DIGITAL: Embracing the inner twit key Twitter music services.

Twisten FM

Developed by GrooveShark, Twisten FM allows the user to crawl Twitter for music-related postings, create a short link to a track you like and add to status updates. Clicking on the link will then send users to a GrooveShark player where they can hear the song. It even has a sub- retailer strand where, if you click through and buy a track, a royalty cut goes to the artist/label, a cut goes to the person who uploaded it and a cut goes to GrooveShark.

Song.ly

This service allows users to create links around MP3s sourced from the web, embedding the file in a player within your browser. The file has to be hosted online somewhere, and the service will not let you upload tracks as an anti-piracy measure. However, the legality of some hosted MP3s online the user could, in theory, link to, is questionable.

Twiturm.com

Designed more with the bedroom musician in mind, Twiturm claims to offer a single destination for the storing, streaming and posting of music on Twitter, turning the music into a flash widget, without having to link to other sites or players. The site does, however, have a legal disclaimer that says, "Twiturm is not intended to be used as a place to share music that you didn't create and we hope users don't abuse the site. Twiturm is not for their music, it's for your music." This is fine in theory, but not necessarily in practice. The only file format it currently supports is MP3.

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