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How to Share Music

by GrooveShark April 14th, 2007

Ever hear a song and want to share it with someone you know? With Grooveshark’s share feature, you can be the first to recommend new music to your friends. Just find a song, click share and that’s it. The person you share the song with will receive a link to the song and a personalized message from you.

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How To Check Account Balance

by Nathan Thompson April 8th, 2006

Checking your Grooveshark balance is as easy as clicking on the “My Account” button located next to the top right search bar.

From your account page, you can check your balance, view transactions, enter a giftcard code and add money to your Grooveshark account using a credit card or Paypal.

How It Works

by Nathan Thompson April 8th, 2006

When someone downloads a song, Grooveshark shares a portion of the cost of the song with the user who uploaded the song. But because multiple users may have the same song, Grooveshark uses an algorithm to determine who should receive the compensation.

The Grooveshark algorithm is set up to reward active users for sharing their music by compensating them with credit to purchase songs. Those user which actively contribute to the system will be rewarded more often than those who do not.

Community contributions include the following:

-Making friends
-Tagging songs
-Rating songs
-Commenting
-Building playlists
-Purchasing songs
-Growing your music library

Sending a Message

by Nathan Thompson April 8th, 2006

With Grooveshark, you can make friends, share music recommendations and send messages. To send a message on Grooveshark, simply click “Messages” and then choose “Compose.”

Adding a Friend

by Nathan Thompson April 8th, 2006

Grooveshark makes it easy to find and add new friends. Simply go to a person’s profile and click “add friend” to have them appear on your friend’s page.

Creating a Playlist

by Nathan Thompson April 8th, 2006

Creating playlists requires work. That’s why you should let us do it for you - that way you spend less time searching and more time listening. Using our “Create a Mix” feature, just choose a song or artist, and we’ll use our recommendation engine to create a playlist based on your selection.

To create a playlist on Grooveshark, just click on the “New” button located under “Playlists” on the right-hand side of the Grooveshark application.

You can then name your playlist, add a description and begin adding songs. Songs can added to a playlist by dragging them from the billboard to your playlist or by clicking on the song and selecting “Add to Playlist.”

For more information click here.

Controlling Bandwidth Usage

by Nathan Thompson April 4th, 2006

If you’d like to adjust the amount of bandwidth that Sharkbyte uses, follow the instructions below:

1.Click Edit
2.Choose Preferences
3.Adjust the Max Upload Speed to your desired setting

Sharing Music

by Nathan Thompson April 4th, 2006

Once you’ve installed Sharkbyte, sharing your music on Grooveshark is as simple as choosing the folders or files you’d like to add to your library.

1.Click the Library tab
2.Under “Where is your music” select the add a folder button
3.Choose the folder or files you’d like to share
4.Select apply