How to Mix Music on the Internet

Mixing music on the internet is lots of fun and offers the opportunity to build a fan base. Several different websites now offer various ways of providing music mixes online for friends, family, and potential fans. There are three ways to mix music on the internet: building playlists, podcasting, and mixing original music.

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• Internet
• Music

Instructions

Building Playlists

1. To make a mix for your friends using an internet radio service, select the site that has the music you want to mix. Many sites now offer on-demand libraries of music that you can mix and play for free. Such sites include: Mog.com, Grooveshark.com, and Songza.fm.

2. Search their on-demand library of music and add each song to your playlist.

3. Once you have completed your mix, find the "share" option on the website and email it to all your friends.

Podcasting and Original DJ Mixes

1. Gather all the music that you want to go into your mix.

2. Use a multi-track audio program (e.g. GarageBand, Ableton Live, Audacity, etc.) to import the songs into an audio channel in the order you want them to play back.

3. Stack each song and file back to back so that they flow into each other.

4. If you are an experienced DJ, you can make this mix in real-time and record it with your software.

5. Once you have the mix arranged, choose "Export" under the file menu and export the entire mix into one audio file (WAV, AIFF, MP3, etc.).

6. To make the mix available to friends online as a podcast, choose a podcast hosting service such as Podomatic.com or Podbean.com.
   To share the mix as a DJ mix, select one of the many DJ mix hosting sites such as Dj-mixes.com or Djmix.net.

Mixing Original Tracks

1. Search the internet for Jamglue and similar services like Dubstep Studio. These sites allow users to create, upload, and remix their own music through a server based application. This service is great if you don't have any music software but want to mix your own music.

2. Choose the website that offers the desired service. Register and login.

3. Upload your own tracks and sound stems.

4. Use the Jamglue web-app to create or remix original music or the music of others. There is a large sound library available on the server.

5. Once your song is finished, share the link with all your friends and on social networking sites.

References

• Jamglue
• Grooveshark: Internet Radio