Twisten.fm turns Twitter into a streaming music station

I'm a huge fan of Twitter, and I'm also a huge fan of the music site Grooveshark. Grooveshark has become the main way I share streaming music with friends, and it's handy for embedding in other sites. So, when I heard that some folks from Grooveshark had built a Twitter music mashup, I had to check it out. It's called Twisten.fm (rhymes with "listen") and it crawls Twitter for tweets about songs, and lets you listen to the songs people are talking about.

Twisten.fm is what would happen if every tweet about music had a play button next to it. It's not much more than that yet, but I'm already imagining features that would be make it even more awesome. I'd love to be able to see just what my friends are listening to, and maybe use Grooveshark's playlist generator directly from Twisten. A most-played chart for all of Twitter would be good, and a most-played chart for just the people you follow would be even better. There are plenty of pointless mashups out there, but Twisten.fm is one of the good ones.

Tags: audio, grooveshark, music, streaming, twisten.fm, twitter