Music Maps - Britney and Slayer

This week I'm releasing song #2 from my new online album, An Ocean Overhead. It's called "My Weekend With Britney." It'll be up on the site in a day or so.

Now, before you bust my chops for jumping on the Britney bandwagon, I wrote the song months ago. I didn't realize that she was going to go certifiably crazy and be on the cover of Rolling Stone again. But my song isn't mean - in fact I'm on her side. So, we'll see if I get lots of angry Britney fans on my case. I may never be able to go to a mall again.

Check this out - the Music Map web site lets you enter the name of an artist, then it creates a "cloud" of similar or related artists. You get to watch the cloud spread out across the screen. When it's done, the closer two artists are, the greater the probability people will like both artists.

Useful for getting some ideas for new artists to check out. I entered "Britney Spears," and was interested to note that her cloud included Slayer. Britney fans are hard core.