The First Combined Streaming Radio and Cloud Music Service Launches

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Popular cloud entertainment provider mSpot, Inc., today announced Radio Spotter™ Beta – the first digital music service to combine a cloud music and storage locker service with streaming radio. The service offers two new main features: Match the songs you're playing from your personal online music collections, to similar music playing on hundreds of radio stations across the Internet; or, instantly select Internet radio stations you'll like, based on music genres or your own artist searches. Radio Spotter puts the metadata in your music collection to work by matching whatever you're listening to, and quickly adapts to offer new recommendations based on your changing preferences.

"Radio is still the easiest and most popular music discovery tool - people love its spontaneity and variety. Yet, it can take years to discover the best radio stations. We're giving people a mash up between Cloud music and streaming radio:  It's a great way for people to find new music and enjoy their own - all in one service," stated Daren Tsui, CEO and co-founder of mSpot.

How does Radio Spotter work?

• Put your music collection on the Internet: Go to www.mSpot.com and upload your music collection from your PC/Mac® into your own personal music locker in the Cloud. Now, you can access it anytime, anywhere from your Android or any PC/Mac.
• Download the mSpot Music Android App on your phone. Your music will appear on your phone.
• As you listen to your music on mSpot Music, the service will match the songs and artists you're playing with similar music on hundreds of Internet radio stations. These stations will be available in the "Stations Suggestions" tab. The service keeps track of what you're listening to and gives you new recommendations as the music you're listening to changes.
• Favorite stations can be saved for easy reference on the app homepage.
• New songs can be flagged for future reference and automatically synced to your online account at www.mspot.com for later purchase, through Amazon or iTunes music stores.
• The "Browse Stations" tab offers an instant selection of Internet radio stations, which are always available through the service without matching songs to your own music collection. You can also search by favorite artists to find radio stations playing music by that artist, or similar artists.
  • Genres range from Alternative and Rock to Dance and Electronic, Pop, Urban, Country, Reggae, Latin, Jazz, Spiritual, 70's, 80's, 90's, Youth, Bollywood, French and Canadian.

How mSpot Music with Radio Spotter Differs from Existing Music Services:

• Unlike Pandora and Slacker; Play all of your own music alongside new music that is discovered on real radio stations: Your own music collection is the basis of all the new music you find and listen to.
• Unlike iTunes; Store your music collection in the cloud so that you can always access it, wherever you are. Your music is connected to the Internet, so you can match your preferences to hundreds of Internet radio stations to discover and play new music for free.
• Unlike subscription services like Rhapsody, MOG and Rdio; Listening is free.
• Unlike Cloud storage services like Amazon or Google; Listening is not limited to your own music, or music for purchase; your music now connects you to hundreds of radio stations.

Radio Spotter Beta is available in the Android Market for Android users, in the United States only; iPhone, PC/Mac and other internet connected device support will be offered later in 2011, along with new premium features. mSpot Music is available at www.mspot.com for PC and Mac, in the Apple® App Store and Android Marketplace.  

mSpot, Inc., delivers music, movie and radio content instantly to users - bringing effortless, Cloud-based syncing across all devices. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, more information is available at www.mspot.com.  

SOURCE mSpot, Inc.