| | Published July 6th, 2011
| THE APP RAP
| | Eric Pawlakos | | SoundHound
Price: Free
Developer: SoundHound, Inc.
For: iPhone, iTouch, and Android
5/5 stars
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How many times have you listened to a song on the radio that you never heard before, and you instantly loved it? You patiently wait through song after song for the DJ to identify the song, only to discover that DJ's rarely do this anymore. It's frustrating not knowing the name of the song or the artist.
SoundHound relieves this common annoyance. With a simple click of a button Soundhound listens to your song and begins its search. It takes only about 10 seconds to determine the artist and title. Once the song is recognized, SoundHound displays the song title, artist, and album. Bobby Taylor, a junior at Miramonte High School, remarked, "I like this more than Shazam because SoundHound is actually able to identify songs that aren't included on iTunes." You also have the option to look the song up on YouTube, or bookmark the song to view later.
If it is available on Amazon or iTunes, there is a link to download it. Two outstanding features of this app are the abilities to look up the lyrics for the song, and to find future concert dates (if any) for the artist.
Douglas McKinley, also a Miramonte junior, said, "Those features make SoundHound one of the best song-identifying apps on the market."
Eric Pawlakos is a junior at Miramonte High School.
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