Frequently Asked Questions

We are an online service offering users the opportunity to create music easily and quickly.
It is easy because you don't need ANY musical training to use Musicshake - you just need to know whether you like what you hear. It is quick because you can literally complete a track in under a minute - of course, you can spend more time perfecting and fine-tuning your songs.

There are 3 parts to Musicshake:

1) Musicshake website - where you sign up, listen to songs, follow the charts, find people, comment and buy music. It works in any modern browser on computers, tablets and phones.

2) Make Music - the tool for creating your songs, opened with "Make" in the menu. It runs right in your web browser, with no Flash needed.

3) Musicshake advanced application for PC - the advanced application for Windows PCs. It requires you to download a 20MB application and install it on your PC, and an internet connection to run it.

You can start listening right away - no sign-up needed: try the Chart, Listen and People pages. To make your own songs, open Make Music or the PC application (see above). Sign up for free to post songs, comment, favorite songs and follow people.

To listen, comment and buy songs: just a web browser on your computer, tablet or phone - no plug-ins needed.

To make music: a current web browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari), on a computer or a tablet.

We recommend the latest version of Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Edge - on computers and on phones. If you run into any technical issues, please update your browser to the latest version.

For the website: any computer, tablet or phone that runs a current browser.

For the Musicshake PC application:
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Pentium 1.5 GHz (Celeron 2 GHz) or higher
Memory: 512 MB RAM or more (recommended)

- Post on Musicshake: post your songs on Musicshake so your friends and other Shakers can listen, rate and comment on the song.
- Share with friends: just email the song link or send directly to Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
- Participate in events: usually every month or two, we run events where you can win some cool prizes.
- Buy the song: you can get an MP3 file for a nominal price. All your purchases are recorded in "My Musicshake" you can go to download your songs again.

Musicshake is a FREE to PLAY service. What this means is the following:
FREE - Creating an account, making music, posting music, sharing music, listening to music
NOT FREE - Downloading MP3s and getting access to premium content

One MP3 will cost $0.99 for personal usage, and $19.99 for commercial usage.

We also have various different subscription services available.

Go to edit profile to change your password and email.

Go to the Login page and click on Forgot password

Yes, you need to add a TRACK. A track is the horizontal musical row in the Musicshake application. Click "Add track" from the Musicshake application. This will provide you with instruments, vocals, and sound effects that you can add to your song. To delete a track, click on the track and choose "Delete".

To lengthen the song you need to add a PART. A part is the vertical musical column in the Musicshake application. Click “Add part” from the Musicshake application. You will have to choose a chord progression, and this will create another part in the song (parts are added to the end of the song). To shorten you song you need to delete a PART. Click on the number of the part you would like to delete (the top of each column) and choose "Delete".

No, you can't. The block is the most basic unit for music-making in Musicshake. At this time the length is fixed to 8 musical measures, and you can only turn it ON or OFF.

You cannot add your own vocals to the music from the web application. However, you can do this from the PC application. You just need connect a microphone to your computer (and make sure it works properly). To create a recording track click on the RECORD button and this will create a recording track.

We encourage our users to use this feature more often but let's all make sure we keep the language clean!

Currently we only offer two tempos (speed) which are 90 and 140 beats per minute (bpm). You can only choose before you start making your song. We will be able to adjust the tempo in the near future.

We will be able to change in the near future. Currently we have all our music fixed to the key of G

No, you can't. However, you can play your own instrument and use the recording feature to record your performance.

Currently, we provide approximately 1.3 million different music blocks categorized by genre, style and instruments.

You can group instruments and list them alphabetically. You can also favorite your most used music blocks so that you can come back and re-use them again in the future.

When you finish creating your song from the Musicshake application you can choose to post the song on Musicshake website. This will begin the 3-step process of gathering all the tracks in your song to send to Musicshake - we will refer to this process as the "export process". Before the export process begins, you can put more details about your song and post.

Once your song is posted, it is public and available for other Shakers to listen to and comment.

Each song gets a "Song Page" where people can listen, share, rate, leave comments, and purchase your music.

Yes, once you have posted your song, you can share your songs by sending to Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. We will be adding more social sites in the future.

In My Musicshake (click your name at the top right, then Songs): Posted Songs, Ready to Post, Favorited, Personal MP3, Commercial MP3 and Sold.

1. Downloading is not free. Please visit the Store to buy Shake Cash or a subscription.

2. You can download any posted song with the Download button (personal use) or the Commercial button (commercial license) on song lists and song pages.

3. To download your own song, post it first. In Make Music:

• Load your song
• Click the MENU button (cup icon)
• Click 'POST'
• Enter song details and click the 'POST' button on the bottom right

4. Your songs are in My Musicshake → Songs. Use Download for a personal copy or Commercial for a commercial license.

5. Either the Shake Cash is deducted from your account, or, if you have a subscription, personal downloads are free.

Musicshake songs are available in MP3, 128 Kbps and the file sizes vary depending on the length of the song. The typical file size of a song that is 2 minutes in length is approximately 2 MBs.

There are two different Musicshake licenses but the usual price for buying a song is 99 cents per song. All purchases have to be made using Shake Cash.

• Personal - This is for personal use, meaning you don't plan on making money using this music (for example - listening on PC, iPods and using for in class projects)
• Commercial - If you plan to use Musicshake songs for commercial purposes (for example - using songs for movies, games, websites or to sell your Musicshake songs on iTunes; any usage which you will be making money from)

Shake Cash is a virtual currency used in Musicshake - you need Shake Cash to buy songs or subscriptions.

1 U.S. Dollar = 100 Shake Cash.

We accept PayPal. Choose a Shake Cash amount or a subscription in the store and pay on PayPal.

Yes, we have a subscription service that allows you to download as many songs as you wish for ONE (1) month, SIX (6) months or ONE (1) full year. (Only for Personal Usage)

Yes. Buy the song ($0.99, or $19.99 with a commercial license if you are making money on YouTube) and use the MP3 in your video. Please credit Musicshake by adding "Music created with Musicshake (www.musicshake.com)" in the video or the video description.

Yes, as long as you buy your song ($19.99) and credit us somewhere in the game by inserting by inserting "Music created with Musicshake (www.musicshake.com)"

No, you may not. If you are making a movie or game for the purpose of making money, you must purchase the commercial song.

Yes, when your song is purchased by anyone else but you for Personal Usage, then 10% of the purchase price gets credited to your account. For Commercial Usage, 30% of the purchase price gets credited to your account.

This applies to individual song purchases and not to subscriptions.