The modern day Napster? Maybe. Too good to be true? Probably. Playing with it now? Definitely. Tubeify is the menaje trios of Last.fm, Billboard and Youtube. Brought to you by Tomas Isdal, a University of Washington PhD student.
Basically, the gist of Tubeify is to turn youtube into a jukebox of sorts with an easy to use interface. But Youtube alone can’t get you the cool factor of the Time Traveler feature. This allows you to search any given time period since 1964, the interface uses Billboards top 100 of each said period, and pops out video selections for you to peruse while you experience sight and sound from your time selection.
I immediately went to my high school graduation year. Can you guess what that was? Here is a snapshot of it:
So I sat and took a listen/watch down memory lane. I’ve never actually experienced some of these songs in video form, since the greatness of Youtube came long, LONG after those days for me. Sigh.
This is the sort of thing that can get you lost for a few hours, so don’t take it lightly. But do take advantage. I have a feeling the Big Brother “Label” won’t be liking how the music is being shared for free.
You do need an invitation to get onto Tubeify. Get it here, and go and play for the day, or night. Or all day and night. It makes music fun! Click on the “request invitation” and add your email. You’ll get an email from Tubeify in just a few minutes and get started. Be warned, you may not want to stop.
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