Before Turntable.fm there was a small site called "Listening Room" by Abe Fettig https://www.wired.com/2011/06/listening-room/ https://www.wired.com/2011/06/li

Before Turntable.fm there was a small site called "Listening Room" by Abe Fettig https://www.wired.com/2011/06/listening-room/ https://www.wired.com/2011/06/listening-room/ It was in the days when everyone had an mp3 collection - so you create a room with your friends and upload mp3s to a queue. It was very simple without any of the 'party' vibe of Turntable.fm. I had a blast in there with a bunch of people from metafilter and had a go at making something similar. The eclecticness of what people uploaded was fascinating - something that didn't happen in my (admittedly brief) foray into Turntable.fm where it seemed each crowd would aggressively vote-off any track that wasn't bang on some ultra specific genre. But the problem with 'chatroom where you upload your mp3 to a queue' sites like "Listening Room" was the licencing (even though you could try and make the case that its just like playing a record to friends at a party). I looked into licensing something like that as an internet radio station but it didn't work because of the multiple rooms. So I'd love to see a modern version of 'chatroom where you play music to each other' but properly licensed and probably allowing a mix of streaming from spotify and mp3 uploads. Guess its too niche to be worth the licencing hassle.