OK, so you've been tweeting for a while now, but something's missing and you can't quite put your finger on it.
Well, if you're thinking that it's music that your tweets are lacking then you're in luck. Although Blip.fm is a standalone social media app, it can be a Twitter add-on as well.
But I get ahead of myself. First, visit Blip.fm and set up a free account; once you have, you are now officially a DJ.
Blip.fm works a lot like Twitter.
- Twitter has tweets, Blip.fm has blips, which are short messages with a song attached.
- Twitter has followers, Blip has listeners.
- If you like a tweet on Twitter you can "retweet" it, if you like a song a song a DJ plays you can "reblip" it. You can also give that DJ props to show how much you like it.
I don't use Blip.fm to discover new music, although I have discovered new songs and artists through some of the DJs I listen to at Blip.fm. I just find the music is too eclectic--even within the same DJ--to make for good listening.
Instead, I use Blip.fm to inflict my musical taste upon humanity. Banana Splits, anyone?
To do this, you put in your desired song and/or artist into the Blip search box. Not every song can be found, which is annoying if your taste runs a little esoteric. Blip.fm will bring back several versions, and you can preview each one to make sure it matches up with what you were looking for. Then you can add an accompanying message of up to 140 characters.
Once your account is set up you can sync it to your Twitter account (and your FriendFeed account as well as some other services) so that your blips appear as tweets.
Keep in mind that Blip.fm adds a musical note and a URL to your tweet, so if you maxed out the 140 characters on your blip, it might get cut off when it becomes a tweet.
Please feel to add therichbrooks to your favorite DJs on Blip.fm once you set up your account.
If you want to listen to that beta version of Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road, here it is.
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