Lesson 21. Scrobbling Your Music to Last.fm

In this lesson, you learn how to use Spotify with Last.fm.

Understanding Last.fm

As you know, Spotify is a streaming music service that makes it easy to listen to music wherever there’s an Internet connection. Although Spotify is great for finding and playing the music you know and love, it’s less useful for discovering new music.

Enter Last.fm. Last.fm is a UK-based website designed solely to introduce listeners to new music, based on their current musical tastes. The site works in conjunction with various media players and streaming music services, such as Spotify; you send Last.fm the music you listen to and it evaluates your musical tastes and recommends other music you might like.

Last.fm calls ...

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