Techcrunch writes about a few social music sites; seeqpod, SkreemR and songza:

Unlike sites like LaLa, Imeem and Pandora (and many others), which are all trying to play by various RIAA rules to deliver music to users, music search engines generally don?t pay royalties of any kind. The music itself is never on their servers, so they have significantly less copyright exposure. More on that below.

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TechCrunch writes about social music site Songkick:

Freshly launched Songkick is a startup looking to capitalize on that growing market by providing a simple way to discover live shows for artists you love along with the cheapest concert tickets. The impetus for the site grew out of the founder?s frustrations over no single concert site providing a comprehensive list of all the concerts they want to see. There would be some on Ticketmaster, others on LiveNation, and still more on resale at StubHub. So, they?ve created a comprehensive database that tracks concerts as they appear on the 14 different ticketing sites and across dozens of blogs. Currently they only cover the U.K. and U.S.

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Mashable writes about social music site Jango:

Jango is a new music social search and discovery site. It?s currently in private beta, and I got a chance to snoop around what it?s got going on so far. Jango revolves around the creation of your own playlists, which operate much like a Pandora station. Start with a genre or a particular artist, and go from there.

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Mashable writes about social music site iLike:

iLike has teamed up with Billboard, the music chart provider, to create new charts for tracks being played and shared through iLike?s service and Facebook app. This is essentially a ?branded? Billboard chart for iLike users, to be shared with Facebook users and others, and should leverage the popular iLike Facebook app presence very well.

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Mashable writes about social music site Last.fm:

Last.fm is teaming up with blog network LiveJournal to help the social music service grow in Russia. Users of LiveJournal?s Russian site will now be able to easily embed Last.fm widgets onto their blogs, allowing them to share their playlists with friends. Additionally, the two companies plan a number of marketing initiatives designed to help bring more music fans in Russia on board with both services.

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TechCrunch writes about social music site Ezmo:

Ezmo, like Anywhere.FM, is a clone of iTunes on the web that just came to the United States. Their Flash based player lets you upload your music to the web, organize it into playlists, and share with your friends (just 10). Unlike Anywhere.FM, Ezmo lets you not only pull music from iTunes, but upload music from your Windows Media Player and Winamp music collections too.

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TechCrunch writes about social music site Grooveshark:

Grooveshark is an interesting service that we?ve not covered previously, but has been reviewed by CrunchGear. Users upload their music to Grooveshark, and any member can listen to those tracks for free. If they want to download a song, they can purchase it DRM free and the user who uploaded the song gets a cut of the sale; previously this was 10c and now its 25c. The remainer of the 99c sale goes to the record companies; the service is legal and Grooveshark has agreements with the record companies to provide the service and to cover copyright obligations.

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TechCrunch writes about social music mixtape sharing site Mixaloo:

Poughkeepsie, NY startup Mixaloo wants to make the experience of purchasing music online more social and rewarding, both emotionally and financially.

The company is taking a phenomenon - the mixtape - that has spanned several decades and media formats - 8 tracks, audio cassettes, CDs, and MP3 players - and bringing it to the web.

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Go2Web2 writes about social music site inTune.fm:

inTune.fm allows you to discover and listen to music on Facebook, in your Network and from your friends. inTune.fm is very much resembles to anywhere.fm, which is a Web based player that allows you to listen to lots of free music online, the only change is that inTune.fm is an application that works ONLY on Facebook.

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Mashable writes about social music site iLike:

iLike, the music service that has exploded thanks to their Facebook app, is launching a tool to let musicians manage their social network marketing. The new software, called the ?Artist Services Platform? allows artists to upload songs, add events, and communicate with fans.

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