The 6 C's: Muxtape.com hits 5

There is nothing virtual worldish about Muxtape. But its got communication, community, choice, collaboration, and complex media (audio) in its DNA. Created by Justin Ouellette in March of 2008, its a website that allows users to upload playlists of MP3s to his website.

The site has a cult following worldwide and it's simple to the core. No searching, no frills, no rubbish cool to be cool functionality; this is elegant and it solves an essential problem - finding and listening to music. According to Ouelette - and I, Duncan Alney, agree - it preserves the integrity of the mixtape. Its about finding new stuff that you just don't know about.

The horrible behemoth known as the music industry will surely try to shut them down. But I'm hoping otherwise. Some other sites that provide a similar offering are projectplaylist, mixwit, anywhere.fm, seeqpod, and imeen.

So whether you're trying to share music with a client for a short video and want to do it in a slightly different way or you're trying to communicate a point to your soon to be honey - muxtape is worth checking out! It receives the Firebelly endorsement of good design and execution, innovative thinking and a fire in the belly! Not to mention certified risk taker.

- Duncan Alney