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 Your iTunes music folder stores two representations of a song file: the digital content of the music itself (AAC, MP3) and an XML file that describes the attributes of the file, things like “artist”, “title”, “recently played”, “rating”, “genre”, etc.
Similar iTunes needs to access only this XML file – typically named “iTunes Music Library”. On Windows, the default location of this file is C:\Documents and Settings\default\ My Documents\MyMusic\iTunes\iTunes Music. While an individual song can a create large files of several MB, the XML file is by comparison very small… for example, a 1,000 song iTunes Library XML file runs <2MB. Click here to Upload your iTunes Music Library Now. |
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 Once your XML file arrives on our servers, Similar iTunes indexes all the data about your listening habits. Next, your library is compared and given a relevance and weighting for association with other music libraries submitted to Similar iTunes. You are assigned a profile, or multiple profiles, based on others like you with similar audio collections. You are then presented with summaries, graphs and lists about how others like you listen. |
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 Similar iTunes will suggest songs, events and people based on your profile.
Discover
See music you might like? Go ahead and listen to it. Similar iTunes is fully integrated with the iTunes store.
Want to remember something for later action, or purchase? Tag it and add it to your Wish List. Share this with your friends, construct playlists or put it on your blog.
Attend
We’ll tell you when your favorite or related musicians, acts and performers are coming to town. Similar iTunes has relationships with some of the internet’s larger events engines (Zvents, Upcoming.org, EVDB) which will update you every time a band or artist is making an appearance in your locale. Members can choose to view their events either in a calendar on the Similar iTunes site, or if you prefer to be notified, there is the option of subscribing to an RSS feed or an email notification service.
Connect
Are you seeking harmony on dating sites, but getting nothing but static and poor acoustics? Looking for someone who relates to your music? We’ll help you find a date – or your soul-mate, indie-mate, altcountry-mate, r&b-mate…
Similar iTunes believes your music profile is a significant factor in the internet mating dance. Similar iTunes Members may choose to make public their IDs from a number of dating sites including Match.com, eHarmony, LavaLife and more.
After all, You are your music™.
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The Concept
Admit it. We’ve all done it… nosing around a friends CD collection, browsing their bookshelf and photos, or peeking in the medicine cabinet (which got not one, but two ‘Jerry’s in trouble: Jerry Seinfeld and Jerry Stahl of Permanent Midnight infamy). It’s human nature - we’re curious about people, and the objects they collect tell us “amateur anthropologists” something about them – and about us. Similar iTunes is designed to recapture that spirit of musical discovery. And best of all it is completely legal, anonymous and simple.
In the digital music age, one of the great joys of a peer-to-peer network is seeing not just the song or artist you searched for, but the owner’s entire digital music collection. The process of discovery that Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, et al provided was eye-opening, and broadened many a listeners musical palette – a good thing for the listener certainly, and arguably for the artist as well. If the newly discovered song happened to fatten their MP3 collection… well, we won’t weigh in on that debate. |
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