New Goombah Browsing Brings People together through the Universal Language of Music

New Goombah Browsing Brings People together through the Universal Language of Music

Better Music through More Meaningful Connections

PORTLAND, Maine, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Goombah (www.goombah.com), a recently launched free desktop application for intelligent music recommendations, has enhanced its social networking tools by adding Goombah Browsing, which makes it easy for users to explore the music and profiles of people with similar taste. Now, in addition to precise recommendations, member matching and taste-targeted free music, users can meet the people behind the music. Goombah Browsing lets users see what other members and friends say about their music and themselves, and provides a look at the details of their entire music library.

Goombah puts each user in the right starting place for browsing by displaying the top 20 people most like them musically after analyzing each member's entire iTunes collection. Because the initial connections are so relevant, the evolution of a member's network is particularly targeted. A user doesn't need to click around trying to find similar members, but rather is introduced to a natural "word-of-mouth" network of their tastemakers.

Goombah displays all the artists that members hold in common and allows members to browse each other's entire library. Goombah provides information such as each member's Top Artists, Favorites Tracks, and Top Goombah Downloads. Members can add bios, rant/rave about music, point to their blogs, website or profiles on sites such as MySpace or Facebook, and communicate directly with each other.

"People are the path to music and the best way to find new music is through others who share a similar passion," said Diane Sammer, CEO of Emergent Music LLC, the company that developed Goombah. "Goombah's technological advantage allows it to match people very precisely based on an analysis of their entire music collection and listening behavior and with the addition of Goombah Browsing our users can more fully explore those connections wherever they lead."

About Emergent Music

Goombah, launched in November 2006, already has more than 6 million unique tracks in members' collections. Recommendations are based on matching members and each user's entire library, playlists or any mix of tracks, artists and genres. Goombah's Free Music collection is updated weekly on "Free Music Fridays". www.goombah.com

Source: Emergent Music

CONTACT: Cheryl Delgreco, +1-617-723-4004, or cdelgreco@msipr.com, or
Meaghan Shields, +1-617-529-6357, or meaghanshields@mac.com, both for Emergent
Music

Web site: http://www.goombah.com/

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