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When Grooveshark shut down, I lost some fantastic artists. There was a low-distraction music station for programmers [writhem radio] I would listen to, which wa
by badloginagain 11y ago
When Grooveshark shut down, I lost some fantastic artists. There was a low-distraction music station for programmers [writhem radio] I would listen to, which was gaining some popularity and would have music guests DJ their new stuff.
When Grooveshark died, that set of original music spun by the DJs was essentially lost- which sucked because that was my go-to for "work music". I've only started to find the tracks again, some on soundcloud, YouTube, etc.
Worst part is, the guys responsible for the music station, which was definitely growing, hasn't done much to start again. It's understandable, when you think of how difficult it is to grow a brand from nothing.
- tshannon 11y agoYeah, I found so much new music from grooveshark broadcasts.
- rubicon33 11y agoI had the same experience when Grooveshark shut down. It's weird. I didn't realize just how awesome their service was. On the face of it, the technology wasn't particularly novel. It was the content that kept me coming back. Mostly the radio shows like WritheM and Electro Chill.
- lucasmullens 11y agoThe guy behind Writhem Radio is building his own service: http://wiki.writhem.com/display/radio/WritheM+Radio+Home http://wiki.writhem.com/display/radio/WritheM+Radio+Home He's jumped from platform to platform until he just decided to do it himself.
- jordanlev 11y agoThis is certainly not a replacement for what you've lost, and I don't know if it's even the kind of music you're referring to... but you might be interested in: http://musicforprogramming.net/ http://musicforprogramming.net/
- johnny_and1 11y agoSearch for WritheM on Spotify. I was in the same boat until I got the playlist from their wiki and loaded it into Spotify.
- badloginagain 11y agoI haven't looked recently, but I was only specifically interested in their "BitMix's", where they'd bring in an up and coming artist to mix an hour long set together.
- voltagex_ 11y agoIf you have Spotify, try https://play.spotify.com/user/wayspurrchen/playlist/5b5SO6icfmUb9J1m0aFhpn https://play.spotify.com/user/wayspurrchen/playlist/5b5SO6ic...
- toomanybeersies 11y agoWrithem is still around. After Grooveshark, they moved to plug.dj, which then got shut down. Now a couple of them are developing their own solution. I sorta stopped following them after a while, but you've reminded me to check their progress.