There are millions of music lovers in the world. Just like writing, it has been used as a creative way of expressing oneself. Listening to music is commonly a shared favorite pastime no matter what generation you belong or where you are in the world.
Music can enhance an experience as it evoke certain emotions. It has lend its magic to the cinematic world, making romantic scenes more rosy and thrilling scenes more hair-raising. Such is its magic that the music industry has grown to be a lucrative business.
Grooveshark
It is available both as a web app and a desktop app. This application allows you to stream through millions of free music. It has an extensive music library that you would pretty much find the most indie of songs.
Have millions of songs at your fingertips and build your own playlist. I group mine by mood. A playlist for those slow-moving days, another one for setting the mood, err, whatever tickles my music taste buds!
MusicBee
You are the queen bee in this application as your hardworking colony makes it easy for you to organize your dizzying music collection. it is packed with powerful features but is unbelievably lightweight. Pretty much like a bee, small but stings like hell!
Foobar2000
This is not your regular audio player. It comes with all the bells and whistles. It is fully-customizable as it allows you to build plugin and add-on components to expand functionality. This music app targets the advanced users because of its flexible feature.
Soundhound
Have you experienced having those moments when you have this nagging tune in your head but you can’t seem to remember the song title? Let Soundhound help you as it is a music identifier app which is a God-sent if you have a memory of a goldfish or simply likes a tune and wants to know the details of the song.
You can hum a tune, sing a song or upload an audio clip and Soundhound identifies the song for you. Now, that’s unbelievably cool right? Soundhound is currently not available on mac but don’t you fret as there are music identifier alternatives for mac users.
Winamp
Winamp may sound age-old but it is still very much alive today in the music app scene. It almost flatlined to its death months back but it was saved in the nick of time through the its acquisition by Radionomy which is a digital audio business. Some polls today even have Winamp voted as one of the top music players of all time.
Winamp might have quietly faded into the scene the past years but it’s near-death made people realize this little player’s charm. There is really truth to the saying that you never know what you got until you are on the brink of losing it.
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is considered the YouTube of sound as anyone can create and share recordings to a growing population of SoundClouders. Some artists started out as YouTube sensations and have built quite a music career for themselves. Discovering new talent in YouTube seem to have lost its novelty with all the aspiring artists who followed suit.
Well, maybe SoundCloud has a spot for you. Do you think you have what it takes to be the first SoundCloud sensation? Start recording away and we’ll find out!
MediaMonkey
The beauty of this app lies in its ability to manage your extensive library file and I am talking in a range of six figures. Yes, it can manage more than 50,000 of your files without a hiccup. Just recently, they added a wireless synching capability which is perfect for those who want their music in all their devices.
Spotify
Spotify is perfect for those moments when you are sick of your own playlists and is quite in an adventurous mood to discover new songs. You can find great preloaded playlists that suit every mood or a particular situation. Stop brooding and improve your mood by taking on a sound trip.
Music does provide us with a sweet little escape when the soundtrack of our real lives is currently not at par with our taste. Use it to help you in any way you please, be it for relaxation, a quick pick-me-up, a party starter or to get you through a cold, lonely night.
Marc S. is an avid blogger who loves to write about anything and everything under the sun. Whether it be tech, health, business or even games, he’ll surely have something to share about it.
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stacy
March 20, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Mark, you really listed top 9 apps for Music. I am using all of them, I am a rock music lover.
But I will recommend another app for downloading songs from SoundCloud,
Jenny
April 12, 2014 at 3:25 pm
Nice round up, I use winamp but never heard of grove shark thanks very much!