If you’re looking for an easy way to add a song to your MySpace page, blog, or one of many other places, Sonific — with a rejuvenated catalog that now includes over 200,000 fully-licensed songs — could be the way to go. I whipped this one up in a couple minutes:
Although Sonific only lets you post one song per widget, the catalog now includes some pretty well-known artists (sorted here by their online distributor; emphases are mine):
Nettwerk Music Group: The Submarines, The Barenaked Ladies, Leigh Nash, and Josh Rouse.
Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA): Sean Hayes, American Music Club, David Byrne, Betty Davis, Sun Ra, and Echo & The Bunnymen.
Digital Rights Agency (DRA) & DMGI: Krokus, Lee Scratch Perry, Billie Holliday, Bing Crosby, Django Reinhardt, Charles Mingus, Frank Sinatra, Larry Coryell, Gloria Gaynor, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Mikis Teodorakis, Dizzie Gillespie, Muddy Waters, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Thelonius Monk, as well as Chamillionaire, The Fall, My Morning Jacket, Deerhoof, Elliott Smith, and The Plain White T’s.
Independent Record Industry Solutions (IRIS): Roots Manuva, David Arkenstone, Ninja Tune’s Coldcut, Kid Koala, and Amon Tobin, and Palmetto Jazz’s Fred Hersch Trio and Dr. Lonnie Smith.
Big Fish Media: Will Milar, Jai Uttal, Nawang Khechog, Cory Lee, Alessi Brothers, and Calvin Owens.
V2 Music (to be added soon): Duke Special and Little Man Tate
