Dave Haynes

This news is a little late but I only just noticed. DJDownload recently launched their new Needledrop player for their DJDownload.com and Ministry Of Sound Download sites. Using the new player:

1) You get an accurate waveform of the whole track

2) You can playlist a multitude (that’s a lot) of tracks and cue them all up in the player

3) The preview clip starts off with a 2 minute section, which you can just leave alone and simply carry on about your business casually adding tracks to your cart directly from the player if they catch your ear

4) BUT, if you want, you can drop the needle on the record anywhere in the track and listen to a 30 sec clip from there

This is a neat feature (though DJDownload aren’t the first to do this) and one that will definitely please DJDownload’s existing customers (although unlikely to win a huge number of new customers). It manages to allow listeners to preview full length tracks without it becoming a proper ’stream’ that would require additional licenses. A great addition to the functionality of the site and I’m sure we’ll see some of their competitors move quickly to follow suit. But isn’t it great that shopping for music is about 10 times as good as it was 10 years ago. Keep the innovation coming!

Read more over at DJDownload’s blog space Earworm.