imron Posted August 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM Has anyone else checked out Google's Chinese music search? At first glance, it appears to be really quite good. Instead of returning hundreds of results, you only get one per song/artist/album combination, with all content being provided by Chinese music site Top100. The Top100 player is really quite impressive too. At the side, it contains the song lyrics (with the current lyrics highlighted), and you can click and scroll the lyrics to get to the place you want in the song! Best of all, it's all free, and paid for by advertising, making it legal too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 6, 2008 at 11:46 AM Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 at 11:46 AM This is all I get: "抱歉，谷歌不在您所在的地区提供您所需要的服务。 " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 6, 2008 at 11:52 AM Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 at 11:52 AM Likewise from the UK. The music will presumably only have been licensed for the mainland China market, hence they'll need to block other users if they don't want to annoy record company partners. Sounds great though. Best of all, it's all free, and paid for by advertising, making it legal too. I think it'll be the licensed content that makes it legal - Baidu's mp3 search was free and carried advertising, didn't make it legal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM Notice how I said "and paid for by advertising". Sure Baidu has advertising, but they don't use that to pay for licensing. Regarding access outside of China, what happens if you visit the Top100 site manually: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 6, 2008 at 12:29 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 at 12:29 PM The online player didn't seem to work, but that may be due to using Firefox. Attempts to download directly fail - doesn't seem to be blocked, just too far away . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 6, 2008 at 12:30 PM Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 at 12:30 PM Nope, works fine under Firefox for me. I haven't tried it with any other browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elina Posted August 7, 2008 at 02:10 AM Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 at 02:10 AM Looks good. Searched 许巍 on it and also on my favorite songs’ site, turned out some different albums, will do some further exploring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atitarev Posted August 7, 2008 at 03:00 AM Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 at 03:00 AM Not working at the moment? -- I wish there was a site/technology where you could search by melody. Say, you like a song very much but all you remember is the tune... Of course, you would need to enter a search somehow by putting in some music. Does it make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted August 7, 2008 at 03:47 AM Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 at 03:47 AM I wish there was a site/technology where you could search by melody. Say, you like a song very much but all you remember is the tune... Of course, you would need to enter a search somehow by putting in some music. Does it make sense? You mean a Melody Recognition program like this: http://www.melodyhound.com/# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 7, 2008 at 03:51 AM Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 at 03:51 AM Not working at the moment?Apparently it only works in mainland China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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