Mostly Bob Dylan on this rainy day in Bloomington, Indiana
Having fun here in a cafe broadcasting some music to you live…
If the broadcast isn’t still live, here’s a trusty playlist…
Climb on in
Here’s the system we are using…it’s pretty cool. (TechCrunch) Grooveshark, the streaming music site, has created a way for its users to create their own live streaming playlists, enabling them to share their favorite music, complete with their own personal interruptions. The Grooveshark Broadcast feature, which becomes available later this week, basically enables anyone to become an online music DJ, creating live and on-demand broadcasts that anyone can listen to.
Broadcast works just like creating any other playlist, except that, well, it’s there for anyone to listen to. In fact, that’s encouraged. After putting together songs on the fly, Grooveshark users will have social sharing features to connect with Facebook and Twitter and let their friends and followers on those platforms know what’s up and what they should listen to.
As silly as it sounds, the thing that sets Grooveshark’s Broadcast apart from playlists that you can build anywhere else is the ability to easily provide commentary. Back in my Shoutcast days, that meant recording my own music files to stitch in-between the music I had picked. With Grooveshark, there’s a built-in recording option for users to add their own voice in-between streamed songs.