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		<title>MixTape.me: Listen to Music, Create and Share Playlists, etc.. All for Free</title>
		<link>http://tnerd.com/2009/05/11/mixtapeme-listen-free-online-music-create-share-playlists-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abbas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Music Download]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when listening to songs online would  require registration and sometimes even our credit card information and most  often than not if one is using the free version of the music service then the  songs you could listen to were limited per month.
  Times have changed now, I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="188" height="61" border="0" align="left" src="http://tnerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mixtape.png" alt="MixTape.me Logo" />There was a time when listening to songs online would  require registration and sometimes even our credit card information and most  often than not if one is using the free version of the music service then the  songs you could listen to were limited per month.</p>
<p>  Times have changed now, I can count at least 10 music  services which offer free unlimited music pleasure and few of them do not even  require you to register to listen to <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with free music">free music</a>.</p>
<p>  With so many options it boils down to which service offers  options and features which you like the most. </p>
<p>  <a href="http://mixtape.me" target="_blank">MixTape.me</a> is one such service which offers <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with free music">free music</a> with  a different approach.</p>
<p>  First off you don&rsquo;t have to register to listen to music. You  can simply browse through the database by searching for your favorite artist or  song. If that&rsquo;s too much work then simply browse through existing playlists  created by the members and start listening to songs.</p>
<p>  Creating your own playlist is as simple as it can get. Just  drag and drop songs on &ldquo;Quick Playlist&rdquo; area or the existing playlists.</p>
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<p>  Once you create your playlist you can effortlessly share it  on the internet by embedding it on the webpage, sharing the URL or just by  e-mail. I created a test playlist for this review and I&rsquo;ve added the playlist below  using the embedded feature. </p>
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<p>   MixTape.me does a good job of pulling in information about  the song that is being currently played. &ldquo;LINER NOTES:&rdquo; panel on the bottom  right side of the window shows information like Playlist Info, Artist Bio,  Lyrics, Video, etc.. all of this information is pulled in from different sites  like <a href="http://last.fm" target="_blank">Last.fm</a>, <a href="http://youtube.com" target="_blank">Youtube</a>, <a href="http://lyricswiki.org" target="_blank">LyricsWiki</a>, etc..</p>
<p>  The site also links to <a href="http://amazon.com" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, so, you can buy any song you  like on MixTape.me. </p>
<p>  Overall it&rsquo;s a good site to listen to some great music  instantly, but it is certainly not a threat to any of the existing music  services and I don&rsquo;t think that was the intention behind it. </p>
<p>  Watch the video below to see the service in action or visit  <a href="http://mixtape.me" target="_blank">MixTape.me</a> to experience it first hand.</p>
<p align="center"><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2956890&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed width="400" height="225" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2956890&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://vimeo.com/2956890">Welcome to MixTape.me</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1209880">MixTape.me</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The service is currently in beta so do expect to see errors or some functionality not workings as expected. In case you see something not working send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:support@mixtape.me">support@mixtape.me</a> to help the team fix it.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music/" title="free music" rel="tag">free music</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music-download/" title="Free Music Download" rel="tag">Free Music Download</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-online-music/" title="free online music" rel="tag">free online music</a><br />
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		<title>We7-Listen to Great Free Online Music</title>
		<link>http://tnerd.com/2008/09/05/we7-listen-to-great-free-online-download-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital right management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[download free music online. Free legal music download]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free online mp3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free online music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul is what Plato famously said about music. We all love music, can&#8217;t live with out it. And hence we are in constant search for music. If not music itself but surely resources where we can find or listen or download music. There [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://tnerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/we7logo.gif" rel="shadowbox[post-1482];player=img;"><img class="alignleft alignnone size-full wp-image-1484" style="border: 0pt none; float: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="we7logo" src="http://tnerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/we7logo.gif" alt="" width="463" height="152" /></a><em>Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul</em> is what Plato famously said about music. We all love music, can&#8217;t live with out it. And hence we are in constant search for music. If not music itself but surely resources where we can find or listen or download music. There has been a lot of talk and discussion about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management">DRM</a> (<a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/digital-right-management/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with digital right management">Digital Right Management</a>) and Piracy of music.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="more-1482"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We are not going to discuss much on this controversial issue. Instead we are going to focus our attention on a service that offers you to listen to <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with free music">free music</a> online, download music to your computer and create your favorite playlists. The service is called as <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/we7/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with we7">We7</a>. A UK based company which started with 30 tracks in 2007 and now has over 170,000 subscribers and 4 million downloads.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://tnerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/we7.gif" rel="shadowbox[post-1482];player=img;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1483" title="we7" src="http://tnerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/we7.gif" alt="" width="472" height="436" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let&#8217;s get into what the site talks about the service it offers:</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/we7/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with we7">We7</a> is an outstanding <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/new-music/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with new music">new music</a> destination to listen, share and  discover music for FREE, legally and safely. You choose the music you  want to hear and play full tracks and albums online, on-demand at  anytime. We also offer you the ability to buy the music you love in  high <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/quality-mp3/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with quality mp3">quality MP3</a> downloads which you can play on iPods and most other  digital players.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/we7/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with we7">We7</a> provides a simple tariff</h3>
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<li>Listen, discover and share music streams online &#8211; free (supported by advertising).</li>
<li>Buy the music you love with high <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/quality-mp3/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with quality mp3">quality MP3</a> downloads to play  anytime on iPods and most digital players (normally 320 kbps, with some  at 256 kbps).</li>
<li>Discover music with free ad-supported MP3 downloads on a selection  of artists, albums and tracks (normally lower quality bit rate of 192  kbps).</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">If we look at the scenario and the business model everyone is a winner:</p>
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<li>The users can listen to <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with free music">free music</a> (supported by advertisements) or even buy the music</li>
<li>The artists have a place to show their work</li>
<li>The site <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/we7/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with we7">We7</a> provides the platform for users to get <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with free music">free music</a> and for artists to display their work and get paid for it.</li>
<li>The advertisers get to reach the wide variety of audience.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The site might not be studded with the popular stars but there&#8217;s a great variety of great music. In no time I have become a big fan of this platform and have discovered artists which otherwise I would have missed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If that was not enough, the site provides widgets for the bloggers to put on their site and pimp the site up for the readers of the blog. This gives great advantage to all the parties involved.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/digital-right-management/" title="digital right management" rel="tag">digital right management</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/download-free-music-online-free-legal-music-download/" title="download free music online. Free legal music download" rel="tag">download free music online. Free legal music download</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music/" title="free music" rel="tag">free music</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-music-online/" title="free music online" rel="tag">free music online</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-online-mp3/" title="free online mp3" rel="tag">free online mp3</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/free-online-music/" title="free online music" rel="tag">free online music</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/new-music/" title="new music" rel="tag">new music</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/quality-mp3/" title="quality mp3" rel="tag">quality mp3</a>, <a href="http://tnerd.com/tag/we7/" title="we7" rel="tag">we7</a><br />
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