Strike a Chord with Music Apps on Glitch

Talk with any designer or programmer, and they will tell you that music is an integral part of their creation process. Music can not only serve as a source of inspiration, but it’s also a great way to get in the zone for any project. Music is even a big part in how we designed Glitch! 🎏

Let’s look at a few ways that members of the Glitch community are creating fun and amazing apps centered around music!

Spotify is one of the largest and most well-known streaming music services today, and you can use their APIs and SDKs to build apps that interface with their vast musical catalog. Arielle Vaniderstine, developer advocate engineer at Spotify, created two particular apps that help you broaden your musical tastes by discovering new music recommendations!

Nelson let’s you choose from dozens of genres and different audio features — danceability, energy, and liveness, just to name a few — to make a unique, custom playlist. You can play the tracks directly in your browser or in the Spotify app. The Big Spotify Button pulls a song based off your listening habits, which is a great way to find new music that you’re sure to enjoy. (You’ll need a Spotify Premium account to use this app, but there are a number of other great apps to try out over on Spotify’s gallery page!)

Get into the groove and make your own tunes on Glitch— no musical experience required! We’ve talked about Mary Rose Cook and her drum machine app before, but the beauty is in its simplicity. Just click the grey boxes and let the app do the rest.

Electroplankton might have been a sleeper hit on the Nintendo DS, but it’s getting a new life on Glitch! Check out Remixtoplankton, a charming re-interpretation of one of Electroplankton’s music games, Luminaria, using p5.js and Gibber.lib.

We hope these apps open you up to a whole new world of musical possibilities you can create on Glitch. Looking for more examples? Then our Music category is just what you need. Creating music with code — it’s possible with Glitch! 🎼