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For some reason I'm drawn to music covers. I like to hear new versions of the same song be different artists and compare styles and interpretations. I have another blog post from a long time ago that mentions an idea for a mp3 player plugin that would connect to SecondHandSongs to query their database of song covers and provide information on the current song and related covers if any.
Well, I actually have renewed the desire for such a plugin and have a few links of resources to help be get started on this:
My current idea is to ping SecondHandSongs with the song info and retrieve:
1. if this is a cover
2. if this is an original, with other artists covering it
3. if this is not found at all in their database
for 1 and 2, I'll get the list of all covers and artists, and then query TinySong.com to see if they have that song in their database. If so, they will provide a URL to listen to that song in a browser.
So you can listen to a song and say, "Hmm, I wonder if anyone has redone this song...", then right click on it, or something, and choose "Find Song Cover Info...", and then a list of songs and artists get displayed, and when you click on any one of them, it pauses your current music player, launches a web browser with the URL for that song cover and you get to listen to it right there.
Coolness.
Well, I actually have renewed the desire for such a plugin and have a few links of resources to help be get started on this:
- http://www.secondhandcongs.com (of course)
- http://code.google.com/p/rhythmtoweb/
- http://live.gnome.org/RhythmboxPlugins/ThirdParty
- http://live.gnome.org/RhythmboxPlugins/WritingGuide
- http://www.grooveshark.com
- http://apidocs.tinysong.com/
My current idea is to ping SecondHandSongs with the song info and retrieve:
1. if this is a cover
2. if this is an original, with other artists covering it
3. if this is not found at all in their database
for 1 and 2, I'll get the list of all covers and artists, and then query TinySong.com to see if they have that song in their database. If so, they will provide a URL to listen to that song in a browser.
So you can listen to a song and say, "Hmm, I wonder if anyone has redone this song...", then right click on it, or something, and choose "Find Song Cover Info...", and then a list of songs and artists get displayed, and when you click on any one of them, it pauses your current music player, launches a web browser with the URL for that song cover and you get to listen to it right there.
Coolness.
