I’ve come across a pretty cool and initiative website today that caught my eye. It’s a bit quirky and I’m not 100% sure how accurate it is but I still think it’s a pretty original and fun way for people to share and interact with music.
It’s essentially a Google map with locations you click on to discover what genres of music people are listening to all over the world. Just click on a certain location, anywhere, from Kent to Kazakhstan, and you can instantly play tracks that people are listening to. It basically works through a download site called SoundCloud, so let’s say when Boris from Bulgaria downloads Britney’s greatest hits, it shows up on the map and you, the user, get to have a listen. Ok so it’s a bit gimmicky and there might not be much point to it, but I still think it’s a clever way to expand people’s music taste to a whole load of random world music that they’re unlikely to be exposed to elsewhere. So far my favourite has to be from Hamburg, where they’re currently rockin’ out to Alain Monnet - Und Endlich (Hochzeitslied). Very bizarre indeed!
Have a look by going to www.tracksonamap.com
Katie
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