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There is a great way to build up an organized Library of a lot Music in a relatively short period of time, and the best part about it is…it takes almost no works and is fairly simple. I recommend you use this on some old computer which can run 24/7. We’ll basically be ripping the Streams that play on Last.FM. This isn’t just another Stream Ripper Programs which records a pre defined Stream. You can chose by Genre, Artist or Album. It will neatly name and organize all your downloaded mp3′s and avoid duplicates.

First, you’ll have to create a few Last.Fm accounts (They’re FREE). I recommend 2 for the beginning.

After you’ve gotten yourself the Accounts, go over to xscDevBlog and Download the latest Version on LastSharp(currently 0.4.4).

Adjust the your Settings as seen in the Screenshots below.

Dont forget to put you Last.Fm Login Data, and hit Login. After Logging in, take a look at the “Tune In” field on the right. Select “Tag” and put in a desired Music Genre. Alternative, Indie, Punk, Ska, Pop, Charts, whatever… .Now give the “Go” button a good hit and wait for a Playlist to load below, which can take up to a 15 seconds or so. Last thing you have to do, is right click on any of the tracks on the right, and click download. Thats it. Now its going to download one track after the other in that Genre. Once your familiar with it, you can click on the green plus on the top left and open another Instance of the Tool, and you’ll be downloading twice the amount…obviously. Remember that you need to log in with a different Last.FM account for each running Instance.

In just under3 Days “The Pirate Bay’s” announcement to go legal by getting taken over by Swedish Firm caused lots of users to have their accounts deleted. By now, over 3500 users requested their account deletion. Kind of unusual to see considering that in the past you just saw the userbase increasing by the thousands each week. Would be interesting to see the ratio of users who sign up, compared to the ones who get their account deleted. Im sure there are still tons of people signing up now, in reflect of all the media attention they have gotten lately.

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