Google: Helping Us Get That Song Out of Our Head Since '09

In quick Google news, the search giant unveiled on its blog today how users will be able to search for music faster and easier. Through this new feature, you'll be able to search for a song by just typing in a few lyrics, which as you all know, is incredibly useful in our daily lives (I'm not even being all that sarcastic. I probably need to do this 3 or 4 times a week). Once you've found the song or artist you've been looking for, Google will also recommend legal sites where you can download or stream the music you've search for. Watch the video below to see it in action or check it out here to discover music on your own.



Personally, I love this new feature and I foresee using it in excess. But I have to wonder: if the iPod represented a major shift in the way we listen to music, what does this type of snippet searching say about trends in music? Are we heading towards a future where the album is obsolete because people simply do not listen to one full length album at a time? Maybe artists will only release singles to accommodate listener's pick 'n' choose preferences. The future is full of maybes.