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December 13, 2005

Music folksonomies

Joining the likes of CommonFlix is MyFilmz, the latest folksonomy from the maker of MyProgs, Bank of Ideas, Reader2, TagFacts…it seems all that is missing is music…for video folksonomies see here.

Actually does anyone know of any music folksonomies, I just got a new home computer and I’m interested in checking out some music…I also came across a games folksonomy, Millions of Games (besides tagging there is also some system categories to select for each bookmark).

Anyway I know del.icio.us and other bookmark systems will have tags for music artists or genre…using the del.icio.us system audio tags is a bonus, but what about a folksonomy just for music…a Google search doesn’t help, although it does point to lots of music tags in various folksonomies.

I checked out the music tag on supr.c.ilio.us (a folksonomy that lists folksonomies), this lead me to:

- LastFM
(Is there a way to download these songs, or do you have to login to listen?)

In all a superb folksonomy: tags, user pages, friends, neighbourhood, groups, journal (blogging) with comments, your own music charts, radio (music streams based on a tag from all users), download a music player, also download audioscrobbler (sends the name of every song you play on your PC to Last.fm), and much more…more sharing, discovery, and recommendations that you can handle!

- CommonTunes
(This seems to allow you to download mp3’s, unlike Last.fm…not sure if you can do this on Last.fm.)
(Also has a podcast feed)

- Music for Dozens
(more for uploading songs for amateur musicians)

- swagroll
(seems to include more than just music)

Other lists:
- WebJay
(based on user playlists, downloads available)
- basic.ch
- liveplasma
(mapped neighbourhood)
- Riffin
(not yet released)

Blogs:
- mp3blogs.org
(it seems it’s not operating)
- Technorati Blog Finder
(type in a tag of a music genre, or just search the main search engine, or even the tag engine)

Social bookmarks:
- see this post

Other search engines:
- There must be a compile somewhere, Phil Bradley is probably the man…here’s a Google search anyway.

p2p:
- Kazaa…probably some others in this list.

Other:
GetRight
(download manager)…more

Related thoughts

On this note I was also thinking about a folksonomy for bookmarklets, I know blummy lets you create them (blummets), discover and add them to the list, and can store all your bookmarklets in one container bookmarklet, but it is lacking tagging and a user space to share and discover bookmarklets in a folksonomy environment.

[ADDED: Tagworld - folksonomy]

[ADDED: musicmobs - folksonomy]

[ADDED: MusicStrands - folksonomy]

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