If you're not yet familiar with Turntable.fm, you're a lot more productive than I am at present. The startup, which is still in beta, comes from the Stickybits team, and is basically like (musical) AOL chatrooms of old -- a series of user-created browser-based chatroom/listening rooms where “DJs” (a.k.a. you and others) can play songs, vote on how “lame” or “awesome” those songs are, score points for picking good tunes, and chat with others in a sidebar. You can choose songs from a Medianet-powered library, or upload your own.
The service is still not open to all — you have to connect via Facebook, and you can only get in if one of your friends is already a member. But it has already crested 140,000 users. At present, only those in the U.S. can play with the service, as it's striving to stay DMCA compliant to avoid licensing issues.
Today, music and brand deals site 1band 1brand will host a Turntable room at 4 p.m. EST, where it will have trivia contests, giveaways, artist DJs (Eastern Conference Champions and Kopecky Family Band) and open mic spots for participating users. You can find said room via the startup's Facebook Page.
In recent weeks, there's been a lot of buzz about how Turntable.fm can be used within the music industry. We suggested that music venues plug in to promote shows, and Hypebot postulated that musicians could use it to connect with fans.
However, aside from surprise visits from the likes of Diplo and Talib Kweli, much of the use we've seen has been of the recreational variety -- music publications, PR companies and even labels (yes, labels) spinning tracks for friends.