In the world of Web 2.0 there’s really no limit as to what you can and cannot make “social.” There’s social networks for everything under the sun and now the latest one to launch is Qbox, a social network music service that lets you listen to millions of songs streaming directly from social networks like MySpace, YouTube, and Bebo.
What Qbox does is take the audience of social networking sites and allow them to interact with musicians through its dynamic music application. Now users of these media sites will no longer be limited to searching just within those sites for music because Qbox’s Qplayer offers over 21 million songs, all streaming directly from musician’s pages and profiles.
On the surface, Qbox appears to be “just another music player.” It has the friendly feel of the Yahoo Media Player, the social warmth of Buzzwire, the flexibility of Snocap and the live streaming abilities of FineTune. And that’s just to name a few.
Qbox does, however, have some pretty innovative features. For example, the Qbox toolbar lets you listen to music whenever you search for bands on Wikipedia and listen to songs when a musician’s name is mentioned in a news page. Just by highlighting keywords from songs or bands, Qbox will automatically stream the music you are interested in listening to.
The way Qbox finds all its music is completely UGC-based and acts as a wiki that keeps growing. Users can listen to songs from a huge database, listen to recommended songs based on their tastes, and keep in touch with their favorite musicians.
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