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		<title>Twitter for Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Hendrickson</dc:creator>
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Twitter is an efficient technology for spreading and harvesting concise ideas. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not so great for sharing rich media. Want to broadcast a video? You&#8217;ll have to settle for a TinyURL to YouTube, or maybe switch over to Seesmic altogether. 
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<p><a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a> is an efficient technology for spreading and harvesting concise ideas. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not so great for sharing rich media. Want to broadcast a video? You&#8217;ll have to settle for a <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/">TinyURL</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a>, or maybe switch over to <a href="http://www.seesmic.com/">Seesmic</a> altogether. </p>
<p>Pownce improves on the Twitter model by supporting file transfers and at least one new data type: the structured event. It also appears to be evolving into a better system for trading music, possibly with a full-featured <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/09/is-pownce-developing-an-mp3-player/">music player</a>.</p>
<p>But if music is indeed a significant part of Pownce&#8217;s future, then <a href="http://www.fuzz.com/blip">Blip</a> is one step ahead. Call it &#8220;Twitter for Music&#8221; since it&#8217;s essentially just that: a way to suggest music and share your thoughts about it with a network of contacts. </p>
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<p>The beauty of Blip is that, unlike with Pownce, no file uploads are necessary. Just search for the song you have in mind and Blip will grab it from <a href="http://www.seeqpod.com/">Seeqpod</a>, <a href="http://www.skreemr.com/">Skreemr</a>, or parent company <a href="http://www.fuzz.com/">Fuzz&#8217;s</a> own database of music. Your followers (&#8221;listeners&#8221;) can hear full versions of the songs you post using a <a href="http://www.songza.com/">Songza</a>-like player at the bottom of the page.</p>
<p>Of course, just as people are wary of joining yet another social network, they&#8217;re sure to think twice about leaving behind a network of followers for a new micro-blogging platform. So Blip debuts with the ability to push messages out to <a href="http://www.friendfeed.com/">FriendFeed</a>, Twitter, Pownce, and <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>. This may not ensure its survival in the long run, especially if Twitter or Pownce decide to integrate Songza, but it should help with adoption rates.</p>
<p>Fuzz, the company that created Blip, is a self-described &#8220;CRM for bands&#8221; &#8211; a place where indie artists can set up web presences and manage their relationships with fans. It also features a <a href="http://www.fuzz.com/music/mixtapes">mixtape maker</a> like <a href="http://www.mixwit.com/">Mixwit</a> and <a href="http://www.muxtape.com/">Muxtape</a>, but with songs contributed directly by artists themselves. </p>
<p>The San Francisco-based company, which launched Fuzz in Spring 2007, is funded by angel investors. Follow me on Blip <a href="http://www.fuzz.com/blip/user/mhendric">here</a>.</p>
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