9 / 10 I Love iMeem Submitted By: TheBoss
iMeem is one of the early free streaming services that allows users to freely stream music and share their musical tastes with other fans and friends. Users can upload music, videos, and photos. I have to admit, when I first started using iMeem, I was frustrated with the busy pages and lack of consistent navigation options. I literally thought the service was horrible. However, as I got into the service and got used to the varied layouts and sifted through the content that was available, I became somewhat addicted. iMeem is like MySpace meets iLike. Harcore community with hardcore music discovery. There is so much content on so many user profiles that you eventually find something you like. iMeem has content deals with all four major record labels and with smaller indie labels so the popular content is available along with the indie/underground stuff. If you want to buy the music or video, links are provided to purchase at iTunes and Amazon.
iMeem is simple. Users upload all of the music, videos, and photos from their computers to iMeem and that is what drives all listening and viewing activity on the website. iMeem only monitors which content is licensed versus not licensed. If the content is licensed by iMeem and uploaded by a user, then anyone who streams that song from the users profile will hear the full song. If the song is not licensed, only a 30-second sample is heard by users who stream that file (only the original file uploader can hear the full-length song). iMeem makes their money by displaying advertisements around the free music and videos and by selling premium profile page themes to users.
From a features and functionality perspective, iMeem almost offers too many things to do. You can listen to music for free from a profile page or playlist, add to your favorites, send to a friend, rate it, comment on it, embed it in your profile page, feature it (it shows up on your profile page), and on and on and on. You can literally click around for hours searching for old music or new music and you find tons of options to listen to. It’s a great way to discover and listen to music. Playlist creation is the dominant feature and is a great way to discover music that is similar to other types of music you like.
The biggest drawback of the service is that there is a lot of content and things to do. The navigation and layout of all of these options can be confusing for new users and it can easy to get lost on the profile pages with all of the content boxes to choose from. However, all in all, I am now a big iMeem fan and love the content availability and music discovery options. Definitely check out this site.
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