Music site Favtape claims it's “Muxtape on steroids”, referring to the recently shut-down online mixtape service. So what's it all about? Well, it's the same idea, except two steps removed from any copyright infringement that's taking place, and with a few more features.You can use the site without registering. For example, you can have a mixtape whipped up for you based on an individual artist search – we entered 'black crowes' and got a list of songs back, complete with links to buy CDs and MP3s on Amazon, as well as iTunes, ringtones from Thumbplay, and links to eBay searches.That's on the left. There are also links to LyricWiki lyrics, YouTube videos, and the artist and track pages on Favtape, as well as links to email track URLs to friends and share them on a host of social networking and Web 2.0 sites. It's certainly comprehensive, in other words.From the homepage, you can also auto-generate mixtapes based on the top 100 songs on iTunes, top songs by year (from 1901 to 2008), as well as typing in your Pandora or Last.fm login details to create a mixtape from those tracks.However, if you want to create your own completely customised mixtape, [...]
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