Members Etienne Rambert Posted August 25, 2014 Members Share Posted August 25, 2014 Has anyone here had Shazam.com show up in their stats? Looking at my Youtube stats, I noticed one song was hit by Shazam.com a few times last monthfrom different locations in the US. I don't know what that means exactly. Shazam is song recognition software. I have it on my smart phone. If you don't know the name of a song, open the Shazam app. It listens for under a minute and then tells you song, record, artist, etc. I don't know what it means for Shazam to show up in my Youtube stats. I think it means - a few listeners heard that song somewhere and tried to identify it using Shazam. That's a first. And I have no idea where the recording was playing either.I guess that's another measure of success in the life of a musician in our time.In the old days, musicians made money. Today, it's about Youtube hits,how many people are pirating your music and now - Shazam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 25, 2014 Members Share Posted August 25, 2014 I didn't know it did that, but I did know that it seems to want to connect to iTunes, I think it is, for purchasing the song it's just identified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted August 25, 2014 Author Members Share Posted August 25, 2014 Makes sense. It helps you purchase the song it has identified for you. Tks. I did not know it did that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 25, 2014 Members Share Posted August 25, 2014 That might only be an iPhone thing, I don't know, but I vaguely remember it trying to connect to something that allow me to purchase and download the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy DeWitt Posted August 25, 2014 Members Share Posted August 25, 2014 Shazam will take you to links to purchase what you hear. There are also ads on it... I wonder if that might be why YouTube would be connected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 25, 2014 Members Share Posted August 25, 2014 Probably so...that's what I was thinking as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted August 26, 2014 Author Members Share Posted August 26, 2014 Shazam is on Android too. But it doesn't direct me to iTunes. It just tries to identify the tune. This incident is mysterious to me. When I use Shazam, I hold my Android phone up to the speaker or source of the music. The app listens and tries to identify. It does not visit the page itself. It just listens. It doesn't know where the source is. That's why I'm a little baffled by this incident. Maybe people go to the Shazam website and from there, visit youtube or some other site to listen to music. IDK. It's odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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