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TopForty: Listen To Top 40 Songs Shared On Twitter Everyday

TehseenBaweja — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:01:54 +0000

The music scene changes almost daily and for some people it becomes hard to keep track. If you are one of those people who would love to know what the top songs are every day but don’t have the time to find out, TopForty can be your new best friend. It is a simple web service that scans millions of tweets daily for songs that have been shared and creates a list of top 40 songs.

You can listen to each of these 40 songs by simply clicking play and even watch the video via YouTube. The interface of the site is dead simple yet visually appealing. All the top 40 songs are up front along with their album art work and the number of likes they have received. The site also has a list of the all time favorite songs that you can listen to.

Features:

Listen to top 40 songs being shared on Twitter.
The list is updated daily.
Listen and watch the video for each song via YouTube.
No registration required.

Visit TopForty @ http://topforty.it

TunesIQ: Cool Song Guessing Game Online

Umar — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:01:43 +0000

If you consider yourself a music fan, you would appreciate a fun music-related game. This is exactly what TunesIQ is – a fun music game that has you guessing the song being played.

TunesIQ is a free to use website that is basically a song-guessing game that tests your music knowledge. The game involves audio being played with song options to choose from on the right. The more songs you guess correctly, the higher you score. You can create an account on the site and create your own quizzes by adding songs; the tunes for the songs are from YouTube. You can create multiple quizzes and share them with friends over social networks. The site serves as a simple yet effective fun tool for all music fans.

Features:

A user-friendly online song guessing game.
A music-related fun game.
Plays songs and asks you to pick the right one from options.
Lets you create quizzes and share them with friends.

Check out TunesIQ @ www.tunesiq.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

LyricsNMusic: Easily Get Lyrics, Videos, Images & Info For Any Song

Umar — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:01:43 +0000

When you hear a song you like, you often turn to the Internet to get the song’s lyrics and view its video. This normally has you jumping from one site to another. Here to save your time in that process is a web service called LyricsNMusic.

LyricsNMusic is a free to use website that lists details of a song on a single webpage. These details include the song’s lyrics, videos, Wikipedia results, and links from iTunes and Amazon.

You can even view the song artist’s upcoming concert dates.

All of this information is displayed in a neat interface making things extremely easy to find.

Features:

A user-friendly interface.
Lists lyrics of a song.
Shows YouTube and Wikipedia links of a song.
Shows Amazon and iTunes purchase links of songs.
Similar tools: LyricsGaps, LyricsTraining, Lingt, Memorista, LangoLAB, Popling and MangoLanguages.

Check out LyricsNMusic @ www.lyricsnmusic.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

Outloud: Share Music With Friends In Real Time

TehseenBaweja — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:01:02 +0000

Lots of tools let you share music with friends via emails, links, drop boxes and what not. Outloud takes it to a level further by letting you share music in real time, which means that your friends will listen to exactly what you are listening to at the same time.

To start, sign in with Twitter or Facebook and create a temporary room for your session. You will get a URL like http://outloud.fm/abc that you can give out to anybody you want. Then just drag and drop music files to start playing them. You can also chat with your friends at the same time, put your music files in a queue and see a history of what played when.

Features:

Share music in real time.
Chat with friends while listening to the same music.
Add music to queue or see a history of playlist.
No registration required, sign in with Twitter or Facebook.
Similar tools: ListeningRoom, Wavelength, TubeMyStuff, SoundPedia, Tape.tv, Meuzer, Snuzu and Listen Music.

Visit Outloud @ www.outloud.fm

FreeMP3zz: Play, Embed & Download MP3 Songs Within Seconds

TehseenBaweja — Wed, 25 May 2011 03:01:59 +0000

FreeMP3zz may not have the largest MP3 collection on the web, but it surely is one of the simplest and most user-friendly websites when it comes to searching for music. The whole idea behind FreeMP3zz is to create and deliver an enhanced user experience where everything is accessible with a single click.

Once you start searching for a song by entering the title or the name of the artist, the tool displays search results. However, the neat thing is that you can perform each and every function right from the search results page. This includes playing the song online along with controlling the volume, getting the HTML code to embed the MP3 on other websites or blogs, and downloading the song as an MP3 file. All this is done without going through layers of pages or pop-up windows.

When you click the download button, the song immediately downloads to your hard drive and does not make you click through any annoying pop-ups where you have to decide if you want to open or save the file or choose a folder.

You can also view how many votes each song has received right from the search results and also provide your own rating for each song. A list of latest searches at the bottom of the website provides you a good idea of what songs are popular nowadays.

The website is also free of any annoying ads or banners that have sadly become a trademark for other such websites.

Features:

Search thousands of MP3 songs online.
Play, download or embed song with a single click.
All the functionalities right there with search results.
View a list of recently searched songs.
View ratings for each song and provide your own rating.
No registration required.

Visit FreeMP3zz @ http://www.freemp3zz.com

Songtrust: Helps to publish your music & earn royalties

Israel Nicolas — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:01:59 +0000

If you are a member of a band, or an artist breaking into the music scene, you will find a fast-evolving industry that provides new opportunities for people to publish their music. One tool that signals this change is Songtrust. This app provides musicians with an avenue to take control in publishing their music and protecting their artistic rights while getting paid royalties for their work.

Songtrust hopes to replace traditional music publishing managers, especially if you are an independent artist. The tool allows you to upload your songs to register and secure them online. Once your song is registered, some companies may use your music commercially. Songtrust tracks the music played and automatically credits you with earnings you made. You can check out My Reports to track your income by songs, type of use, album, genre, and more.

While the free version lets you upload your song and track royalties, you can upgrade to the premium version which allows your songs to be automatically added into the Songtrust licensing program. This means that your music can be placed in video games, ads, films, TV shows and more where you can earn more money. Songtrust is a paid subscription service starting from $10/month up to $30/month.

Songtrust is definitely a great tool for independent artists, giving you more time to focus on your music rather than deal with music licensing and legal stuff.

Features:

Upload and publish your song online.
Earn royalties automatically whenever your song is played commercially.
Manager your songs in the dashboard.
Track earnings by song, album. genre, and more.
Become a premium member to increase your songs’ exposure.

Check out Songtrust @ www.songtrust.com

NameMyTune: Identify The Tune That Stuck In Your Head

Umar — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:01:11 +0000

Have a tune stuck in your head but can’t remember from where? It’s frustrating whenever that happens. But thanks to Name My Tune, you can now get help from others recognizing which song you are thinking of.

Name My Tunes is a free to use website that lets you sing or hum a tune into your microphone. Other visitors to the site then listen to your recorded tune and help you recognize the song. When somebody suggests a song for your tune, you are sent a notification email.

You can also help others recognize their tunes. Simply select a music genre, era, and then listen to available tunes others have sung or hummed. Then name the song and help others out of their frustration.

Features:

A simple to use website.
Lets you recognize the tune in your head.
Notifies via email.
Lets you help recognize the tunes stuck in their head.
Similar tools: Identifyus, TuneSpotting, Audiotag, Musipedia, MelodyCatcher and Midomy.

Check out Name My Tune @ www.namemytune.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

TuneSpotting: Identify Tunes Using Notes, Text or Playing

TehseenBaweja — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:01:10 +0000

TuneSpotting is an ultimate resource to search for and identify tunes. You can search for tunes using keywords or use your keyboard as a piano and play a tune for TuneSpotting to identify. With thousands of tunes stored in the database, there is a good chance TuneSpotting will know the tune that has been haunting you.

You can play each tune for a few seconds and then go to a related site in order to download or buy the full version. You can also enter musical notes on a stave and see which popular tunes match these notes. TuneSpotting covers a variety of areas from jazz and folk to pop and classical. You can also search for tunes by name of the artist or associated tags.

Features:

Search tunes by keyword, artist name or tags.
Play tune from your keyboard to search for it.
Search and identify music by notes.
Preview each tune and see links to buy/download.
Similar sites: Audiotag, Musipedia, MelodyCatcher and Midomy.

Visit TuneSpotting @ www.tunespotting.com

UltimateChart: Shows current song rankings based on many online music sources

moin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:01:39 +0000

Do you want to stay in touch with the latest music? Do you want to know what people are listening to and what they like? If yes, then you need to regularly check in with the music rankings to know which songs are doing well with the fans. To do this, you should head on over to “UltimateChart”. It is a simple and free to use website that lists current (weekly) song rankings. Unlike its competition that usually ranks songs unfairly, UltimateChart takes into account many online sources.

These online sources include Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, VEVO, Pandora, Clear Channel, MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, and many other websites. With results intelligently calculated, the site ranks the songs and displays its ranking on its homepage.

For each song entry you can click on the Details section and view how well it has been doing over the past few weeks.

Originally you see only the top 10 songs on the website. But scroll down and you find a link saying “Load Next 10.” Keep on clicking this link to show the next 10 rankings.

Features:

Latest song ratings database.
Has a very simple layout.
Each song’s performance details for the past few weeks are given.
You can keep on viewing the rankings by clicking on the “Load Next 10″ link.
Takes many online music sources into account to rank the songs.

Check out “UltimateChart” @ http://www.ultimatechart.com

AudioTag: A Simple Music Recognition Tool Online

TehseenBaweja — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:01:31 +0000

People often come across songs that they love but don’t know any details about. A music recognition application “AudioTag” can be a great help in such cases. With a library of over 1.3 million tracks, AudioTag can help you identify any song that you upload from your computer.

You can also enter the URL for a song that you came across on the web, as long as it has at least 15 seconds of run time. The constantly updated database at AudioTag already has information for 100,000 albums and there is a good chance your mystery song belongs to one of those.

Supported file formats include WAV, MP3, MP4, FLV and more. In the results, the tool shows multiple matches with the most probable match on the top and a percentage next to every other match.

Features:

Free music recognition software online.
Help identifying any song.
Upload from your computer or the web.
Over 1.3 million tracks and 100,000 albums.
Supports multiple audio formats.
See track title, artist, album and year information.
No registration required.
Similar tools: Musipedia, MelodyCatcher and Midomy.

Visit AudioTag @ www.audiotag.info