PUBLIC MARKS with tag mixes

Mix tapes and mashups made easy. Easy to import the tracks you already know and love by drag dropping from iTunes. Easy because beat matching is built in, accurate and works even with music that has slight changes in tempo. Easy to publish mixes onto iTunes, your iPod, the Internet or share between friends. Easy to play live.

A review of three streaming music services (mixtape.me, 8tracks, Grooveshark) that let you create a playlist online and share it with friends.

"The FADER, or FADER, is an United States-based music/culture/fashion magazine that covers hip-hop, reggae, independent rock, pop and dance music from around the world. Founded by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen in 1998, The FADER is a freestanding, independent New York City-based magazine." Wikipedia

"Hypetape is the illegitimate lovechild of Hype Machine* and Muxtape, where you can create and share playlists containing tracks other people have been talking about from around the internet."

Similar to Seeqpod, Mixtape.me "grabs music from around the web, notably from Seeqpod, and does a great job of letting you make and browse playlists in an environment reminiscent of desktop music players. You don't need an account to create a Quick Playlist on mixtape.me. You can just start adding tracks from searches and other people's playlists. Registering an account lets you add (but not upload) mp3s and save your playlists. There are also a lot of extra touches, like grabbing song info, lyrics and album artwork automatically. You can also share your playlists easily, even with friends who aren't signed up with Mixtape.me." [downloadsquad]

"Similiar to Seeqpod and Songza, Just Hear It offers registered and unregistered users alike a seamless interface for song search and playlist creation, all from within the browser. Just Hear It claims to be completely legal, following DMCA guidelines, and paying royalties to all of the major performing-rights organizations, like ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. In the future, Just Hear It aims to negotiate licenses to share revenue with labels. Currently, much of the music actually seems to come from YouTubeYouTube reviewsYouTube reviews - much like another site we recently reviewed, StreamDrag." - Mashable

8tracks is a simple way for people to create or listen to a mix, a short playlist containing at least 30 minutes—roughly 8 tracks—of music.

Opentape is a free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web. Upload songs (via web or FTP), reorder, rename, customize the style, and share what you like on other sites with an embeddable player. working example: http://the-music-snob.net/Playlists/obsessedvol1/

"Muxtape is also really cool," Sit explained, "but you need to manually upload the MP3s, which makes it a drag to create a muxtape and update it." FavTape solves both problems by grabbing song URLs from SeeqPod to power an on-demand service that creates Muxtape-like web page mixtapes out of your Pandora or Last.fm favorites.

Coverflow is a great way for Mac users to get an iTunes-style preview of Muxtape playlists.

Create, share, and listen to mixes.

Seeqpod offers a fast way too search for mp3's, and videos for any artist. Add what you like from the results to a playlist that you play, save and share.

"The montly playlist is a selection of music from the current issue of the magazine and what we've been listening to in the office on this month's playlist." [Dazed magazine]

"The Players Association is a unique online radio station where you can listen to and search streaming DJ mixes. Ok, so whats unique about that you may well ask? We are not an exclusive service for the usual superstar DJs. There are countless sites for that. We are not a large commercial company wishing to tap into the underground, The Players Association was set up by DJs for Djs. Our site is open for anyone who has a passion for music and wants to share it with the world. Djs can upload two mp3 mixes for free. Your profile will not be visible until you upload. Music lovers, this is a space to discover hidden talents so tune in to your hearts content. What sets us apart from most mix sites is the search engine facility, you can search within mixes for a specific artist, title, DJ or genre - and this opens up a whole new level of musical discovery and exploration."