overtime
I wanna be right next to you
Overtime
I wanna be in love with you
Overtime

awaken – sophie & ives

Listen to the last part. There are other remixes but it is soooo gooood:

"On a night like tonight, I cannot go there, without love"

Now I’m listening to:

jens buchert -lagoon

Frank Sinatra, New York, New York

A very special song that I have been looking for a long time and that I just found today.

Doris Days – To Ulrike M. (original mix)

orb – ghost dancing

Soma Sonic – Crazy moon

(free download from epitonic.com)

I listen to them in somafm (groove salad). Great band!

the girl from ipanema, gilberto

Barbara Morgenstern, Aus Heiterem Himmel

urban species- blanket

World Citizen-I Won’t Be Disappointed/Looped Piano
David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto

ghost in the shell – inner universe

mazzy star with chemical brothers, asleep from day
song used in airfrance commercials

telepopmusik. just breathe, just believe

I brought you something close to me,
Left for something you see though your here.
You haunt my dreams
Theres nothing to do but believe,
Just believe.
Just breathe.

Another day, just believe,
Another day, just breathe
Another day, just believe,
Another day. just breathe.

Im used to it by now.
Another day, just believe.
Just breathe. just believe.
Just breathe.
Lying in my bed,
Another day, staring at the ceiling.

Just breathe. another day.
Another day, just believe.
Another day.
Im used to it by now.
Im used to it by now.
Just breathe. just believe.
Just breathe. just believe.
Just believe. just breathe.
Just believe.
Another day, just believe.
Another day.
Another day, just believe,
Another day, just breathe,
Another day (I do believe).
Another day(so hard to breathe)
Another day(not so hard to believe)
Another day. another day.

sinead o’ connor – you made me the thief of your heart

I hope you are happy now…
…I could never make you so…
you were a hard man…
no harder in this world
you made me cold & you made me hard
and you made me the thief of your heart

Winter is cold…oh!
But you are colder suntil
and for the 1st time
I feel like you are mine
I share you with the one who´ll
mend what falls apart
and turn a blind eye
to the thief of your heart

Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
you lost all
you lost all

I will never wash these clothes
I wanna keep the stain
Your blood to me is precious
nor would I spill it in vain
your spirit sings
though your lips never part
singing only to me
the thief of your heart

Ohhh you lost

Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
lost all

Ohhh you lost
Ohhh you lost all
lost all

morcheeba, the sea

close your eyes and listen to let u go from atb. you will be transported to a dancefloor … “i was wrong to let you go…”

I’ve been to all the familiar places
I’ve been running like a sentence never begun
I’ve been looking for a way to let you know
I’ve got nothing left to fill the spaces
I’ve got nothing but a centre coming undone
I’ve been doing circles and it showsI’ve been to all
I’ve been to allI’ve been to all the familiar places
I’ve been running like a sentence never begun
I’ve been looking for a way to let you know
I’ve got nothing left to fill the spaces
I’ve got nothing but a centre coming undone
I’ve been doing circles and it shows

Every cloud in the sky
Every place that I hide
Tell me that I
I was wrong to let you go
Every sound that I hear
Every thought that I fear
Tell me that I
I was wrong
I was wrong to let you go

Let you go
Let you go
Let you go

It’s the little things that make you crazy
Like the thought of someone touching your skin
I can see you everywhere I go
You could be in a sea of faces
It could be the rumour of your grin
Swimming in the river as it flows

Every cloud in the sky
Every place that I hide
Tell me that I
I was wrong to let you go
Every sound that I hear
Every thought that I fear
Tell me that I
I was wrong
I was wrong to let you go

Every cloud in the sky
Every sound that I hear

Let you go

usless, a great interpreations by kurder & dorfmeister from a depeche mode song

entre dos aguas, café del mar

lebanse blond by thievery corporation

one of my favourite groups, tosca