SHAZAM THE BEST MUSIC PLAYER FOR YOUR SMART PHONE

SHAZAM JUST UNLEASHED YOUR NEW MUSIC PLAYER!

Shazam just released today what might be the perfect music player. I've used a number of players, so I don't say that lightly...

The company famous for providing you the ability to name (and download) that song you're hearing in the mall or on a car radio, released last June the additional feature of LyricPlay, which displays the lyrics of any enabled song you are listening to. At the time, I smelled Karaoke in the air.

Today, Shazam changed everything, releasing a whole new app, an incredible feature-rich offering called Shazam Player.

Things just got interesting.

Shazam Player is now available for iOS devices in the iTunes store as a free download. When installed, it accesses your iTunes library and playlists, so you can play your music through the new app.

Here's where it gets fun...

Key up Aerosmith's Dude Looks Like a Lady, and you can use Shazam Player's built-in LyricPlay feature to channel Steven Tyler, as you sing along to Shazam Player's beautifully scrolling lyrics. Don't want the scrolling version? Click to view the static Lyrics Sheet.

When I started up the app, it asked to scan my iTunes collection, which took about a minute for my paltry 500 songs. Approximately 50% of them had viable LyricPlay-able sound tracks, as found by Shazam Player.

I miss Pandora having social sharing options, a feature they released once, then unfortunately took back. Well, social sharing is back with a vengeance on Shazam Player.

Click on the YouTube button and watch their official music video, or share what you're listening to with your social network "peeps".

If you feel the need for some in-person songification, you can even look up possible tour dates for the musician you're enjoying - a feature which reminded me that Tyler's too busy with American Idol to come to a town near me anytime soon.