New service ffffoundtape attempts to re-create the same positive sharing environment of its sister site Ffffound, but with music instead of pictures. Once bookmarked, songs can be bundled up into playlists that you can share with friends. Registration is free and creating an account is easy, once you get through their Mad Libs-style registration page. Unfortunately, the process after that is not as straightforward as it could be.
We ran in to a number of usability issues:

Unless this service really takes a hard look at streamlining this process, it is probably not worth investing too much time in it. Besides the multiple steps required to bookmark and organize tracks, it appears the service may not even store the MP3s, preferring to play them from the original source web pages. We understand this may be an issue of liability, but it also means that ffffoundtape may eventually be rife with broken links. Also, there's no way of exposing the source page of the tracks unless you remember to cut and paste the page URL when creating the bookmark. Finally, there's no export option, hence no way of storing your carefully found list of tracks offline.
The upside is, if you just want to browse and add other ffffoundtape bookmarks to your own playlists, it's relatively simple. Even there, though, once a track is added you get redirected to your playlist page and must navigate back to where you were. However, you can add a cover art image to each playlist.
Our recommendation? Stick with last.fm, iMeem, blip.fm, song.ly, or even Tumblr. If you want a second opinion, check out SheGeek's post on ffffoundtape.
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If you’re a fan of the old Muxtape, MixWit, FavTape, or 8tracks services, then you’re going to love ffffoundtape.
Don't forget the The Hype Machine! Another great site for finding new music on the blogosphere.
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Thanks for reviewing ffffoundtape. We had streamlined the process of bookmarking an audio with the new handy bookmarklet that could sniff out all mp3 files on any given webpages. Besides that we had other new features such as voting on tracks found, customizable playlists, twitter-like "follow", comments and virtual credits.