Grooveshark

A Sunday evening special, one night only. Live from Grooveshark. This one goes out to all of our friends and fellow music-lovers.

grooveshark loves you! from ben westermann-clark on Vimeo.

i was at a party and we couldn’t choose
girl talk or some funky blues;
screw the limitations of the host’s itunes
i pulled up grooveshark and we started groovin too.

the internet ain’t like an pirate cruise
information spreads faster than swine flu,
but there’s sharks in the water who’ll swim with you
and help you just get in the groove.

like a best friend we’re just here to help
we got more records than michael phelps
so if you’re at your computer, want some music and don’t know what to do
we’re here for you

my best friend called me the other day
she wanted to hear some music, did i know a way
to get the songs she wanted but not have to pay?
i just said groove s h a r k

so if you’re a music lover or you’re in a band,
help out the ears of all the fans.
upload your music and in a short timespan
it’ll spread all over the land

now a special word to our best friends:
whytheam, mileless, and ninjen,
jiolasa, patdryburgh, and fastest963
princessleah7x, jdog90, pianowizzy
if i left you out don’t feel wronged,
there’s just only so much room in this song

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Music is a dish best served everywhere–with as little trouble as possible. And a super-amazing friend of Grooveshark, Jayfantsy, was kind enough to translate Grooveshark into Chinese.

We’re working on getting Grooveshark translated into as many different languages as we can, so if you’ve got some linguistic superpower, be sure to let us know! Leave a comment, or shoot us an email!

As always, tons of love. Especially to Jayfantsy.

<3
ben+grooveshark

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i inadvertently forgot to logout of tumblr with a new account i recently started. since i hadn’t chosen anyone to follow, tumblr filled my feed with random posts from random users all across tumblr. this picture was in my feed:

it struck me, and i posted to twitter as @grooveshark: ‘the world is beautiful’ and a link to the photo. secret bridge messages.

i had a conversation earlier *also* over twitter, when twitter search revealed that @derekmcclain had asked his twitter-followers if anyone had an opinion on grooveshark vs. those other guys–a secret bridge message. we talked, very graciously.

a few hours later (just now) i found that our talk had inspired connection in derek, and posted about it in his blog. “it’s funny how everything ties together”–a secret bridge message. the photo i randomly connected with felt like the connection he had over our conversation felt like the connection i had with those two things “tying together”.

the last line of his blog post refers to the power of twitter. So does this one.

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Calling all music lovers, calling all friends! We’re always trying to improve ourselves so that you guys can enjoy the music, and we work hard to keep you grooving.

There’s nothing we love more than music and you guys. To keep getting better, though, we’d like to ask for your help. No, we don’t need to borrow your car to pick up our Snuggie from the dry cleaner–we just want your ideas, suggestions, and criticisms to help us make Grooveshark better.

Why? We’re compiling a big list of what you guys want so that we know what direction to go in as we plan updates to Grooveshark. This is an open appeal–and if you’ve got something you’ve always wanted, now’s the time!

Have a really cool idea for a new feature? We’d love to hear it. Some super-annoying problem with the way Grooveshark works–let us know. Got some crazy idea you’ve been brewing in the back of your mind, but never felt like sharing? Share! We want to know!

There are three ways to help us out:

1) Suggest an idea on our GetSatisfaction page

2) Send me an email! If you have a lot of thoughts, or really want to hash out an idea, beam it directly to my inbox!

3) For you Twitter fanatics out there, blast us a short thought over to the Grooveshark Twitter. It’s a great way to send us some quick ideas, suggestions, or wants–and we can get back to you superfast.

Thanks so much in advance for all your help, everyone. As I always say, you guys mean the world to us–and are the only reason we do what we do. I can’t wait to hear your ideas, so come on! Send ‘em in!

Thanks,
Ben and the Grooveshark Gang

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