How many times has this occurred? You're humming a song but you can't remember the title or 
artist name. And, your too embarrassed to ask someone for fear of 'sounding' like a fool.

Fear no more, thanks to a website called Midomi.

Midomi allows people to search their database for a song by singing, humming or whistling 
part of the unknown tune. The site then returns search results that include commercial 
recordings or versions of the song recorded by others who have used the site. Search queries
can also include the song title or artists.

Midomi search technology is very impressive. Known as Mars (Multimodal Adaptive Recognition 
System) the system can recognize misspelled words and searches will return the exact 
section of a song that matched their voice sample.

Here's the coolest part, searches will return the original artist song and all user 
contributed versions of the song. Midomi features an extensive digital music store with a 
growing collection of more than two million legal music tracks.

A Musical Social Networking Site

Just like your favorite social sites, this site lets you sing your favorite songs, share them with your friends via email, and get discovered by other Midomi users. You can 
listen to, comment and rate other users musical performances, see their pictures, send them 
messages, and buy original music.

Membership is free and you can create a profile that lets you make various parts of your 
profile public or private. You do not need to be a member to search for songs.

This site has great potential and will be a hit at any party. Midimi works anywhere and only 
requires Macromedia Flash plugin for your browser of choice.

…Oh yea, a good singing voice is not required.

Visit Midomi at www.midomi.com