Shazam Magically Discovers Details of Songs Playing Near You
OK, maybe Shazam does not use magic to figure out what song is playing, but I cannot tell the difference. Shazam Entertainment delivers a fantastic music discovery app. Launch Shazam, press “Tag Now” and your iPhone will listen for music around you. After collecting a sample, it calls home and analyzes the track. It reports back with Name, album, genre, album art, links to iTunes, YouTube, and more. Shazam failed to pick up very few songs. While I mostly use it for songs I want to know, I have tried to “trick” it with ones I thought would choke it. The most obscure I tried was Kids Bop #4 (from McDonald’s Happy Meal, “sung by kids for kids”), track 1 Life is a Highway? Nailed it. Who knew? I’ve used it to tag the theme song from True Blood (Bad Things by Jace Everett), figure out the name to a song on So You Think You Can Dance? (Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis; great song & great dance) as well as a large number of songs on the radio. Well, not that large a number since I rarely listen to the radio, but when I do, I have no idea what the song is called. Shazam comes through every time I need it. Did I mention it was free? Get it. Use it. Love it.
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