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title: "Directory of Online Music Services"
date: 2007-01-17
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2007"
    url: "/tag/2007.md"
---

# Directory of Online Music Services

Interesting new [directory](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/) of “music 2.0” services, which includes the following useful categorization:

- [Music Services](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/page/Music+Services+(Major+Label+Content)) – places like iTunes and Rhapsody where you can purchase or subscribe to music
- [Music Discovery](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/page/Music+Discovery) – places that help you find music – these fall generally into 3 subcategories: 
    - [Social](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/page/Social+Network-Based) – wisdom of the crowds sites like last.fm, iLike. Goombah and Qloud
    - [Content-based](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/page/Content-Based) – recommendations based on the music content – Pandora, SoundFlavor, MusicIP
    - [Expert based](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/page/Expert-Based) – Music recommendations from people – music blogs, irateradio.com
- [Music Experience Augmentation](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/page/Music+Experience+Augmentation) – sites to make your music listening experience more enjoyable – music dashboards like sleevenotez or Snapp Radio
- [Playlist Sharing](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/page/Playlist+Sharing+Services) – this includes playlisting sites like MusicMobs, fiql and Webjay
- [Music Metadata](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://music2dot0.wetpaint.com/page/Music+Metadata) – add to the data surrounding the music – MusicBrainz, All Music Guide, Gracenote

The content hasn’t been fleshed out on a lot of those pages, but still it’s a good start and one to watch.

Via [Lucas Gonze](https://web.archive.org/web/20111106143824/http://gonze.com/weblog/story/1-17-7)

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/directory_of_online_music_services.php))*