Remember that little link we had on Grooveshark for the past few weeks annoyingly nagging politely asking if you’d vote for Grooveshark in CNET’s 2009 Webware Awards?
We work hard here at Grooveshark, and simply put: we’re delighted just to know that all the late hours and energy drink abuse is worth it to you guys. And while you folks are out in the world being awesome 24/7 365, we’ll be here ready to bring the music you love.
Speaking of music, I mentioned last week that our quickest way to share tunes has a new (even quicker) hangout. Tinysong, Grooveshark’s baby brother, sprouted legs and got involved with awesome Web 2.0 sharing site Ping.fm. If you aren’t familiar, Ping.fm is one of the funnest* sites for keeping your social (network) life current.
Even cooler: they’re out first partner of our brand new Tinysong API. Say what? Tinysong now gives developers access to the Grooveshark catalog of (millions+millions of) songs–and a simple way to call a quick link to any one of them. Damn.
Talk about the music spreading: check out Grooveshark for Wordpress. It’s our latest launch, letting you post playlists to your Wordpress blogs. What up? And once you post some music to your blog, be sure to let me know in the comments!
*Yes, I know ‘funnest’ isn’t a word. Well it is now.
While us sharks were swimming down into the deepest depths of the dark water of music, we resurfaced with something pretty cool: a new API. As of today, any interested developers or music aficionados can use the Grooveshark Tinysong API to get links to absolutely any song in our collection.
Want to be able to grab a link to almost any tune in the world dynamically on your site? Check it.
Even cooler: while we were swimming the ocean blue, we got hailed by a cool new partner to help launch our new API–Ping.fm. Probably the easiest way to dispatch updates to multiple social sites at once (and definitely the coolest), today Ping.fm launched some new updates to their service; including a kick-ass implementation of Tinysong that lets their users instantly blast tunes to their friends all across the web.
So check them out. Check us out. And check out our inbox if you have any cool ideas, thoughts, or suggestions for an integration with our newest and bluest API.
Heads up! Grooveshark will be down for scheduled maintenance from 10PM until 6 AM (EST) on Saturday May 2. Don’t panic! We’re moving some servers to a faster data center so that we can keep providing quick, easy access to all your favorite tunes.
If you’re interested, we’ll also be posting updates, photos, and short videos live from the data center where the work is happening. Just come to Grooveshark during the allotted time, and see our (un?)pretty faces!
We’re growing fast, so occasionally we have to go down so that we can keep giving you the best service we know how. But not to worry, we won’t do it too often–and we’re incredibly grateful for your patience, and sticking around even during our early stages.
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
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!
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.
Grooveshark tracks the best users so you know who can be trusted to deliver quality content.
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In the turbulent, choppy waters where P2P networks and copyright law chomp at each other's fins for dominance,
there's at least one beast that thinks it has a solution to keep everybody happy. Its name: Grooveshark.
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Free streaming. Social networking. Music discovery. Oh, and reimbursement for sharing when somebody
buys a song that you've uploaded to the collective.
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If you're looking for a way to grab music from peer-to-peer networks without that nagging feeling that you're depriving
a starving artist of her next meal (or a label exec of that Learjet upgrade), Grooveshark might
help.
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Grooveshark: a new music service that I can see a lot of potential in.
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