An interesting innovation is brought up by the music player software Songbeat 360. The application consists of a player software with an integrated music search engine. But the search engine can do more than just be used to search for music. At the same time it is a search agent permanently crawling the web for new music according own preferences enabling to find new music immediately. Further functions are information services, a playlist editor and an upload feature for musicians.

Unusual is the premium business model. The software is free and and has a preinstalled budget of 50 credits. Each query costs a credit and will display up to 50 playable tracks. Further credits, which are one european cent each, may be bought. Information about all features is available at the help section of Songbeat 360.

Similar services are available at music search.

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