MUSIC SHARING APPLICATIONS AND WIDGETS

MUSIC SHARING APPLICATIONS AND WIDGETS

 

uPlayMe - a downloadable application that lets you meet people with similar music tastes.
DotTunes - share your iTunes collection with friends through your web browser.
Audiozue - A Mac OSX application that posts your recently-played iTunes tracks to your MySpace page or blog.
Sonific - a music network where you can store the music you hold the rights to, and syndicate it to other sites with SongSpot widgets.
Mediamaster - upload your entire music collection and access it from anywhere in the world. You can also publish this music via widgets to any website.
BooMP3 - upload and share your MP3s; unlimited hosting.
Goombah - an application that scans your iTunes library and connects you with like minded users.
Maestro - upload your entire music library and access it from anywhere.

MUSIC MARKETPLACES

MUSIC MARKETPLACES

 

iTunes - Apple's overwhelmingly popular music download store is a service that requires little in the way of introduction.
Amie Street - music market where music starts with free price, and the price increases as a track becomes more popular (the price never goes above 1 dollar).
Emusic - one of the most successful "indie" music stores, with over 100 million DRM-free tracks sold.
Bleep - high-quality MP3s with prices that are a bit high, but offering a great assortment of quality music.
MP3 Tunes - an online music store offering 30,000 albums and some 360,000 songs in its catalog.
Amazon - a soon-to-come music store which should have a huge assortment of music from big and indie labels alike.
PayPlay.FM - choose between over 1.4 million indie music tracks, and buy them in either MP3 or WMA format.
Beatport - a Flash-based music store with an embeddable player.
Audio Lunchbox - choose between 2 million DRM-free songs in MP3 or OGG format.
Indiepad - buy music from indie artists; if you're an artist, sell music to people directly on the site.
Indistr - another audio marketplace that connects indie artists with the listeners.
Mtraks - an indie music marketplace with a very interesting and quite strong music collection in store.
MagnaTune - here you'll find an assortment of music from various genres, ranging from electronica, rock and chillout to metal & punk.
Jamendo - an online music repository offering thousands of albums for free while still protecting the artists' intellectual rights.
Musicane - buy and sell audio, video and ringtones.
Musiclovr - music search, recommendations and a store. Purchases are made via Amazon and iTunes.
MySpace Music / Snocap - through Snocap's embedded music stores, bands on MySpace sell tunes to the social network's huge audience. Bands can also sign up for Snocap independently and sell music elsewhere.

JAMMING

JAMMING

 

Ejamming - jam with other musicians and record music online.
Kompoz - compose music with other musicians. Record a track, then invite other musicians to add their own instruments.
Jamnow - a musical collaboration site where you can jam with other musicians. Jam sessions can be broadcast live.
Indaba - listen to completed music or works in progress and give your feedback; join in the music-making sessions or start your own.
JamJunky - have a song that's not quite finished yet? Or, better yet, have a dozen? Organize them with JamJunky.

KARAOKE

KARAOKE

 

Singshot - the "YouTube of Karaoke": record yourself singing along to popular music and listen to others doing the same.
kSolo - sing along to backing tracks, and rate the recordings of others.

REMIXING

REMIXING

Jamglue - remix your music online and listen to other users' mixes.
Splice - upload samples, remix them and post them for others to hear.
YourSpins - mix your own version of your favorite track, share it and post it to your blog or MySpace page.

MOBILE MUSIC SERVICES

MOBILE MUSIC SERVICES

 

Flotones - a mobile social network which allows indie bands and artists to sell their content for use on mobiles.
Entertonement - a large directory of ringtones, with top lists and categorization for easier browsing.
Mercora - a social radio network that enables you to search and listen to over 3.5 million songs; offers an application for listening to music on your smartphone.

MUSIC CHARTS

MUSIC CHARTS

 

Billboard - home of the Billboard charts, with music videos and reviews.
MTV's music charts - MTV charts and videos. Videos playable only in the US.
ChartU - a "Digg for music": vote on tracks to boost them up the chart.

MUSIC SEARCH ENGINES

Qloud - Music search meets social networking. Currently back in private testing once, but Mashable has a review here. The service that launches next may be substantially different, however.
FindSounds - a search engine for sound effects and music instrument samples.
Musipedia - find and listen to songs based on keywords you provide.

AUDIO CONVERSION TOOLS

Zamzar - converts all sorts of file formats, including several audio formats.
Media Convert - a media converter with a huge amount of options.
MediaConverter - a media converter that can be slow and needs polishing, but can sometimes yield really good results.

MISCELLANEOUS MUSIC AND AUDIO TOOLS

Bluegrind - converts text to audio.
BePopular - find gigs in UK and Ireland and get your tickets.
Getabuz - create voicemail and audio e-cards online.
iden.tify.us - can't figure out where a certain melody comes from? Identify it with the help of this service.
Houndbite - share funny audio clips from your life with other users, with the possibility to earn prizes.