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...but also potentially useful...
Ever heard a song playing somewhere and wondered what it is?
Annoying isn't it?
Well some crackpot has set up a service called Shazam which lets you get over one of life's perennial niggles by doing the following:
1. Hear a song you like anywhere in the UK.
2. Dial 2580* on your mobile phone.
3. Point your phone at the music source (eg: the speakers) to tag the track. Shazam will end the call after 30 seconds so you don't have to hang up.
4. You'll receive a text message with the name of the track and the artist.
Of course option 5 takes you to their website where you buy the cd via their partner amazon but I think Kazaa counts as invisible option number 6 :-)
I was quite disappointed to find out that it's all done by a bug computer database. I had this idea of getting through to some music buff who'd be able to guess the song in a couple of seconds, Comedy Dave of Moyles fame stylee.
The wonders of technology...
Ever heard a song playing somewhere and wondered what it is?
Annoying isn't it?
Well some crackpot has set up a service called Shazam which lets you get over one of life's perennial niggles by doing the following:
1. Hear a song you like anywhere in the UK.
2. Dial 2580* on your mobile phone.
3. Point your phone at the music source (eg: the speakers) to tag the track. Shazam will end the call after 30 seconds so you don't have to hang up.
4. You'll receive a text message with the name of the track and the artist.
Of course option 5 takes you to their website where you buy the cd via their partner amazon but I think Kazaa counts as invisible option number 6 :-)
I was quite disappointed to find out that it's all done by a bug computer database. I had this idea of getting through to some music buff who'd be able to guess the song in a couple of seconds, Comedy Dave of Moyles fame stylee.
The wonders of technology...
Tyla wrote:
Did anyone check the
> pricing on this before going off and trying it?
I did.
That's why I never did it.
I still downloaded the Punjabi MC though as it was one of the most popular songs on the service or something.
Did anyone check the
> pricing on this before going off and trying it?
I did.
That's why I never did it.
I still downloaded the Punjabi MC though as it was one of the most popular songs on the service or something.
Whoa... what a non cool idea...
Dial number... pay 9p for connection, hold phone at sound source for 30 secs, get charged 50p and hope the song is int he 12,000 title DB...
59p for my phone to tell me who did a song? Did anyone check the pricing on this before going off and trying it?
Dial number... pay 9p for connection, hold phone at sound source for 30 secs, get charged 50p and hope the song is int he 12,000 title DB...
59p for my phone to tell me who did a song? Did anyone check the pricing on this before going off and trying it?
Heh, that's cool. Cheers, Happy.
I wonder how much they earn from people trying to catch out the database with the most obscure song they own? Speaking of which, I've got to go and, er, work.
Why are you phoning a computer to see if it gets the title of a song you already own?
Scary...
Not only did it get Gallo, but it got Bob Schneider's "the world ecploded into love".
It's in my phone book now.
Not only did it get Gallo, but it got Bob Schneider's "the world ecploded into love".
It's in my phone book now.
Try anything played on John Peel's show on Radio 1, that's what I call obscure music....or mostly crap, you decide.
I'm going to go and see if it works now...
Vincent Gallo - When
If it gets that I'll be impressed.
Vincent Gallo - When
If it gets that I'll be impressed.
It works, too. Loki played it some incredibly obscure lo-fi track from an unknown band he picked up in the States, and it got it in one. Apparently, it's got a database of about a million songs. And the Cheeky Girls.
...but also potentially useful...
Ever heard a song playing somewhere and wondered what it is?
Annoying isn't it?
Well some crackpot has set up a service called Shazam which lets you get over one of life's perennial niggles by doing the following:
1. Hear a song you like anywhere in the UK.
2. Dial 2580* on your mobile phone.
3. Point your phone at the music source (eg: the speakers) to tag the track. Shazam will end the call after 30 seconds so you don't have to hang up.
4. You'll receive a text message with the name of the track and the artist.
Of course option 5 takes you to their website where you buy the cd via their partner amazon but I think Kazaa counts as invisible option number 6 :-)
I was quite disappointed to find out that it's all done by a bug computer database. I had this idea of getting through to some music buff who'd be able to guess the song in a couple of seconds, Comedy Dave of Moyles fame stylee.
The wonders of technology...
Ever heard a song playing somewhere and wondered what it is?
Annoying isn't it?
Well some crackpot has set up a service called Shazam which lets you get over one of life's perennial niggles by doing the following:
1. Hear a song you like anywhere in the UK.
2. Dial 2580* on your mobile phone.
3. Point your phone at the music source (eg: the speakers) to tag the track. Shazam will end the call after 30 seconds so you don't have to hang up.
4. You'll receive a text message with the name of the track and the artist.
Of course option 5 takes you to their website where you buy the cd via their partner amazon but I think Kazaa counts as invisible option number 6 :-)
I was quite disappointed to find out that it's all done by a bug computer database. I had this idea of getting through to some music buff who'd be able to guess the song in a couple of seconds, Comedy Dave of Moyles fame stylee.
The wonders of technology...