Last.fm Sorts Out Your Social Life With New Features Launched Today

Last.fm Sorts Out Your Social Life With New Features Launched Today

LONDON, November 1/PRNewswire/ --

- Find a gig, and find someone to go with, all based on your music taste

Listening to your favourite music can now help you organize your social
life and find you a soul mate, thanks to new features from Last.fm, the
leading online social music community.

-- The new events system suggests gigs based on where you live and what
you and your friends listen to. Whether you like mainstream pop,
hip-hop beats or indie rock, getting tickets will be as easy as
following a link, thanks to Last.fm's global partnerships with ticket
resellers. Moreover, since updates are posted live to your user page,
you'll always be the first to know what's going on in your local
music scene.
-- The new Taste-o-meter feature helps you find your musical soul mate.
By paying attention to what you like and by comparing your tastes to
that of others within the Last.fm global community, Last.fm is able
to assign a musical compatibility score. Pair this up with a user
search for local people and you've got a very powerful tool for
finding new buddies in your local music scene.
-- In addition to these features, Last.fm has also added Flash player
radio you can listen to, whether you've registered or not. Simply
select your artist and listen. Predictive software pays attention to
what you like and dislike and plays new songs based on your
selections. Don't like a song? Last.fm lets you skip ahead to the
next track, and if you really hate something, you can banish it
forever with just a click.
-- And if you find something you really like, Last.fm can now recommend
free MP3s to download. Suggested downloads are chosen from a large
selection of hundreds of thousands of free MP3s ranging from
independent and emerging artists to mainstream pop names. A single
click and you'll be listening to the latest free music in iTunes or
any MP3 player.

Last.fm - consolidating its position as the leading online destination
for music fans

Last.fm is the leading global online community of music fans who share
musical discoveries and interests with like-minded individuals regardless of
language or geography. Fifteen million unique active users tell Last.fm 350
million times a month what they're listening to. With a database that boasts
65 million individual tracks from seven million different artists and over
150,000 artist biography wikis, Last.fm has the world's largest, most
diverse, and most informed social music community.

"We're creating a social music revolution," said Last.fm co-founder
Martin Stiksel. "For the past two years Last.fm has connected music fans
around the globe. Whether you listen to Bach, Britney, or Big Black, this is
about a community that wants to share its music no matter what player or
platform they are using. The sheer amount of data we've collected makes our
service one of the most comprehensive social music communities."

Collaborating with record labels and artists who upload music to the
Last.fm community, Last.fm makes money by selling music through affiliates,
advertising on the site, and by offering user subscriptions for premium
features.

About Last.fm

Founded in 2002 in London, Last.fm is the online, social music revolution
that connects people with music and artists with listeners. By joining the
Last.fm community, music enthusiasts can choose to share their music
preferences by linking their media player (e.g. iTunes) to the Last.fm
database. This database is populated continually with over 12 million daily
track submissions from Last.fm music fans. As a result, Last.fm can
intelligently recommend songs, artists, local concerts and even other members
based on their musical tastes. Learn more about Last.fm at www.last.fm.

Web site: http://www.last.fm

Source: Last.fm

Christian Ward, +44-208-392-2062

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