Twitter's new music site went live this morning.
Well, almost. Users can currently log in with their usual Twitter
credentials, but there are no features as of yet.
According to AllThingsD, only a select few will get access to the service
over the coming days, with Twitter planning a more extensive rollout after
that.
Reports that the service was set to go live began circulating last night,
and were fueled earlier in the week by celebrity Ryan Seacrest, who bragged
about having access to it in a series of tweets.
Twitter yesterday confirmed that it had purchased music discovery service
We Are Hunted. CNET first reported the buy of the service, which tracks what
music is trending on blogs, message boards, and other social media.
Twitter declined to comment on when it would be available to the unwashed
masses. In the meantime, you can just listen to this in eager anticipation.
Update at 11:15 a.m. PT: And the virtual velvet rope goes up. The Twitter
Music page now notes that its "invite only."
Update at 3 p.m. PT: Okay, how about something interesting? Designer
Youssef Sarhan dug through the CSS file on the Twitter Music login page and came
up with a handful of tidbits (via The Next Web). That includes the fact that the
service will plug into iTunes, Spotify, Rdio, Soundcloud, Vevo and Youtube. It
will also have this snappy looking playback interface:
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