Everyone’s favorite music discovery service Shazam isn’t just an app on your phone. Shazam has expanded to creating interactive experiences on television shows and commercials, and also have a blog where they feature something called Shazam Sessions. The sessions are stripped down performances of many popular indie bands who visit the Shazam Studios to play a song or two. Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Shoes featuring Esser, Matt and Kim and The Pigeon Detectives have all visited the studio. Check out the session with MEN playing “Off Our Backs.”
Shazam also has a Music Explorer functionality on their website which is powered by the tagging activities of their 50 million users. The feature makes artist and song recommendations based on your interests: