Muxtape.com has been my favorite site for the last couple weeks. The premise is simple: upload your favorite mp3’s and create an online mixtape that you can both listen to and share with your friends. The interface is sparse to the point that you wish it would offer more features, and I’m sure more are on the way (already within the last day I’ve noticed a “Buy This on Amazon” link appear next to track titles), but the simplicity keeps the focus on the music.
It’s been much abuzz among the Twitter/Geek crowd, and some tools have already been built to enhance the muxtape experience. The best example I’ve seen so far is a Yahoo Pipe that will provide muxtape recommendations based on your last.fm profile. This is only useful if you’re both a last.fm user and your profile accurately represents your musical taste, but similar tools are likely to keep popping up that will provide communication with other sites.
Here’s my muxtape: http://synthetictom.muxtape.com/
And my wife’s: http://bitchincamero.muxtape.com/
A Brazilian collection: http://alexdc.muxtape.com/
And a nice electronic one: http://dopebeats.muxtape.com/
