Yahoo! Music Blog
I've really enjoyed what ian c rogers has been doing behind the locked doors of his 360 blog, including posting some fantastic XSPF playlists that have found their way onto my Zen Micro. Now I see that there's a Yahoo! Music Blog that he just posted to announcing the Webjay acquisition. I'm going to subscribe (no FeedBurner feed?) and hope that it's updated frequently.
Just as an update, I'm still very much enjoying my Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscription and still listening to a couple of new albums every night. I'm liking the Zen Micro, and I got the Roku Soundbridge for Christmas (but I haven't had time to hook it up yet). So, yes, I'm fully in the PlaysForSure DRM camp.
There are still lots of things that I'm frustrated about with Y!MU, though. Off the top of my head:
- Things that aren't "albums" listed as "albums". It's a real pain to find the latest album by a band if you don't know its name. Suggestion: on the album listing page, put the number of songs on the "album" in parens so I know what's an album and what's just a remixed single.
- Release notes for the client? Sometimes, a new version of YME is downloaded, but I have no idea what has changed.
- Are you telling me there haven't been any new plug-ins for the past three months?
- Playlists are really lame. This is where I'm hoping Lucas will help out. It's such a huge pain to try to share a playlist ... it should be effortless. Help us Lucas!
There's more, but I don't want this to turn into a rant. I still recommend Y!MU to everyone that cares about music. I'm hoping for big things in the future!