Yahoo! Music Tutorials

Sharing Music With Messenger Friends

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Inviting Friends to Yahoo! Music

Invite friends to listen to songs with Messenger Music with just a click of your mouse!

 

Here’s How

  1. To access Messenger Music, click Messenger Music in the left navigation pane in the Yahoo! Music Jukebox.

    Click Messenger Music.

    In the center pane you see your friends that are logged in with both Yahoo! Messenger and the Yahoo! Music Jukebox. If you don't see your friends collection, you can invite them to run the Yahoo! Music Jukebox.

    Messenger Friends listed in the Yahoo! Music Jukebox window.Enlarge

  2. If you want to share music with a friend who is using Yahoo! Messenger but who isn't using the Yahoo! Music Jukebox, click the Invite your friend to run the Yahoo! Music Jukebox link.

    Click the Invite your Friend to run the Yahoo! Music Jukebox link.

  3. Select the friend you want to invite to Yahoo! Music Jukebox from your list of friends, or type in your friend's Yahoo! ID, and then click the Send button.

    Send an invite to a friend.

    Messenger conversation windows open on both your desktop and your friend's, inviting him to use the Yahoo! Music Jukebox. Once he accepts the invitation, he becomes a Messenger Music friend and can begin sharing music, too.

  4. If one of your Messenger Music friends is listening to a song that you'd like to hear, click the name of the song.

    Click the song to listen.

    Tip: For you to see the titles and artists of the songs your friends listen to, they must set up Messenger to display music information as the status message.

  5. To view a friends' music collection, click the View Music link next to his name. To view a friends' profile, click the View Profile link.

    Click View Music or View Profile.

  6. To start instant messaging with one of your Messenger friends, click the Send Instant Message link.

    Click Send Instant Message.

 

What’s Next

Now that you and your friends are ready to listen to music, you can share a single song, or an entire playlist!


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Words to Know

  • Messenger Music: a feature in the Yahoo! Music Jukebox that allows you to share music with friends using Yahoo! Messenger.
  • Messenger Music friends: your Yahoo! Messenger contacts whom you can share music with because they are running the Yahoo! Music Jukebox.
  • Playlist: a list of songs that you assemble and organize. Use playlists to program your listening, as well as to copy files to portable devices or to burn your own CDs.
  • Yahoo! Messenger: an application that lets you communicate using your voice, text, or other means with one or more people over the Internet in real time (instantly).