All the puzzle pieces previously assembled are now reassembled. The innovative Turntable Labs, a social music platform bearing an uncanny resemblance to the pioneering Turntable.fm. The app is available to download and install on both Android and iOS devices, either directly from the internet or through their respective app stores. Enabling users to craft their own playlists as a virtual DJ, the platform boasts an unparalleled library of more than 100 million tracks at their fingertips.
It doesn’t solely feature just like the old-school Turntable.fm. The situation appears to be indistinguishable from a duplicate. There exist a platform, showcasing digital portraits of players and cartoon-like figures that seemingly represent characters from various franchises. I started and am thoroughly delighted by the astonishing diversity of tracks presented here that I genuinely appreciate.
The vast majority of this 100 million song library has been assembled through strategic partnerships with leading music industry players, including Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. The catalog draws on Merlin’s extensive network of independent labels and rights holders, offering a virtually limitless pool of content.
The company draws an analogy between its experts’ abilities and “gatherings around a jukebox or jam sessions with friends.” To me, it’s equally unclear, as someone unknown suddenly entered my room and started playing their own tunes. We alternate in conducting a DJ session. It appears that there is space for five individuals at the same time to engage in a game of round-robin, featuring their favorite songs.
One notable difference between Turntable.fm and other music platforms lies in its robust catalog of songs. The platform lacked agreements with record labels, instead relying on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and an alliance with ASCAP to operate. The stringent regulations imposed numerous constraints on clients, dictating the maximum number of people allowed in a room at any given time, as well as the hourly limit for song performances. The guidelines appear to be done for now.
Turntable.fm initially went dark in 2013, before quietly resurfacing.
In this nostalgic blast from the past, we may relive the good old days when discovering new tunes was all about human recommendations, not just algorithms.
