TechCrunch NY: Text your Taste

by Rudy De Waele - October 19, 2006 at 10:57 am · Filed under Strands

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There’s no doubt that the 8th TechCrunch Party in New York is going to be fun. It’ll be your chance to “ping the jukebox” with a text message. With partyStrands, music will not be programmed by just one person, it will be programmed by all those who “join the party”. partyStrands, a social programming tool, will play the music based on everybody’s tastes.partyStrands will start the music with one song that Mike gets to choose as the seed for playing similar songs throughout the evening. This profile will change as other partygoers start to join with their favorite artists. TechCrunch partygoers who want to join will be able to influence the music by sending an SMS containing an alias + favorite artist. As more people join in, the sequence of the songs will be influenced by the collective tastes in music of the people who join the party that very evening.

partyStrands runs on one screen or more and it shows the current song and album art, which partygoers are influencing the song and the messages that the partygoers send via text message. MyStrands members have their avatar show up on the display when they sign in and their music profile begins to influence the music of the party.

As for those who do not get the chance to join the 8th TechCrunch party: the playlist, partygoers, and sms will go real time to the party webpage (to be announced later) which can be visited during or post party.

Much more than music
The partyStrands screens display the text messages and photos sent by partygoers, and several other innovative features such as cool animations targeted to the audience, and an audience voting platform, just to name a few of the features. A full interactive entertainment experience, with endless possibilities for partygoers, owners and advertisers!

partyStrands is designed for bars, clubs, and other socializing venues or private/public parties. The next TechCrunch party is a great occasion to see it in action, live. You can subscribe to the TechCrunch New York event here. So be sure to have your cell phone to try out partyStrands!

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4 Comments »

  1. Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Update on TechCrunch NY Event: Wait List Opened said,

    October 27, 2006 @ 11:05 am

    [...] Also, as we mentioned in the original post announcing the party, music at the party will provided by PartyStrands and will be based on what guests want to hear. See their blog post for more information on how it will work. And feel free to comment below on what the first song of the evening should be. It can be anything except this. [...]

  2. Lee said,

    October 27, 2006 @ 4:21 pm

    The first song should be “Visions of Johanna” by Bob Dylan.

  3. Update on TechCrunch NY Event: Wait List Opened » JenIT said,

    October 31, 2006 @ 9:08 am

    [...] Also, as we mentioned in the original post announcing the party, music at the party will provided by PartyStrands and will be based on what guests want to hear. See their blog post for more information on how it will work. And feel free to comment below on what the first song of the evening should be. It can be anything except this. [...]

  4. MyStrands Blog » partyStrands goes to Bed with TechCrunch said,

    April 18, 2007 @ 3:09 pm

    [...] and also lots of (well, 3) screens running partyStrands, but these screens were huuuge. And yes, as you know, cool music, thanks to all of [...]

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