The Imeem Blog
I recently became very addicted to imeem.com. If you’re not familiar with the site, it’s a social media service where users interact with each other by sharing content of all media types, including blogs, photos, audio, and video. The best part about it is that when you sign up, you can stream tons of full-length songs for free and you can even upload your own songs to your account and create playlists.
So after my eighth beer last night I came up with a great idea. Why don’t we create playlists of our favorite songs from bands from the past or present that aren’t that well-known and share them with each other. We’ll all be able to show off our incredible musical tastes and discover new music at the same time.
Setting up your imeem is easy. All you have to do is sign up here, create a new playlist and start adding songs or upload your own. I’ll start things off with one of my favorite bands of all time, The Nixons. You may remember them from their hit “Sister”, but they have alot of great songs. Check out my playlist below and get to postn’ your own!
Instructions on how to create your own playlist:
1. Log onto imeem.com
2. Browse to a song that you would like to add to your playlist by using the search function in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
3. Once you’ve found the song that you’d like to add click on the link that says “Playlist” directly below the music player
4. Choose “Create a new playlist” and choose a title for your list. Next click on “add song to playlist” and you’re done.
5. Repeat these steps to add multiple songs to your playlist.
Note: If you don’t sign up with imeem, many of the tracks will only be 30 second samples.
Comments
Comment from Jason
April 26, 2008, 11:08 am
Comment from Jason
April 26, 2008, 11:08 am
Hey Mikel, I’m having trouble uploading to this thing. Is it because of the song file size or something?
Comment from Mikel
April 26, 2008, 11:25 am
I haven’t had any troubles uploading anything so far. There are no size limits, but it only accepts mp3 format at this time.
Comment from Jay
April 26, 2008, 4:23 pm
read the terms of use. you are only allowed to upload things that you are the copyright holder of. this is simply a youtube that allows content besides video. the same rules apply.
Comment from Mikel
April 26, 2008, 5:10 pm
they dont enforce it jay
Comment from Chris
April 26, 2008, 5:37 pm
I was wondering if they had a deal with the labels to allow people to upload whatever they want.
If they don’t enforce their TOS now, they will once the RIAA gets involved.
Comment from Jason
April 26, 2008, 6:26 pm
So how do we upload our playlists anyways?
Comment from Mikel
April 30, 2008, 10:15 am
Cool, I’m gonna check it out when I get off work Nate.
And Jason, I’m going to type up a detailed instruction on how to create your playlist and post it.
Comment from ohgreat
May 1, 2008, 11:24 pm
A great idea to expand. I’m addicted to imeem.com, too. It’s a good site to play songs in ‘full stream’ rather than those 30 sec clips I’ve been listening to for ages.
True, Chris. I’m crossing my fingers that this doesn’t turn into another Kazaa and/or Napster fiasco on my hands that I’ve remembered before.
Comment from Jason
May 7, 2008, 1:32 pm
Hey Mikel I’m pretty sure that normal users can’t post their playlists.
Comment from Mikel
May 7, 2008, 6:20 pm
thats weird cause it let nate
Comment from Nate
May 7, 2008, 8:30 pm
i just posted a link, not the actual code. we normal folk can’t post embedded code.
Comment from Mikel
May 8, 2008, 1:01 pm
ahh thats right, i edited your post…just post the link to it jason and i’ll embed it for ya.
Comment from Nate
May 13, 2008, 6:38 am
Digital Summer is good stuff, I have both albums.
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Comment from Nate
April 26, 2008, 11:07 am
Wide Eye Panic. Great unknown band. Their sophomore album The Process is one of the best albums I’ve heard in years. The album is perfect. Imagine Maynard of Tool, with his ingenious vocals, growing a set so he could belt out some growls and screams when necessary. Combine that with the heavy, driving sound of Element Eighty and you have Wide Eye Panic. Listen to it, you’ll be amazed. Then go buy it.