#Occupy turntable.fm

[Ian David]

DJing in the #Occupy turntable.fm room. Come hang out. Now playing Jeremy Gilchrist : We Are the 99% ♫♪ #turntablefm http://turntable.fm/occupy_turntablefm

Turntable.fm is like Chat Roulette for music fans, but without anyone showing you a penis.


What Is This Magical Turntable.fm Everyone’s Talking About?

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So what is Turntable.fm? It’s a browser-based chatroom that streams music based on the choices of a rotating cast of DJs drawn from whoever is in the room. There are up to five DJs at any one time who create playlists; the station cycles through the playlists one song at a time, moving from one DJ’s pick to the next, as the room votes on how “lame” to “awesome” the track is. A (sometimes fast-moving) discussion takes place in a chatroom on the bottom right of the screen. DJs get points for picking popular songs and if enough people think a song is lame, it skips to the next. You can upload songs or search through the Medianet-powered library to create your playlist when it’s your turn to DJ.

The app is also, presumably, making money by helping people discover new music socially. Mouse over a song you like and click “add to iTunes” to buy it.

Even though the app seems ubiquitous in Silicon Alley/Valley, it’s actually still in semi-closed beta. Users need to connect with Facebook and will be allowed in if a friend is already using the app. As TechCrunch’s Alexia Tsostis joked, it’s now a useful sign of how well connected your company is. “New hot startup metric: The # of listeners in its Turntable.fm room.”



More:
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/06/10/what-is-this-magical-turntable-fm-everyones-talking-about/