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CC Mixter: Download, Sample, Remix, Publish
I really like the concept of CC Mixter. The idea is that you can download an audio track, remix it, sample it (or otherwise mangle it), and then put it back up on the site so others can do the same. When adding a new track to CC Mixter, you can show what tracks have been sampled for the new tune. Staying in accordance with current trends, you can also tag a song, creating one massive tag cloud.
One thing that I think would be cool to add is a kind of ‘tree’ view to graphically illustrate where all the samples for a particular track come from. I think it would be neat to have an ajax-y/flash interface for the phylogenetic analysis of music on this site.
If you think CC Mixter is a good idea, why not grab the code and start your own! Although I think it should have been built on top of Drupal (of course), the code looks clean and well documented. It will be great when there are lots of these sites floating around serving different communities.