Today I found out about Last.fm. I’m not sure how I went this long without hearing about it. It’s another music program, but one that’s integrated social networking tools. It can work with most music players–you just have to download the plugin and it self-detects the players you have installed.

You can use Last.fm to track the music you play, connect with other people who have similar music interests, and get recommendations for other music you might like. As with most social software sites, you can also tag songs, artists, etc., and share playlists with your friends. RSS feeds and embedding tools are built in as well and the artist info pages are wiki-based, so you can add your own information to information about the artist and their music.

My Last.fm profile is at http://www.last.fm/user/spfitzinger/. This will show the music and artists I’ve been listening to as well other information about my recent music and friend connections. If you use Last.fm or decide to give it a try, you can visit my profile and add me as a friend.