The list of Last.fm extensions is still expanding. 🙂 Today: The Last.fm Open Mind Index With this tool, you can calculate your personal Open Mind Index (OMI). The OMI is intended to reflect the bandwidth or your personal musical taste. The higher the number, the broader is your taste in music and the more open […]
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You are 17.35 % Mainstream! Crap! Looks like I am less alternative than I thought. 🙂 With the Last.fm-Mainstream-O-Meter, users of Last.fm (see “Discovering Music that You Like“) can see, how much their listening habits overlap with the evil mainstream. You only have to enter your Last.fm username and the webservice calculates – somehow – […]
There is some kind of self-fulfilling prophecy behind the success of popular music. Popular music gets more attention. More people talk about it, it is played more often and is listed in charts. All this means free advertising. More people get in contact with popular music, so more people who might like it get to […]