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Grooveshark http://listen.grooveshark.com/ Free Web-based music player lets you search and listen to tracks in your
browser. You can also create and share your playlists with others.
Amie Street http://amiestreet.com/ Music marketplace where songs start out free then rise in price by
popularity. The reverse of most of today's fixed price music services.
BlogTalkRadio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ A
platform for broadcasting users' own talk radio shows over the Web. Includes
controls for handling callers and queuing up pre-recorded content.
CDBaby
http://www.cdbaby.com/ An online music store for independent artists. Provides direct
distribution for unsigned artists.
Emusic
http://emusic.com/ Subscription-based and a la carte music seller. Also sells audiobooks
and music from independent artists.
Finetune http://www.finetune.com/ Music
discovery and recommendation service. Also provides curated playlists and links
to purchase individual tracks.
FlyTunes
http://www.flytunes.fm/ Free Web radio for your computer and mobile devices. Has both a mobile
app and a desktop player.
iLike
http://www.ilike.com/ Social music sharing and discovery service. Analyzes your listening
habits and gives you recommendations.
iMeem
http://www.imeem.com/ Media sharing site focused on music. Users can create and share
playlists and track what their friends are up to in a central feed.
iTunes http://www.apple.com/ Apple's iTunes media store sells and recommends music. Users can also
create and share mixes they've created from any content that's sold on the
store.
Jamendo
http://www.jamendo.com/ Free music tracks from artists who have granted an open license on their
work. Also lets you create and share playlists.
JamLegend http://www.jamlegend.com/ JamLegend
turns your keyboard and browser into a video game. You compete Guitar Hero-style
against yourself or with others, using your keyboard's function keys like guitar
chords.
Jango
http://www.jango.com/ Free internet radio and music recommendation tool. You drop in the name
of the artist you like and it creates a station around it.
Lala
http://www.lala.com/ LaLa is a music search and discovery tool. Listen to full tracks and buy
them without DRM.
Last.fm
http://www.last.fm/ Social music discovery and listening tool. Listen to full tracks, and
create stations around artists you like.
Live365
http://www.live365.com/ A network of Internet radio providers. Live365 serves as both a
directory and a distribution channel for people who want to create their own
stations.
Midomi
http://www.midomi.com/ A music search that lets you look for music tracks by keyword, or by
singing the song into your computer's microphone. Can also pick up a track with
a 10-second clip from any audio source.
MOG
http://www.mog.com/ An
online encyclopedia for music. Also provides full-length tracks for all songs
(through Rhapsody) and videos.
Napster
http://www.napster.com/ Online music downloads and subscription service. Lets users stream and
re-download purchased tracks from the Web.
Nexus Radio http://www.nexusradio.com/ A
desktop app that taps into Internet radio streams. Also lets users record online
streams for offline listening.
Pandora
http://www.pandora.com/ A free music streaming and recommendation service. Changes what you're
listening to based on how you vote on the track that's playing.
Project Playlist http://www.playlist.com/ A music
playlist sharing community. Lets you listen to full length tracks and build
playlists that can be shared with friends.
Sellaband http://www.sellaband.com/ Lets
users invest in upcoming bands in return for the album they create using that
money. Essentially a crowd-sourced record label.
Shazam
http://www.shazam.com/ Music identification service. You hold up your phone to the music that's
playing and Shazam identifies the track for you.
Shoutcast http://www.shoutcast.com/ A
directory of Internet radio stations. Also lets users create their own stations
which can be broadcast to the world.
SimplifyMedia http://www.simplifymedia.com/ SimplifyMedia lets you stream your music collection to yourself, or to
your friends. Works on desktop computers and mobile devices.
Slacker
http://slacker.com/ An Internet radio service that provides customizable radio stations that
can be accessed in the browser and on mobile devices.
Songza
http://www.songza.com/ A search engine for music tracks that lets you play them right from the
results. Also doubles as a jukebox with playlists.
SpotDJ
http://www.spotdj.com/ SpotDJ is a service that analyzes your playlists and inserts segments
from real DJs about the music you're listening to.
