We considered that when we went about making this project but we decided the deliberate tapping action was important.

This Instructable is actually using the Tomahawk API. Check it out at http://musicparty.herokuapp.com/public/party

Hey Eric, we're working on integrating Last.fm, hypem, and Spotify among others. Stay tuned!

Sorry about that! I was using my good camera in the demo so I had to shoot it with my iPhone.

The camera just needs to be able to use an SD Card for storage.