Use YOUR music to find NEW music.

Owl Music Search compares your favorite songs to thousands of others to find similar songs for you to listen to, enjoy, and purchase.

Similarity can mean different things to different people, so sometimes you'll find what you're looking for, other times you'll be surprised. Either way, Owl will help you discover a whole new world of music.

Owl has currently indexed over 98,980 songs from commercial and independent song catalogs, including the music sites ccMixter, Magnatune, and Jamendo. As our library grows, so does the fun of using Owl Music Search.

Owl is music search simplified.

Open a song from your personal library Find your favorite part of the song and click "Search" Browse and enjoy hundreds of songs similar to yours!

If that's not simple enough,
view our step-by-step tutorial.

Many of the songs that you'll find here are released under Creative Commons licenses.

Step 1

Open a song from your personal library

To begin, simply click on the search box in the blue bar above.

Then browse your filesystem to find an mp3.

Do this now, or go to the next page

Step 2

Find your favorite part of the song and click "Search"

Use the player above to find and listen to your favorite parts of the song. When the blue highlighted area is over your favorite part, click "Search".

HINT: You can drag the highlighted area to your favorite spot.

Do this now, or go to the next page

Step 3

Browse and enjoy hundreds of songs similar to yours!

Use the filters on the left to refine your search. Use the Info button to learn more about a result or to make a purchase. Use the Tags button to bookmark a result.

Have another question? Check out our FAQ.

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