Earlier this year a simple site that allowed you to upload MP3s and make mixtapes, called Muxtape, thrilled music fans around the world. It was too good to be true and The Man put a stop to it.

Following the sites closure in August, Justin Ouellette, Muxtape founder, posted a long blog riddled with frustration with the situation and bubbling with enthusiasm for music and technology. Read the blog here: muxtape.com

If you want to see the man behind the machine and hear a little more about the new Muxtape he's spoken to WePC to launch "I want my MP3" a series of web interviews where they talk to notable creatives who have used technology to make extraordinary music products online. Have a watch...

Following the demise of Muxtape the concept lives on. Fans eager to create and share playlists of the music they love and the nerdier-inclined inspired by Justin's site have created technologies (or more likely doing a similar thing but gaining interest post-Muxtape). The better two we've seen are Opentape.Fm and Blip.Fm which also allows you 'tweet' your choices to Twitter and your Facebook status.

Next week DiS is going to analyse some of the less-in-the-grey-area legally and legit alternatives which have begun to emerge to sharing mixes and consuming music online.

Relevant read: Column // Tech (No) Logic: Muxtape.com

DiScuss: what did you think of Muxtape? Have you found anything better than it? Have you found a legitimate alternative?