Last.fm and The Digital Edge
by Stii
Update
The page on Last.fm was created and it seems to be working fine. Find it here: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Digital+Edge
I love listening to The Digital Edge podcast. I normally download the podcast and then listen to it whenever I feel like it.
Now I’m a keen Last.fm user. I love Last.fm. It is a fantastic social network around music. It not only lets you discover similar artists, but it also allows you to see who else listens to the same music that you listen to. Brilliant! I’m not 100% sure, but I think quite a bit of early adopter users also using it.
I think Jarred and Saul should capitalize on this. It might be completely worthless or not even possible (I don’t really know to be honest), then again, you’ll never know until you try. I might be completely wrong, but I think it would be extremely simple to do. They have nothing to lose, so why not try. It might even get them a bit of additional exposure and they can contact listeners for feedback, since they would know who some of those listeners are.
The first thing they need to do would have to be doing their MP3‘s ID3 tags properly. This is more than simple to do using iTunes. Not only will it allow Last.fm to scrobble the podcast, it would also help iTunes to organize it better.
Next, simply create an artist page like http://www.last.fm/music/The Digital Edge and Bob’s your uncle. (No, not Bob Mugabe! He’s his own uncle.) As I said, I don’t talk of experience here and could be completely missing the plot. Just an idea. Use it, don’t use it. Completely up to you guys!
Hey Stii
Thanks again for the kind words. We’re having a blast doing the Podcast and it’s extremely gratifying to hear that people are enjoying what we’re doing.
You’ll be happy to hear that I have fiddle with the ID3 tags as you’re not the only person to mention them. I’m hoping nothing gets lost in translation between my laptop and the server though!
I’m not entirely sure I understand what you’re saying about Last.fm since I only started using the service about a week ago but I will definitely investigate. Expect an email or two from me!
Thanks again
Saul
I’m not 100% sure either Saul, but it might be worthwhile to try and see what Last.fm can or cannot do for you. I’ll also investigate a bit further as time allows me. :)