When Fuzz launched a microblogging service for music aficionados called Blip.fm last May, no one in the company expected it to rise above the status of an experiment. But before long, Blip.fm’s traffic began to eclipse that of Fuzz’s main site, which provides an altogether different service for bands that want to cultivate their fan base.
Fuzz’s attention has now turned primarily to Blip.fm as a result of its popularity, although it will continue to maintain its other service as well. Since May, its developers have added several distinguishing features, such as badges for members who accumulate a horde of followers. The idea behind these badges is to recognize the most popular DJs and identify them for new members. In the same vein, members can also give each other “props” points whenever they like the songs that others have shared.
And now, like any serious microblogging tool, Fuzz is releasing an API that lets developers integrate most of Blip.fm’s on-site functionality into their own web apps. The API can be used, among other things, to create playlists, post blips, see favorite DJs, and retrieve member information. It comes with three libraries for ActionScript, JavaScript and PHP, with Java on the way.
If you’d like to gain access to the API (still in private beta), email api@blip.fm and make sure to tell them we sent you and give a brief description of what you intend to use it for. Fuzz will let about 30 developers into the beta and perhaps more if demand is unexpectedly high.
Huh, what a cool idea. What exactly is the license here? On-demand Radio is usually OK, as long as a user can’t request a specific song.. but they can here, so how is that going to fly?
Oh, and umm… StationRipper appears to record whatever you listen to on Blip (no song/artist file naming ATM, not sure if I wanna muck with doing yet another one)
-Greg
Or just look at the page source and get the URL for the mp3. Blip just adds an interface to an mp3 search engine. Skreemr.com produces the exact same search results as Blip.fm.
The legal ground here, as with the mp3 search engines, is murky.
Does Blip.fm related to Blip.tv?
Blip.fm is a great service.
I’m addicted.
Me too!
Agreed this is a cool web app!
Really good app, and a great example of how twitter is used to market a new service
I have been on Blip for the past few months – AWESOME interface.
MySpace thinks they have innovation? LOL
This is innovation.
Just what the heck is this ‘Twitter” I keep hearing about?
Jiff
http://www.privacy-tools.at.tc
Cool, this is the beauty of the net. Everyone is allowed in. All you need is a honesty, quality, and a niche. Mega Kudos to Blip.fm
-voyno
NewRockstarPhilosophy.com
Should be a real cool app-hope it takes off.
Blip.fm removed lately its upload feature, letting down lots of users.
We are trying to add some pressure in order to have that functionality back. Therefore we had created some ‘badges’ in order to support this. You can get them here;
http://bit.ly/Gh0H
We are doing this because we think blip.fm is cool and has made us discover lots of music.
Let’s bring the upload functionality back!!