Unlike other online used item marketplaces like eBay, here you can instantly view the trade-in price for your media titles and sell it to the site without waiting.

Apart from the Internet store, merchandise on SecondSpin also comes from its several stores in US and brokers around the country, so it has the widest selection of used media merchandise than most other online marketplaces.

Features:

• Popular Internet marketplace for used CDs, movie DVDs and Games.
• Buy used media at lower prices.
• 100% quality guarantee. Defect rate is less than 1%.
• Sell your own unused CDs, DVDs and Games to the site. Instantly view trade-in price for your merchandise.
• Sign up to start trading.

Check out SecondSpin @ www.secondspin.com

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• SwitchPlanet: Switch CDs, DVDs, Games and Books
• CoverCreator: CD & DVD Cover Maker
• Thrift Hunting : Compare Prices for CD, DVD, Books by UPC or ISBN
• StudentOfFortune: Buy & Sell Homework Answers Online
• PaperCdCase: Print a Paper CD Case

Listening to stations doesn’t require a login but uploading and voting does. Currently it features 5 stations – Hip Hop/ Rap, Video Games, Pop/Hits, Dance/Electronic and Rock/Alternative. It’s a completely browser based and has a nice and simple interface. A desktop version is coming soon.

Features:

• User driven online music streaming service.
• Sign in using Facebook, Google, Twitter or OpenId credentials.
• Login to upload and vote songs.
• Listen to songs without the need to login.
• Similar tools: TheSixtyOne and many more.

Check out Stereo8@www.stereo8.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• MediaMaster: Save and Access Your Music Online
• WorryAboutYou: Find, Listen and Download Songs you Like
• Tape.tv : Non-Stop High Quality Music Videos
• StumbleAudio: Cool Indie Music for your Taste
• SeeqPod – 1 Really Cool Site for Music and Video Clips

But it’s not an entirely hopeless situation. Although we can’t travel back in time and witness the musical revolutions, we can momentarily relive those moments in our mind by listening to the greatest past artists in concerts. No, you don’t have to pay anything; just log on to Wolfgang’s Concert Vault.

Wolfgang is an amazing rock website that sells numerous rock music related items (vintage rock posters, tickets, backstage memorabilia etc), publishes Crawdaddy which is a magazine dedicated to rock music, offers a comprehensive schedule of artists now on tour, and lets users listen to live concert recordings from the past… for free!

Our focus obviously will be this last function of Wolfgang.

By registering for a free account, you can enter the Concert Vault and browse over 3000 concert recordings! These recordings are of the greatest artists that music has seen. Over the years, these recordings have been recorded and re-mastered by the people. And now the Concert Vault has them for the public.

Let me walk you through the Concert Vault and show you how amazingly simple it is.

The Featured Concert can be seen in the main sliding menu; these are recommended by Wolfgang and are definitely worth listening to. The Downloads page lists all recordings and lets the user download them either for free or by paying money (some recordings are free, others aren’t). There’s also a radio section where users can listen to the radio online and listen to amazing songs, Browsing for concerts can be done directly via the homepage of the Concert Vault. The fields on the left let you filter your options till you’ve narrowed down your results to whatever you desire.

As for searching for a particular artist: the top of Wolfgang’s page has a text entering field. Enter the name of the artist/band whose concert you want to listen to. Before clicking on ‘Search’ do make sure you’ve chosen the Concert Vault option instead of WolfGang, like so:

I searched for one my favorite old bands, The Police. The top section of our results page shows us the discography of the bands we’ve searched for. The field right under the discography lists valuable memorabilia related to the band; this memorabilia is for sale and can be purchased from Wolfgang. The final field is a list of the available concerts:

As you can see, the website not only has recordings of concerts, but also of interviews. The venues of the concerts are mentioned when available. Plus, the length of every recording is also provided. If the recording is obtainable (downloadable), the last field (empty in this case) will have one of two tags: Buy or Free. The free ones can be downloaded without paying anything; the other ones however need a payment in order to be downloaded.

Downloadable or not, you can always listen to the recording for free by clicking on the ‘Play’ button in the very beginning of each concert listing. I clicked on the first ‘Play’ button:

Right after a short summary of the concert, the track listing is provided. Good descriptive summaries add to the excitement and help you put yourself in the concert. To listen to a song, simply click on it. I clicked on ‘Truth Hits Everybody:’

Just Like in the screenshot above, a small online media player opens up which has a playlist made of all the songs of the concert you’ve chosen. When it starts, the song you clicked on starts playing. You can now listen to all the songs of that particular concert from within this online player.

And that’s it!

If you’re wondering whether this website is offering these recordings for free by cheating the artists out of the money they deserve for their performances, then listen to what Wolfgang has to say: “The Concert Vault is fully licensed by BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC, and we pay these performance rights organizations every time you listen to a concert. The license fees make their way back to the performers that made the music. Download revenues are also shared with performers and publishers as appropriate. One of our top priorities will always be to make sure that the artists are compensated for their performances.”

Wolfgang’s Concert Vault is an amazing web service immortalizing the best performances of the best artists who ever lived. Awesome job, Concert Vault!

Check out Concert Vault @ www.wolfgangsvault.com/concerts

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The songs can be added by posting a link, uploading an mp3 file or by using the site’s search function. You can also tweet from Swift.fm or use a special syntax to tweet from any twitter client.

If you are familiar with music services like Pandora, Last.fm, and Blip.fm, you will definitely fit in with Swift.fm. The Twitter-like interface is a welcome addition to Twitter users.

Swift.fm is a great platform for artists who want to make their music known and gain fans through Twitter.

Features:

• Turns Twitter into a social music player.
• Link, upload, and search your favorite music, then tweet it to your friends.
• Create personalized playlist and radio stations based on what you and your Twitter friends like.
• Click the heart icon next to the song to add them in your playlist of favorite songs.
• Retweet songs that you have discovered in Swift.fm.
• ‘My Mentions’ lets you listen to music sent directly to you.
• Similar tool: Swg.fm.

Check out Swift.fm @ www.swift.fm

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• Swg.fm: Easy MP3 Sharing for Twitter
• LyricRat: Twitter Integrated Lyric Search Site
• Blip: Share what you’re Listening to with Friends
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• YouLicence: Discover Music Based on Your Weather Preferences

From the page:

I built Ibizaah! because I was annoyed at having to switch between windows when trying to keep the music going at a party. Not that that was a huuuge pain, but big or not, from now on that pain is gone (I feel so relieved.. ahh!) and I hope you will too

Features:

• Mix YouTube videos and create playlists.
• Play and browse YouTube videos at the same time.
• Fade sound between songs.
• Includes air raid siren.
• Free, easy to use, no sign up.

Check out Ibizaah! @ www.ibizaah.com

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• Plistube: Create Customized Youtube Playlist Of Music Videos
• PlayCharts: Play Top 100 Charts in Pop, Rock, R&B and Hiphop
• Mixtube: Make Custom Playlists From YouTube Videos
• Cleepr : Search Engine for Music Videos
• ZuiTube: Online Videos For Children

If you are not a good singer then you can just use this site to discover new artists, listen to their songs and rate songs. You may also connect with other users, create and join fan clubs, events, polls and more.

Features:

• Place for amateur singers to promote their music by posting their song videos, build fan base and meet fellow new artists.
• Fans rate song videos, discover new music, connect with friends, create fan clubs, events, polls and more.
• Top 20 voted songs will enter a live concert competition and compete for a $1 million prize.
• Free, sign in as an artist or as a fan.

Check out WorldSings @ www.worldsings.com

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• TuneChimp: Search And Discover Best Music From Any Artist
• TourMapr: Check Out Artist or Band Tour Plans & Dates
• Taltopia: Community for Artists, Fans & Casting Directors
• OnePageArtist: Get Information About Any Music Artist
• MoreCowbell.DJ : Add Some Cowbell to your MP3s

On the left it asks you to enter the artist name. Once you hit enter, it shows four expandable tabs – Artist Info, Similar Artist, Tour Info and Links. Artist info gives you general information about the artist. Similar artist gives you links to tour plans of similar artists. Tour Info is the main tab where you find the tour plan which is plotted on the right. Click on a date and you get the tour details popped up on the map.

Features:

• See artists tour dates and plans on the map.
• Tour info for the next few months covered.
• Also get similar artists’ tour information.
• Click on a tour date to know more about it.
• Similar tool: OnePageArtist.

Check out TourMapr@ www.tourmapr.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WorldSings: Discover New Artists & Rate Indie Songs
• TuneChimp: Search And Discover Best Music From Any Artist
• SongKick: Check Entire Concert History Of Favorite Bands
• OnePageArtist: Get Information About Any Music Artist
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When you perform a search for a particular artist the information is nicely presented on a single page. The info includes artist’s biography, latest news, related YouTube videos, tour dates along with tour maps, latest songs and links to buy tracks on Amazon.com. There is also an option to play and listen to selected tracks online for free.

Features:

• Get information and related media for any music artist.
• Search the website by artist, song or album title.
• Gathers data from 4 different web resources: YouTube, Last.fm, Google Maps and Amazon.
• Read biography, check out latest news, watch related YouTube videos.
• Listen to songs online.
• Check tour dates tour maps.
• Check out latest albums and click through to buy them on Amazon.com.
• Free, no registration necessary.

Check out OnePageArtist @ www.onepageartist.com

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• WorldSings: Discover New Artists & Rate Indie Songs
• TuneChimp: Search And Discover Best Music From Any Artist
• TourMapr: Check Out Artist or Band Tour Plans & Dates
• Blyper: Get Notified On New Track Releases
• ZentaoGuitarLessons: Free Electric Guitar Lessons For Newbies

Musipedia is an online service (which self proclaims to be inspired by Wikipedia) that helps users find songs and compositions without knowing their names or words. It gives people a set of online tools to find the song by whistling, tapping, using piano keyboard or drawing notes.

For those who are musically minded, you can play out the tune using provided keyboard (comes in both Flash and Java versions) or drawing notes. The system will then compare the tune against its database to find your song. Don’t worry – it doesn’t have to be perfect; just recognizable.

Now me, I cant even read music let alone replicate it so I went for the easier option; whistling. Using a microphone (most laptops have them built in these days) you can whistle the tune for a few seconds so that Musipedia can recognize the song and give you the results. Just make sure your microphone is set up correctly and you’re not too close as this will distort the sound.

If you liked this site you may also check other tools that can help you find a song without knowing its name like MelodyCatcher and Midomy profiled earlier.

Try out Musipedia @ www.musipedia.org (by Dean Sherwin)

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• MelodyCatcher: Melody Search Engine
• iNudge: Addictive Online Music Synthesizer
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player
• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
• Soungle : Free Sound Effects Website

How it works:

1. Choose your instrument (4 string bass, 6 string guitar…)
2. Select one of preset tunings for your bass or guitar
3. Wait while your tuning loads
4. Hover your mouse over each string to hear the corresponding tune

step 1,2

step 3,4

You can also create your own custom instrument tunings or change the default guitar/bass tuner settings from the above bar.

Features:

• Online guitar and bass tuner.
• Tune up bass guitar using preset tunings or modify the tuner settings to fit your needs.
• Articles and tutorials for guitar and bass players.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar sites: Get-Tuned and ZentaoGuitarLessons.

Check out TuneMyBass @ www.tunemybass.com

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• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player

Start by selecting little squares on the matrix with your mouse. You can adjust volume and speed (tempo) of the tune or clear the pattern with “CLR” button at the bottom. If you want to save and play the tune later, simply copy-paste the pattern from the matrix.

Below is the sound pattern for the theme from the movie “Beverly Hills Cop”.

33792,0,0,0,16896,0,0,33792,0,1024,8448,0,33792,0,69632,0.

Copy and paste this pattern onto the matrix to hear it.

Features:

• Free online music synthesizer
• Create tunes by selecting sound patterns with your mouse on a 16×16 matrix
• Copy sound pattern from the matrix and paste it to play the tune later
• Press “get+share” tab on the top-right to get embed codes for your tune or send by email
• Share your tune online by forwarding its unique URL
• Similar tools: ToneMatrix, Electro-House Blender and BimTones.

Check out iNudge @ www.inudge.net

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• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
• PureSolo: Sing & Record Songs Online
• Myna: Digital Audio Recording Mixer & Music Editor
• Musipedia: Find Song Without Knowing Its Name Or Words
• MelodyCatcher: Melody Search Engine

Using the site is easy, just try to reproduce the melody by clicking on virtual piano keys. When you have something resembling the tune, hit on the “Search” button. MelodyCatcher searches the web and returns a list of what it thinks are similar tunes. You may listen to melodies online and download any tune you like.

If you are finding it hard to play the virtual piano the site lets you also use the regular text search instead. Or alternatively you may try few other websites mentioned in recent MakeUseOf about how to find a song by its lyrics.

Features:

• Search for melodies online.
• Enter tunes using virtual piano.
• Modify and correct melody by deleting notes or dragging them up/down.
• Regular text lyrics search is also available.
• Download any melody you like to your computer.
• Free and no sign up.

Check out Melody Catcher @ www.melodycatcher.com

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• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
• Soungle : Free Sound Effects Website

Adding memories is easy, simply enter location, select related track and add memories along with your namE. That musical memory will then appear on the map. There is also an option to click through and purchase any song you like.

Features:

• Map your musical memories on the map online.
• Check out memories of other users.
• Google Maps mashup.
• Browse memories by artist, track or location.
• Check out top and recent memories.
• Free, no sign up needed.

Check out AwayWeGo @ www.awaywegothemovie.co.uk

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Registration isn’t required to listen to a set but you need to register or use Facebook connect login to save favorites. Also you can share sets on networks like Twitter and MySpace.

Features

• Listen to electronic music sets online.
• Instantly start listening without registration.
• Browse sets and individual songs by artist names.
• Register or use Facebook Connect to save favorites.
• Share sets via Twitter and MySpace.
• Similar websites: FlavorTunes.

Check out Mugasha @ www.mugasha.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• FlavorTunes: Let Guests Choose The Music For Your Party
• Vattoz: Music Search Engine with a Playlist Support
• Tunerec: Free & Legal Music Streaming
• TourMapr: Check Out Artist or Band Tour Plans & Dates
• SongKick: Check Entire Concert History Of Favorite Bands

Another nice feature about Noteflight is that you can easily share your compositions. If you are a teacher then your students could easily access your work from the internet.

For more info watch video below:

Features:

• Free web based tool to compose music.
• Nice and easy to use user interface.
• Create, edit, display and play back music notation.
• Share and publish your composition online.
• Similar tools: BlankSheetMusic.

Check out Noteflight @ www.noteflight.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
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• Electro-House Blender: Online Music Mixer
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• YouLicence: Discover Music Based on Your Weather Preferences

To find a song, just type in the name of the artist or song and Booster will get you a list of results, along with an option to download and play each track.

The website is new and still being worked on. As mentioned on the website, the additional features such as user accounts and playlist creation are being worked on.

Features:

• Search and download MP3 songs online.
• Download as many songs as you like.
• Stream MP3s online.
• The feature to create playlist is being worked on by Booster team.
• For similar website see MP3 section.

Check out Booster @ www.boostermp3.com

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• WorryAboutYou: Find, Listen and Download Songs you Like
• Woonz : Find, Play and Download Music Tracks
• TuneRoom: Download Songs To Cell Phone
• TuneMaze: Search & Download MP3 Songs Directly Onto Mobile
• Tape.tv : Non-Stop High Quality Music Videos

Music fans can subscribe to their favorite artist’s data via RSS feed or have the fan statistics delivered to their inbox for free. They could also compare the stats of their favorite singer or band with upto 3 other artists and see if their artist has more influence among online fans.

Features:

• Offers comprehensive fan statistics for music artists.
• Tracks number of plays, views, comments for 486,602 artists online
• Tracks across major social networks like Facebook, MySpace and twitter
• Compare and visualize stats for upto 4 artists
• Subscribe using RSS feed or get the stats in your inbox

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• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Vidmetrix: Multi-site Video Uploader and Tracker
• TubeMogul
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• Google Trends

Users may browse artists in alphabetical order or use on-site search engine. Click on a search result to see where the MP3 file is hosted. Use the mouse righ click button (’Save File As’ option) to save mp3 song on your computer.

Moreover, abMP3 provides a code to embed the song on your blog or online profile page.

Main Features:

• Search, listen and download MP3 songs.
• Get a special URL for each song and share it with others.
• Embed songs on your blog.
• Post comments on each song and see what others are saying.
• No registration required.

Check out abMP3 @ www.abMP3.com (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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• Booster: Online MP3 Finder
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player
• WuZAM : MP3 Search Engine
• WorryAboutYou: Find, Listen and Download Songs you Like
• Woonz : Find, Play and Download Music Tracks

You can search for album/song by name or browse by genre (Electronic, Hip Hop, Jazz,  Pop.. etc). When you find a song or album you like, click on the “compare prices” button to get the list of prices from different stores.

Moreover, you can watch related YouTube videos and get additional info on tour dates and ticket information for artists.

Features:

• Compare music album and song download prices across multiple online retailers.
• Search for album/song or browse titles by genre.
• Sort results by rating and price.
• Watch related YouTube videos.
• Tour dates and ticket information for artists are also provided.
• Search bar add-on supported.
• Similar tools: DownloadShopper.

Check out CompareDownload @ www.comparedownload.com (via telegraph.co.uk)

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• Musipedia: Find Song Without Knowing Its Name Or Words
• MelodyCatcher: Melody Search Engine
• Lyrics.com: Song Lyrics With Videos
• LyricRat: Twitter Integrated Lyric Search Site

The process is usual, simply drag and drop provided bookmarklet onto your browser and click it whenever you come across the video you want to convert. You can also search and convert YouTube videos directly on the site.

Features:

• Turn YouTube videos into mp3 files.
• Convert as many videos as you like.
• Browser bookmarklet provided.
• Determine the start and the end point of an audio file.
• Options to specify parameters like the filename, title, artist, etc.
• Incorporated YouTube  Search.
• Edit ID3 tag data.
• Download videos.
• Free and no sign up.

Check out Dirpy @ www.dirpy.com

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• ListenToYouTube: Convert YouTube Videos Into Audio Files
• Sawgi: Audio Version of YouTube
• VidToMP3 : Online Video to MP3 Audio Converter
• FLVto : Online FLV to MP3 Converter
• Anjo.to: Convert & Save Online Videos to Computer

Features:

• Listen to an impressive collection of radio channels online.
• Quickly start listening without signing up.
• Choose a channel or search for it based on artist or genre.
• Track favorites, skip songs and record history.
• For more similar tools see MakeUseOf  ‘radio‘  section.

Check out TheRadio @ www.theradio.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Tunerec: Free & Legal Music Streaming
• TheSixtyOne : Discover Great Tunes Before Everyone Else
• StumbleAudio: Cool Indie Music for your Taste
• Stereo8: A Unique Free Music Radio Site
• Radio-Locator: Locate Radio Stations Across The US

The music is pulled from Imeem so you can be rest assured that almost all songs would be available. Other features include ability to save the playlists, collaboration and the party planner which embeds the list of songs to an imeem widget which can be played during the party.

Features:

• Create interactive party invites.
• Let guests choose the music for your party and create party playlist.
• Songs sourced from Imeem.
• Save the playlists for future parties.
• Get the final song list as an embeddable  imeem widget.

Check out FlavorTunes @ www.flavortunes.com [via Appscout] (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Tunerec: Free & Legal Music Streaming
• TourMapr: Check Out Artist or Band Tour Plans & Dates
• SongKick: Check Entire Concert History Of Favorite Bands

It offers unlimited online storage space and supports mp3, m4a, wma and ogg file formats. You can organize and edit your playlists online using Mecanto’s in-built interface.

Features:

• Upload and sync music using the PC client.
• Unlimited free online storage for your music.
• Music is neatly organized according to genre, artists, etc.
• Create and edit your own playlists.
• No need to manually sync again.
• Use it on your mobile too.
• Edit playlists online, search for videos on Youtube and scrobble it to your last.fm account.

Check out Mecanto @ www.mecanto.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Meuzer: Listen To Free Music Online Without Downloading
• DustyTunes: Display Your iTunes Library Online
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• Vattoz: Music Search Engine with a Playlist Support

Simply choose your instrument from Piano, Organ, Saxophone, Flute, Pan Pipes, Strings, Guitar, Steel Drums or Double Bass, and start playing. All the keys are labeled so it is easier for beginners to learn. If you are not a big fan of clicking each key with the mouse, you can use keyboard instead.

The application also provides 6 different drum beats and the chord mode so you can create your own chords.

Main Features:

• Play musical instruments online using a virtual keyboard.
• Create your own chords and play them back.
• 9 different instruments to choose from.
• No registration or download required.

Check out VirtualKeyboard @ www.bgfl.org (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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There are two ways it can be used:

(1) By typing pwn in front of any Last.Fm URL (see image below). This will bring up the actual torrent site from where the relevant torrent files can be downloaded.

(2) By installing an add-on which works with Firefox (as a Greasemonkey script) and Opera browser. When installed it automatically integrates a list of related torrents to any Last.FM page, showing full titles, file sizes and the number of active seeds and peers for the MP3 file or an album. See image below:

In addition, every torrent includes a play icon with full preview of the track.

Features:

• Download last.fm music tracks and albums.
• Works with Firefox (requires Greasemonkey) and Opera browser.
• Option to use the service without installing any add-ons.
• No registration needed and easy to use.

Check out PWNLast.fm @ www.pwnlast.fm (via Torrentfreak )

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• YouLicence: Discover Music Based on Your Weather Preferences

To check for the latest albums from a single artist/band, simply enter the name of the artist and hit “Check”

To check your entire music library, simply upload a .xml file with your music library (usually can be export from you music player). Then Album Spotter will analyze the library and tell you if you have latest albums from the artists in your library. The latest albums are highlighted in green or grey. Green means you already have the latest albums and grey means you don’t.

Features:

• Keep track of latest release albums from your favorite artists.
• Check for the latest albums from a single artist/band.
• Upload and check for updates from artists in your entire iTunes music collection .
• Size limit on uploaded file 15 Mb.
• Simple to use, no registration and free.

Check out AlbumSpotter @ www.albumspotter.com

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• Muspy: Get Notified on Album Release Dates
• Feedrevolution: Track New Music Album Releases
• CompareDownload: Compare Music Download Prices
• Blyper: Get Notified On New Track Releases
• Zlert : Get Alerts From Amazon

If you’re not sure if it has found the right song, click to hear a sample of the song, along with a link to buy the song from Amazon. Even better; LyricRat is integrated into Twitter, and sending a tweet to @LyricRat followed by the lyrics and you’ll receive a reply with the name of the song along with the artist. Great way to find lyrics on the go, especially to those Twiterholics.

Features:

• Song lyric search site.
• Easy way to find the song and artist for your favorite songs.
• Hear samples of your song to make sure it’s the right one.
• If you wish, you can buy the song from the Amazon MP3 Store.
• Includes suggestions in case you memorized the lyrics wrong.
• Awesome Twitter integration: Just tweet to @LyricRat.

That’s definitely not the first song lyrics search site we profiled on MakeUseOf. There were Lyrics.com, Lyrster.com, LyricsFly.com and few others in recently published top 5 sites to find song lyrics online.

Check out LyricRat @ www.lyricrat.com

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• Lyrics.com: Song Lyrics With Videos
• Swift.fm: Share Music With Your Twitter Followers
• Swg.fm: Easy MP3 Sharing for Twitter
• Snapask: Get Wikipedia Articles, Stock Quotes &amp More by Email
• Musipedia: Find Song Without Knowing Its Name Or Words

Just upload the MIDI file (*.mid) from your computer, adjust the conversion options and hit the “Convert File” button. Then wait for about 10 seconds while the conversion takes place. Download the converted file in MP3 or WAV format onto your computer.

Features:

• Convert MIDI files to MP3/WAV online.
• Control the converison options: sample width, sound system, MP3 bit rate etc.
• No need to sign up.

Check out midi2mp3 @ www.hamienet.com/midi2mp3

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• Sawgi: Audio Version of YouTube
• ListenToYouTube: Convert YouTube Videos Into Audio Files
• FLVto : Online FLV to MP3 Converter
• Dirpy: Turn YouTube Videos Into High Quality MP3s
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player

The Meuzer player give you options to play, rate, share or add songs to playlist. While you are able to play and listen to music without logging in to access other features such us playlists you will have to login using your Facebook username.

Features:

• Listen to music online without downloading anything.
• Play music, share it with your friends and rate it.
• Add songs to your playlists.
• Browse songs by genre and user activity.
• Easily share favorite songs on Facebook or Twitter.

Check out Meuzer @ www.meuzer.com (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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• WorryAboutYou: Find, Listen and Download Songs you Like
• Tape.tv : Non-Stop High Quality Music Videos
• Stereo8: A Unique Free Music Radio Site
• SeeqPod – 1 Really Cool Site for Music and Video Clips
• PickMusic: Watch Uncut Music Videos & Create Playlists

To save your sequence simply right-click on the matrix, click “copy” and save the sequence on your computer. To hear it next time simply paste it on to the matrix.

Some users have shared their own cool sound sequences in their comments. For example the following sequence plays the theme from the movie “Beverly Hills Cop”:

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To hear it, just copy & paste it onto the matrix.

Features:

• Simple online music synthesizer
• Select steps across the 16×16 matrix to create a music sequence
• Copy/paste sequences provided by users to hear their music
• Similar: Electro-House Blender and BimTones.

Check out ToneMatrix @ http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

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• iNudge: Addictive Online Music Synthesizer
• Electro-House Blender: Online Music Mixer
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player
• Sonific : 100% Legal Music Sharing
• PureSolo: Sing & Record Songs Online

Sign up to share your own concert experiences and meet other people who attended the same concerts as you did and connect with fellow music fans. Add related photos and videos, add events and track the upcoming gigs of your favorite artists.

Features:

• Concert database of more than 1 million past and upcoming concerts.
• Browse artist’s concert history by dates, by venue and by city.
• Check out upcoming events in your city.
• Sign up to share your own concert going history, meet people who attended the same concerts and connect with fellow fans.
• Track upcoming gigs of your favorite artists, add related photos, posters and videos.
• Buy concert tickets online.
• Similar sites: HearWhere and GigFreaks.

Check out SongKick @ www.songkick.com

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• HearWhere: Find Concerts In Your Area
• GigZee: Find Local Live Music
• GigFreaks: Find Live Concerts in Your Area
• Zvents: Find Events in Your Area
• Yahoo Upcoming: Upcoming Events Locator for Your Area

If you register on the site you will be able to create playlist from favorite songs and stream them anywhere online. Additionally you can share your playlists with others and contribute to the site by adding lyrics of your own.

Features:

• Comprehensive song lyrics database.
• Most of the lyrics are accompanied with YouTube videos.
• Search and browse lyrics alphabetically.
• View new releases, most popular artists and top playlists created by users.
• Create your own playlists and share with others (registration needed).
• Check out playlists of other users and subscribe.
• Nice and user friendly design.
• Similar sites: Lyrster and LyricsFly.

Check out Lyrics @ www.lyrics.com

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• LyricRat: Twitter Integrated Lyric Search Site
• StreamDrag: Hear Songs You Like Online
• Snapask: Get Wikipedia Articles, Stock Quotes &amp More by Email
• Sawgi: Audio Version of YouTube
• Plistube: Create Customized Youtube Playlist Of Music Videos

Feature overview:

• Display itunes library online.
• Upload your iTunes library and create a web-based list of songs.
• Ability to upload selected playlists.
• Embed the list in forums, social networks and blogs.
• Click on the song to play an audio preview.
• Free sign-up.

Check out Dusty Tunes @ www.dustytunes.com (via Lifehacker) (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Mecanto: Sync Your Music Playlists to Web
• Vattoz: Music Search Engine with a Playlist Support
• Tunerec: Free & Legal Music Streaming
• Snuzu: Listen to Music and Show Others what You Like
• Playlist: Build Music Playlists Online

You can remove a sound completely, change its length or adjust the volume for any specific sound. When you’re done, you can save your mix for later or simply share it with your friends by emailing it or embedding on the web.

There is no registration needed for creating mixes however if you want to store and share them with others sign up is needed.

Check out sample mix below:

Main Features:

• Music blender to create your own music online for free.
• Provides around 800 different sounds.
• Save you mix to edit later or share via email.
• Get embed code to share your mix anywhere on the web.
• No installation or download required.
• Pain-free and quick registration.
• Similar application: Mixxx.

Check out Electr-House Blender @ www.looplabs.com

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• ToneMatrix: Free Music Synthesizer
• iNudge: Addictive Online Music Synthesizer
• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player
• Sonific : 100% Legal Music Sharing
• PureSolo: Sing & Record Songs Online

The application is free and there is no sign up, just go to the site and start using it.

Features:

• CD / DVD cover maker and booklet designer.
• Create as many covers as you like.
• Customize text, colors and background.
• Create multi-page booklets.
• Print crated covers.
• Free and no sign up.
• Similar webtools: PaperCase

Check out  CoverCreator @ www.readwritethink.org/materials/cd-dvd

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• SecondSpin: Trade Used DVDs, CDs & Games
• PaperCdCase: Print a Paper CD Case
• PaperCase: Create and Print Paper Sleeves For Your CDs
• AllCDCovers: Extensive CD Cover Library
• Thrift Hunting : Compare Prices for CD, DVD, Books by UPC or ISBN

Here is how it works:

1. Enter the full URL of the site you wish to download into provided field.
2. Click on the “Download” and wait until it has fully loaded.
3. Sort files by setting the filter to a file type (audio, video, images, etc.).
4. Right click on the the file(s) and download it using “Save as” option.

Features:

• Online file downloader.
• Download movie, audio, flash game, links, javascript, ajax, images, object, stylesheet files from any website.
• Web based file downloader can grab files from almost any website including YouTube and MySpace.
• No registration required.
• Similar sites: File2HD.

Check out Farkie @ www.farkie.com

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• File2HD: Download MP3s & Videos from Imeem and Myspace
• Sawgi: Audio Version of YouTube
• OrbitDownloader: Download Streaming Music and Videos
• MySpaceMP3 : Myspace MP3 Downloader
• ListenToYouTube: Convert YouTube Videos Into Audio Files

To set alerts on new track releases first you need to register on the site. Then select how often you want to be notified, add artists or import the artists from your Last.fm account by providing your username and finally pick the type of releases you want to be notified of (albums, singles, compilations). That’s it!

Features:

• Track new music releases of your favorite artists.
• Get notified by email when they release a new single or a CD.
• Import artists from your Last.fm account.
• Sign up to get started.
• Similar websites: Feedrevolution, Albumreminder, Muspy and Music-Alerts.

Check out Blyper @ www.blyper.com

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• WorldSings: Discover New Artists & Rate Indie Songs
• TuneChimp: Search And Discover Best Music From Any Artist
• TourMapr: Check Out Artist or Band Tour Plans & Dates
• SecondSpin: Trade Used DVDs, CDs & Games
• PaperCdCase: Print a Paper CD Case

If entering the YouTube video URL into the field every time seems too time consuming for you, try the shortcut. Type in listento in front of the YouTube video URL and you will be directly taken to the MP3 conversion page.

Features:

• Convert YouTube videos into MP3 audio files.
• Just enter YouTube URL into the field and press GO.
• Use shortcut to convert videos while you browse YouTube.
• Free, fast and no registration.

Check out ListenToYouTube @ www.listentoyoutube.com

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• Dirpy: Turn YouTube Videos Into High Quality MP3s
• Sawgi: Audio Version of YouTube
• VidToMP3 : Online Video to MP3 Audio Converter
• FLVto : Online FLV to MP3 Converter
• Anjo.to: Convert & Save Online Videos to Computer

Clicks links below to see player it in action :

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Third link

Features:

• Embeddable media player from Yahoo!
• Plays all your music links with a single button click.
• Adds audio to your site with one line of HTML code.
• Automatically finds all audio links on your page and turns them into a playlist.
• Picks up your images and adds them as cover art.
• The floating design makes player appear only when needed.
• Requires no download, install or maintenance.

Check out Yahoo!MediaPlayer @ www.mediaplayer.yahoo.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)

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• SoundZit: Listen And Embed Music Online
• SongSeeK: Add Music Playlist to Myspace or Facebook Profile
• AudioPal: Record Audio Alerts for Your Website
• SplashCast: Create Your Own Online TV Channels
• ProfileGreeting: Add Audio Greetings to Your Webpage

Click to get more info on the station: its online audio stream, website, contacts, address and the coverage map.

Features:

• Find radio stations across the US.
• Locate radio stations by zip code, city or state.
• Filter stations by AM/FM, music format (Jazz, Hip Hop, Folk etc.) and reception range.
• Stations that also broadcast their audio over the Internet are marked with a little yellow thunder icon.
• Find unused vacant frequencies within the area.
• Similar websites: NPRRoadTrip, One Llama and more.

Check out RadioLocator @ www.radio-locator.com

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• StumbleAudio: Cool Indie Music for your Taste
• Stereo8: A Unique Free Music Radio Site
• MediaMaster: Save and Access Your Music Online
• WorryAboutYou: Find, Listen and Download Songs you Like
• Woonz : Find, Play and Download Music Tracks