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Last.fm Task One - Get set up then "set and forget"!

If you're already a member of Last.fm, then you can skip "Getting set up" and just do the "Set and forget" bit...

 

Getting set up

If you aren’t already on Last.fm, it’s easy.

a. Sign up (it’s free.  Pick your username carefully though – you CANNOT change it once you’ve signed up.).

b. Download the scrobbler (for mac, pc or linux)

c. Read and follow “Set and forget” below.

 

FAQ’S

  • Scrobbling takes up really minimal bandwidth – for anyone on dialup, it won’t suck your bandwidth.
  • You don’t have to be connected to the internet all the time.  The scrobbler you downloaded onto your computer will keep count and upload to Last.fm when you connect.  (When you reconnect you should be prompted to “scrobble” – just say yes!)

 

 

Set and forget

 

MAKE SURE YOUR ALBUMS/SONGS ARE LABELLED CORRECTLY

For increasing awareness of Kris on Last.fm, make sure whatever you play of his, has his name “Kris Allen” (no “quotation” marks) as the Artist or Artist Name or whatever your music player names it.

 

The end of year Top 40 collection does not include live albums, greatest hits collections, EP’s and singles, so you don’t have to change all the rips from live shows that you’ve labelled “hot new song!”. 

 

BUT official albums must be labelled correctly (as they were named by the record label). 

 

AND, if you want to increase awareness of Kris – and have the fun of seeing your play count of his songs on your own personal charts – it’s a good idea to have his name in the Artist section of your music manager.

 

Your work here is done!  That’s it, seriously.  You can set this up, and contribute to Kris’s success just by playing his songs on your music player at home.  (Or in the office – if work lets you, download the scrobbler onto your work computer…)

 

ETA: We've had some suggestions of other software to use - we'll remind everyone again about these two programs later.  If you're new to Last.fm, don't worry, they aren't necessary to getting Kris's plays counted in your scrobbler. Thanks to you guys that suggested them :-)

 

If you're a Pandora user then  LastPandora  allows you to scrobble your tracks to Last.fm automatically while you're using Pandora.  I don't (can't because I'm not in the US) use Pandora, so I can't give you any tips on it, but I'm sure if people need help they could ask some of the other forum members.  If it's really popular, we could do a task for it if a Pandora user helps :-)

 

The other suggestion was an app for iPhone/iPod users called iScrob.  Which is available in the iTunes store.  I'm going to give it a go & if there's any quirks, I'll let you know.

On to Task Two - Tags

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Permalink Reply by dy77 on February 16, 2011 at 5:02am

Amanda and I are really excited about this project as we're both avid last.fm users and believe it could be a great tool for getting his music out there beyond the Idol bubble. Just hit us up here or on twitter (I'm @dy7764 and you can also find me on last.fm under the same user name) if you have any questions about how to use it or do any of these tasks.

 

Also wanted to say that some people prefer Pandora to last.fm. Even if you are a Pandora user, still do this task. There is a way to get your pandora listens to Kris scrobbled on last.fm but to do this, you will need to have the scrobbler. (The actual process is definitely lastfm 201 so we'll save that for another day. Right now we just want you to get set up. :))

Permalink Reply by Allyson on February 16, 2011 at 3:32pm

You actually don't need to download anything at all to do that.

 

http://lastpandora.com/

Permalink Reply by Brenda on February 18, 2011 at 4:58am

I've signed up, got Scrobble, and it's doing whatever it does lol.  I'm a total newbie so I'll need guidance from you guys.  I'm mzbet over there, too, and have sent friend requests to all of you that have put your names in here.

Permalink Reply by Orihara Kaoru on February 16, 2011 at 7:36am
Done! Is friending important over there? I'm oriharakaoru there if that matters.
Permalink Reply by pomegranate02 on February 16, 2011 at 2:25pm

Yay!  :-)

 

I'm off to friend you now!  I'm korestemenos over there.

 

Friending is one of the tasks we'll be doing in future, so starting now is getting ahead which is FTW.  Friending helps you to discover new music as well as share the music you like...  like Kris for example ;-)

Permalink Reply by lyndsey_n on February 16, 2011 at 11:47am
Successfully set up and scrobbling as of last night. Fun, and I have no idea why I didn't do this sooner lol. Feel free to friend me there as well, same name lyndsey_n :)
Permalink Reply by pomegranate02 on February 16, 2011 at 2:29pm

\0/

 

I love doing this, so I'm glad you think it's fun :-)

 

I'm off to friend you right now!  I'm korestemenos over there.

Permalink Reply by lyndsey_n on February 16, 2011 at 4:23pm
Hi! Yay, friended you back - thanks! :D
Permalink Reply by eternalblue8 on February 16, 2011 at 1:52pm
Great project idea! I love last.fm and only wish I could scrobble all the CDs I play in my car which I can't hook up my iPod to. I've always gone through my mp3s and made sure that the artist/artist name are correct, so all my KA plays are counted. I'm eternalblue81 there.
Permalink Reply by pomegranate02 on February 16, 2011 at 2:35pm

I'm off to friend you now - I'm korestemenos over there. 

 

I hate it when I play a track on youtube, or bandcamp etc and it doesn't scrobble - it always seems like a waste LOL.

Permalink Reply by Michelle on February 16, 2011 at 4:13pm
aha, I found a way to scrobble tracks played on your iPhone/iPod -- a free app called iScrob.

This is a neat mission idea btw, and VERY EASY lol (which is important!)
Permalink Reply by lyndsey_n on February 16, 2011 at 4:25pm
Ooh, thanks for the app tip!

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