imeem – Music is Social

Today, we’re introducing our very own imeem Facebook appication that allows you to add to your Facebook profile any music playlist, song, or video that’s available on imeem. If you already have a Facebook account, you can go ahead and add this new app by clicking here.

Want to put some crazy dance videos, your latest party mix, or some summer jams on your Facebook page? No problem. Once you’ve added the imeem app, there are a variety of ways to add content to your Facebook profile:

[if you're surfing imeem]
* On any music playlist, song, or video page on imeem, click the Facebook icon under the “Add To My” section. Then click the link “Add To Facebook Profile”
* Copy and paste the URL of any music playlist, song, or video into the imeem Facebook app

[if you're using the imeem Facebook app]
* Check out our listing of featured and top ranked content and easily add any of that media to your page
* View what imeem content your friends have added, and add that stuff to your own page (you can claim that you added it first)

As always, suggestions and comments are welcome (just add them as a comment to this blogpost). We’re still trying to figure out what other neat stuff we can do with this Facebook app, so stay tuned for further updates.

Here’s the link: http://apps.facebook.com/imeemfb/ . Tell your friends to add it as well! And if you’re having trouble figuring out what content to add to your Facebook profile, here are some suggestions to get you started!

…Angelo
…Playlist: Dim Mak Records Sampler [ Add ]

…Rosa
…Video: Paris in Jail – Music Video Parody [ Add ]

…Joe
…Song: Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye [ Add ]

…jimmylin
…Playlist: the eclectic collection (sorry, gotta pimp out my own playlist) [ Add ]

…Brian
…Song: Apples in Stereo – Energy [ Add ]

…Gina
…Video: The Strokes – You Only Live Once [ Add ]

[On a side note, isn't it crazy how many new apps are popping up every day? Some are addictive (I could spend hours drawing masterpieces with the Graffiti app), some are a little odd ("Your friend has thrown a sheep at you"...huh?!?!), and some are random (anyone else get a message saying someone rated them on the Lamefactor scale?). Go figure.]

Hey guys,

Today we launched a new program to share ad revenue with bands when you listen to their songs. We’re really happy we can offer a sustainable and fair way to get artists even more involved with our website and connect with fans. With the launch, the site doesn’t work exactly the way it was before, but it’s very much in line with the original intent and spirit of imeem.

Same as always, you can listen to all of the music you upload. When you get a 30 second clip on other profiles though, it means that the artist or record label has chosen not to permit full-length streaming of their songs. I’ll say that again: when you see a 30-second preview, it means someone said we can’t stream the whole song to you.

We care deeply about seeing artists compensated for their hard work and creativity, so we came up with a pretty cool system. The artists and labels that have opted-in to be a part of our system have full streams and earn money when people listen to their music. Think about how great that is… the more you listen to, share, and buy an artists music, the more money they make!

Other record labels and artists have chosen not to make their songs available. This is their right in the filtering system we setup, but we will continue to work _very_ hard and _very_ closely with them to bring more rich media to all of you. We think our model is a good one and will do everything we can to benefit our community by creating a great long-term business for artists, labels, and imeem.

We care about our community and think this is the right thing to do. If you don’t see your favorite artist on the site, contact them and tell them to be a part of imeem. I think if everyone took the time to contact artists by email or their myspace and told them how much you would like to see their music on imeem, it would make a big difference.

P.S. If you are an artist, be sure you opt-in and register your content to get paid

You may have been wondering about this mysterious icon that now appears on music playlists, song pages, and search results. Well, wonder no more. In addition to creating playlists, you can now create something we like to call QuickMix. What exactly is a QuickMix? Think of it as a temporary  music playlist that you can listen to and add songs to “on-the-fly” while browsing around imeem.

When you first click on the icon, it’ll open up your QuickMix in a brand new window. From that point forward, you can keep browsing around imeem and adding songs to this QuickMix. All the playlist features that you are already familiar with are there (enabling/disabling a track, shuffle mode, etc.), and you can remove songs from your QuickMix that you don’t like.

But let’s say you create this amazingly perfect QuickMix and you want to save it. No problem. Just click on the “Save” button and you will be able to save the playlist to your profile page. Piece of cake.

Creating a QuickMix is an easy way to just sit back and enjoy some tunes without much hassle. What’s great is that it can serve a variety of other purposes as well. Here are some scenarios I was able to come up with. If you think of any of your own, let me know.

The “Channel Surfing” method - You do a search, quickly add a ton of songs to your QuickMix, cycle through them just as quickly, and figure out which ones you like and dislike.
The “Big Night” method – You’ve got a big dinner date at your place and your date is about to arrive. Just fire up a few slow jams into your QuickMix, and you’re all ready for the evening. If things turn out well, save the QuickMix for future use.
The “High Fidelity” method – You’re checking out your friend’s cool playlist but realize that a few songs on the list prevent it from reaching a level of greatness. So you add the good songs to a QuickMix, fill in the gaps with the songs you think should be in there, and now you can compare with your friend whose list is superior.

So go ahead, check it out, and create a QuickMix. And of course, let us know if you have any comments or suggestions.

For more information about QuickMix, check out our FAQ page here.