Goombah.com - Music Search and Discovery
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on April 11, 2007,
Looking for new music to listen to that once discovered, you can actually download and keep for free? Goombah, a site that analyzes your music taste based on your iTunes library, just launched their Radio Free Goombah service. This allows you to download songs to play anywhere and post anywhere in widget form. They also just signed a deal with the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, adding even more songs for users to download for free.
Now, Goombah has 7 million tracks available for people to discover and listen to. They recommend songs in list form based on the users that have the most similar tastes to yours based on your current iTunes library. Each Friday, they add more songs for you to check out and download for free. If you want to be more adventurous, you can expand the breadth of the recommendations you receive, allowing you to hear something that’s completely different from what you’ve been exposed to thus far. If you don’t like the new tunes, you can blacklist them, constantly refining your tastes and recommendations. You can’t go wrong with free new music directly catered to your interests, so check out Goombah.
In their own words: “Goombah acts as a personal music advisor by analyzing each member's iTunes library against the entire community, and then matching each user with a unique group of people with similar taste. Goombah then offers personalized music recommendations drawn from more than 7 million tracks in members' libraries. Members can preview tracks, browse matching members' and friends' libraries and profiles, create new searches based on iTunes playlists, genre, artist or even 'adventurousness'.” Find out why it might be a killer and vote for this startup at KillerStartups.com.
Source: Mashable
