It happens all the time. You are sitting in a restaurant with friends or driving to work and there’s some beautiful music playing on the FM radio station. You would love to buy a copy of that music album for yourself but the problem is that you didn’t get the lyrics.
“What’s the name of that song ? I don’t remember the lyrics”
Search engines like Google or Bing won’t be of much help unless you know a couple of words from the song lyrics or have some clue about the name of the artist or the band. How do you then identify the name of that lovely song?
Know How...!!!
Well, here are some of the best music recognition services that can help you discover song names without having to know the lyrics. You may use them to identify music playing from the radio, TV, Internet or that CD playing in the restaurant.
1. Find music with your Mobile phone:
i. "Shazam" is a mobile application that you may use to find song names from your iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile (or) Android. Simply install the Shazam application, hold your phone towards the audio source and hit the Tag button to let Shazam identify the playing music. Shazam works only with pre-recorded music and not with live performances. The free version of Shazam will help you identify up to 5 different track per month while Shazam Encore, the paid version, offers unlimited tracking for $4.99. If the tune cannot be recognized, there’s no charge.Download the Shazam software @: http://www.shazam.com/
ii. "MusicID" :Hold your iPhone up to some music and MusicID will tell you what song is playing. It’s a $3 iPhone App available worldwide but, you may also use your Blackberry, Windows Mobile or any Java phone to identify music with MusicID. Like Shazam, MusicID works only with pre-recorded music. Find it @: http://www.musicid2.com/
2. Find song name using your own voice:
"Midomi": If you have a tune that’s stuck in your head, just grab a microphone, hum that tune yourself and Midomi will be able tell you what that song is. Alternatively, you may play a short recording of that “unknown” track for Midomi to identify its name.
Unlike Shazam which is a mobile app, Midomi offers a web interface where you can can hum or sing for about 10 seconds and the service will then show you a list of matching songs. For best results, keep the volume bar in the green and avoid background noise. Midomi is free to use online, but it also offers mobile apps for iPhone, Android, Nokia Ovi and Windows Mobile phones. Download it at: http://www.midomi.com/
3. Record a short clip to identify the music:
AudioTag: If you have a short recording of a song on your computer or your mobile phone, you may use the online music recognition service at AudioTag to figure out the exact name of that song. You can upload a short audio snippet or even a whole song and Audio will try to identify the track title by comparing the audio to its own music database. Find it @: http://audiotag.com/
4. Identify with the help of people:
i. WatZatSong: When computers fail to identify the song that you are looking for, you can take the help of human being who may have an idea about that song. WatZatSong is a social site where you can upload a short MP3 audio recording of the song (or record yourself by humming) and other members of the site can then help you guess the exact song name. The suggestions won’t come instantly but you can make their task a bit easier by proving more details about the song like the language in which it is sung or the music style. Check it out at: http://www.watzatsong.com/
ii. Name My Tune: Sing or hum a short clip of the song you are trying to find the name of. Once you are done recording and enter the Genre and Era that you think the song most likely fits in. They’ll send you an email when other people on that site are able to recognize your tune. Try it out: http://www.namemytune.com/
5. Use a virtual Keyboard to find the song:
i. Musipedia: With Musipedia, you can search for a song by either playing it on a virtual piano keyboard or by whistling it to the computer using any microphone. Musipedia is styled after Wikipedia and works best at finding classical music. Musipedia @: http://meertens.musipedia.org
ii.Melody Catcher: If you can play the tune on a virtual keyboard, MelodyCatcher can help you find the name of the song tune you’re looking for. With a simple Java-based onscreen keyboard, simply use your mouse to enter the melody, click search, and MelodyCatcher will show you a list of matching songs from across the web. Catch your melodies @: http://www.melodycatcher.com/
Never miss listening a song from now on for the simple reason that you know only the tune..That's absolutely enough to know all about it...!!! :)
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