Make your own music

Create that special tune with these cool sites. Some of them have more features then others.


Incredibox - Drag a beat , tune or melody onto the singer to have them create your track. Great fun and really cool way of producing a unique sound..

Button Beats - Create some great tunes with a simple on screen keyboard. Using your computer keyboard you'll be punching out those tunes in no time. If the piano isn't your scene, you can choose from a range of guitars and even a drum machine. 

Soundation - Your very own sounds studio in your browser. Choose from a range of free sounds and drag them into your studio and piece together your tracks. So far seems to be my favourite. You can spend hours creating some awesome sounds.

Music Creator (Roc) - A simple beat machine style of creating some tunes. Seems fairly basic but simple and fun to use. You can add in various beats and sounds from a range of instruments and export for use in the aviary audio editor or even as a ring ton

Music Shake - Another simple and very basic music creation tool. Limited to the amount of instruments and flexibility with tunes, but still interesting and fund.

Music Streaming

Streaming music is becoming more and more popular with access to Internet radio stations , or even streams that play music based on your mood.

Check out these sites to find one thats right for you. Note that some sites may have geo restrictions :-



AUPEO - Provides a full catalogue of streaming music, from various artists and genres. You can choose to stream music based on artist, featured or even choose a genre based station that plays all your favourite hits from that genre. Pop , rock , 80's its all here.

Every Ones Mixtape - Remember the days of tape. When you had to record all your songs from the radio and dub them together onto that ultimate mix tape. This site tries to digitize that mix tape period in our lives, with some grouping of tape mixes. Simply choose the mix tape you wish to play and off it goes. I simply love the animation of the moving tape as its playing.

Music Discovery - Choose the music that meets the way you feel, Slide the mouse over the mood squares to  hear the music, click to lock it in.

Music Tonic - Simply search for the artist you desire and listen to the tracks of your choice.

8 Tracks - Great little site, that allows you to find some great music mixes. You can select a genre based mix from the front page , or click a hashtag to discover some new music for your ears.

We are hunted (Discovery) - A different way to find music that you may enjoy. Listen to several tracks and either skip or click like. The web site then builds a customized play list based on what you are interested in.

Music Roamer - Another way to discover new music on-line. You can enter an artist or even a keyword to find various artist. Double click an artist to branch our into similar artists. Doesn't seem to offer the entire song, but still a good way to find some new music.

The Sixtyone - Get introduced to new artists. Displays photo's on each artist with some bibliography information. Great way to find some new tunes.

Stereo Mood - Another site that lets you discover new music as well as play to your mood. Search for an artist or just click the mood or style of music your after.

Mood Stream - Another site that allows you to stream music based on your mood. It also runs a slideshow in the background of Getty Images pics.