headphones I wasn't really sure what to call this post so I just called it what made sense.  There's a somewhat new site, mostly just new to me, that I've been using a lot lately.  It's called SeeqPod.  If you haven't heard about SeeqPod it's basically a music search engine with one bonus - you can listen to what you search for.  The SeeqPod engine crawls the web to find hosted music (.mp3, .mov, .wav, basically any audio file you can think of) and then lets you add it to a playlist for playback right inside your browser.  It's really great for that one-off song that you don't really like enough to spend money on (because we all BUY our music, right?) but you want to give a quick listen.

Just a while ago I had the pleasure of getting a new machine up and running, and because I obviously didn't have any music on the box while I was setting it up I used SeeqPod almost exclusively.  I typed in a band I wanted to listen to, chose "add all" beside the list of songs the SeeqPod found, and I instantly had a playlist of songs streaming to my machine.  Not bad.  Also another nice thing (depending on how you look at it) is that because SeeqPod only crawls the internet and thus relies solely on what people have hosted, chances are you won't fine the entire catalog from an artist.  The nice thing about that is that you'll probably get most of the popular songs from an artist across their entire discography.  So for example, if I type in "Porcupine Tree" I get a list of Porcupine Tree's classic songs across all of their albums ("Stupid Dream," "Lightbulb Sun," "In Absentia," and "Deadwing" just to name a few) so I have a neat little playlist right off the bat.  Doing the same thing in my music collection means scanning through every single album's folder, finding the songs I really like, then adding them to a playlist for whatever player I'm using.  Needless to say it can take a while.  "But what about playlists?!" you say, "at least when I put together a playlist on my computer I can save it and reuse it later!"  I agree, and that's a nice feature.

Savable playlists is such a nice feature that SeeqPod has them.  Once you've put together a playlist you can save it for reuse later, share it with friends, or even embed it on your site like so:

It's a pretty nice site but I almost wish it was kept "underground."  I'm concerned that as SeeqPod gets more attention they might have some legal problems on their hands, but until then give it a shot and remember to use it only for music you already own (*wink* *wink*).  Seriously though, I think it's important that artists get paid for what they give us so I'm not a huge supporter of music piracy.  If you find a new artist through SeeqPod do the right thing and buy their album to ensure they're able to make more music down the road. :)

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