New Features Astound and Amaze!
We’ve been adding great new stuff to SpotDJ with such rapid fervor that we almost forgot to blog about all the new features! This isn’t an exhaustive list of all the new stuff, but here are some of the highlights:
Record Your Spots Through the Web
If you’ve ever woken up on a ratty couch in a mysterious apartment with no memory of how you got there and a hankerin’ to record a spot, this feature is for you! With our new web-based Create feature, you can record spots without waking up the strange curly haired girl you went home with to get permission to install SpotDJ on her computer.
All you need to do is log in to SpotDJ and click Create. You can record your spot right there in the web page — no installation necessary!
Of course, you’ll still want to install SpotDJ on your home computer so that you can hear other people’s spots within iTunes. Plus, the installable version of SpotDJ has much better recording quality. But in a pinch or at a computer where you can’t install software, check out our web based recorder!
Fan Blasts!
Most spots are about a particular song or artist. You know, stuff like “This song is about…” or “I like this song because…”. Fan Blasts don’t have to be about any particular song — they’re spots that your SpotDJ fans will hear regardless of what they’re listening to.
For example, maybe you’d like to use Fan Blasts to tell your listeners more about yourself, or to recommend an album you just bought. If they’ve added you as a Fave, they’ll hear your blast!
To record a Fan Blast, just to go the Create tab and record your spot, making sure to select a Fan Blast! from the “This spot is…” section. Or, if you want to change an existing spot to be a Fan Blast, just click on the title and change the spot type.
New Bling - Share Your Spots!
We’ve made it easier than ever to bring your spots to your MySpace page, blog, or web site. Just visit our Bling page to build a SpotDJ badge. Your badge can even include a player so that people can hear your spot from any web page. Neat!
Upload Spots as MP3’s
Several of you are really into audio. For you guys, our simple “click to record” interface isn’t enough — you guys want to use Pro Tools or GarageBand to record spots.
That’s fine by us! Now you can use whatever sofware you want to record spots. Just save your spot as an MP3 and you can upload it directly to SpotDJ!
That’s all I have time to describe for now! Kevin just IM’d me saying “More features, slacker!”