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'''MuGlobe lets you explore the world's music by moving around a globe—or let the music take you around the world.''' Listen to a local mix, revisit music you have liked, or choose Radio MuGlobe for a curated worldwide selection. The globe and wiki help you discover the places, genres and musical traditions behind what you hear.
'''Pick a place on the globe and listen to its music.''' Move somewhere else to hear a different mix, or stay and enjoy the songs. You can explore without an account.
[https://muglobe.com Open MuGlobe and start listening.] Listening to '''mix radio''' and '''Radio MuGlobe''' is free and does not require an account. Sign in to save your own liked music.
[https://muglobe.com Open MuGlobe], then follow these steps:
* [[#Move the globe|Move the globe — find a place to explore.]]
* [[#Listen to that place|Listen — play, pause or skip a song.]]
* [[#Explore the local genres|Explore genres — see the local styles and choose what you hear.]]
* [[#Try another channel|Try another channel — worldwide radio or your saved music.]]
* [[#Learn about the music|Read more — discover the music and its communities.]]
'''In this guide'''
== Move the globe ==
* [[#Choose a channel|Choose a channel — use the station selector to switch between the three ways of listening.]]
Start with '''mix radio''' showing above the song details. If another channel is selected, use the arrows beside its name to return to mix radio.
* [[#Explore music by location|Explore music by location — move the globe to build a local Radio Mix.]]
* [[#Choose genres and show their mushrooms|Choose genres and show their mushrooms — use the colored squares to shape Radio Mix and the map display.]]
* [[#Listen to Radio MuGlobe|Listen to Radio MuGlobe — hear a curated worldwide selection while the globe follows the music.]]
* [[#Save and revisit liked music|Save and revisit liked music — use the heart and your personal music channel.]]
* [[#Use the player controls|Use the player controls — pause, resume, skip, adjust volume and change the viewing layout.]]
* [[#Read about genres and musical regions|Read about genres and musical regions — open the right information button or follow a genre link.]]
== Choose a channel ==
The '''small unlettered circle beneath the white (i)''' marks your listening location. Move the world beneath that circle:
The '''station selector''' sits beside the heart button, above the track information. Its label tells you which channel is selected. Click the '''left or right arrow''' to move to the adjacent channel; it is not a drop-down menu. An arrow appears only when there is another available channel in that direction.
[[File:MuGlobe-guide-station-liked-20261030.jpg|thumb|none|279px|alt=Heart button beside the station selector, with my liked music between left and right arrows.|The label is the selected channel. The arrows change channels; the heart saves or removes the current track.]]
# Point at an open area of the globe, away from buttons.
# '''Hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse.''' Drag left, right, up or down to turn the globe.
# '''Release the button''' to stop. Repeat with short drags until the place you want is under the circle.
# '''Zoom in''' for a closer look or '''zoom out''' to find another part of the world. Use the '''+ / −''' buttons at the upper right, or scroll your mouse wheel over the globe.
{| class="wikitable"
On a phone or tablet, drag with one finger and pinch with two fingers to zoom.
! Label in the selector !! What you hear !! What the globe does
|-
| '''mix radio''' || Radio Mix: recordings drawn from the genres associated with your selected place, using your genre choices. || You choose the place by moving the globe.
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| '''my liked music''' || Your saved recordings. Sign in and like some music to build this personal selection. || It takes you back to the listening location saved with each liked track.
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| '''Radio MuGlobe''' || A curated selection of recordings from around the world. No account required. || It travels to a musical location associated with each playing track's genre.
|}
When you are signed out, the selector offers '''mix radio''' and '''Radio MuGlobe''' directly; '''my liked music''' becomes available when you sign in. To return from Radio MuGlobe to exploring places, use the left arrow until '''mix radio''' is selected. Signed-in listeners pass through '''my liked music''' on the way.
<gallery mode="packed" heights="280" caption="The globe moves; the listening circle stays in the same place.">
File:MuGlobe-guide-drag-before-20261030.jpg|alt=Globe before dragging, with western Canada under the center circle and zoom buttons at the upper right.|Before: the circle is over western Canada.
File:MuGlobe-guide-drag-after-20261030.jpg|alt=Globe after upward and leftward drags, with northern Mexico under the circle in the same screen position.|After dragging up, then left: northern Mexico is under the same circle.
</gallery>
== Explore music by location ==
== Listen to that place ==
Choose '''mix radio''', then drag the globe. The location selector stays in the center while the world moves beneath it. Use the '''+''' and '''−''' buttons, or your usual zoom gesture, to see a place more closely or take a wider view. Settle on a location over land to hear its local musical mix.
Stop with the circle '''over land'''. MuGlobe puts together a local mix and shows the region, musical style, artist and song. Press '''Play''' if music has not started.
Leave a place selected to listen like a radio station, or move elsewhere to discover a different mixture. The mix can include both traditional music and contemporary scenes. Its genre proportions shape how frequently different kinds of music are selected; they do not prescribe a fixed song order.
[[File:MuGlobe-guide-playback-20261030.jpg|thumb|none|364px|alt=Song details above pause, next, speaker and volume controls.|Below the song: Play/Pause, Next, then sound and volume.]]
Click the '''location's (i) button''' beside the center selector to open '''Genre influences'''. This panel lists the local genres and their relative influence. The percentages are editorial estimates of musical influence, not measurements of how many residents listen to each genre.
Use '''Pause''' to take a break, '''Next''' to skip a song, and the '''volume slider''' to adjust the sound. Stay in one place to keep listening, or drag the globe to hear somewhere new.
[[File:MuGlobe-guide-location-20261030.jpg|thumb|none|240px|alt=The circular center selector and its nearby location information button on the globe.|The information button beside the center selector opens the local genre list.]]
== Explore the local genres ==
'''Genres are styles of music.''' Click the '''(i) beside the listening circle''' to open the local genre list. Its percentages show the styles' relative influence in that place.
== Choose genres and show their mushrooms ==
The colored areas called '''mushrooms''' show where those styles have musical influence. Each genre has a matching colored square in the list.
In '''Genre influences''', each genre has a colored square, a linked name and a percentage. The colored mushroom areas illustrate where genres have musical influence. A genre can connect many places across national borders.
'''The colored square does two jobs: it shows or hides that genre's mushrooms, and includes or excludes the genre from Radio Mix.''' Click the square to change the selection. Click the '''genre name''' instead to read its wiki article.
[[File:MuGlobe-guide-genre-switches-20261030.jpg|thumb|none|308px|alt=Genre list with a colored square beside each style; Folk rock is switched off.|Click a square to turn a genre on or off. Click its name to read about it.]]
[[File:MuGlobe-guide-genre-switches-20261030.jpg|thumb|none|308px|alt=Genre influences panel with Folk rock switched off, other colored genre squares enabled, percentages, article links and an All genres button.|An off square excludes that genre from Radio Mix and hides its mushrooms. The genre name remains available as an article link. Scroll the panel when the list is longer than the visible area.]]
'''The square controls both the map and Radio Mix:''' turn it off to hide that genre's mushrooms and leave it out of upcoming songs. Turn it on to include it again. The current song can finish; press '''Next''' to change now.
* '''Switch a genre off:''' its mushrooms disappear and Radio Mix stops choosing new recordings from that genre.
Your choices stay with you as you move around in the same listening tab. '''All genres''' restores them all. If you turn every local genre off, choose one again to continue listening. These choices do not filter the other channels below.
* '''Switch it on:''' its mushrooms are shown and its recordings are eligible for Radio Mix again.
* '''A song already playing can finish.''' Switching its genre off does not cut it short. An already-heard song that you paused can still resume. Use '''Next''' if you want to leave the current song now; the next selection uses only enabled genres.
* '''Switch every local genre off:''' there is nothing eligible to play next. Radio Mix waits and asks you to select at least one genre; it does not quietly return to an unfiltered mix. Enable a genre or click '''All genres''' to restore choices. Press '''Play''' if playback is paused.
* '''Your choices follow you:''' closing and reopening the panel or moving to another location keeps your exclusions in the current listening tab or its paired player window. Newly encountered genres start enabled. These are listening-session choices, not saved account preferences.
* '''All genres resets the selection:''' it re-enables every excluded genre in the session, including exclusions made at other locations.
The percentages in '''Genre influences''' continue to describe the full local musical mixture. They do not change when you turn a square off. Radio Mix distributes its choices among the enabled genres that have playable recordings.
== Try another channel ==
The '''station selector''' above the song details chooses your listening channel. Use its '''left and right arrows'''; the name between them is the current channel.
'''These switches filter Radio Mix only.''' You can use them to control the mushroom display while listening to another channel, but they do not remove songs from '''my liked music''' or '''Radio MuGlobe'''. Your selections apply when you return to '''mix radio'''.
[[File:MuGlobe-guide-station-liked-20261030.jpg|thumb|none|279px|alt=Heart button beside the channel name and left and right arrows.|Arrows change the channel. The heart saves a song.]]
== Listen to Radio MuGlobe ==
* '''mix radio:''' you move the globe, and the music follows the place you choose.
Choose '''Radio MuGlobe''' in the station selector, or [https://muglobe.com/RadioMuGlobe open Radio MuGlobe directly]. It is a public, curated worldwide channel, separate from your liked music and from the local mix under the center selector.
* '''Radio MuGlobe:''' a curated worldwide selection. The globe follows the music for you. You can zoom, but to drag the globe yourself, return to '''mix radio'''. [https://muglobe.com/RadioMuGlobe Listen to Radio MuGlobe].
* '''my liked music:''' your saved songs and the places where you liked them. Sign in through '''Your account''', then click the '''heart''' beside a song to save it. Click again to remove the like.
[[File:MuGlobe-guide-radio-muglobe-20261030.jpg|thumb|none|226px|alt=Station selector showing Radio MuGlobe and a left arrow to return to the other channels.|Radio MuGlobe is the worldwide channel. Use the left arrow to leave it.]]
Without signing in, the arrows switch directly between mix radio and Radio MuGlobe.
When you select this channel, its current selection is shuffled into a listening order. It plays through that order and loops; switching away and back creates a fresh order. '''Next''' advances to the next recording.
== Learn about the music ==
Click a '''genre's name''' in the local list to open its wiki article. For a place's musical history, click the '''(i) on an outlined musical region'''. Regions can overlap or cross borders because music connects communities in many ways.
As a recording starts, the globe travels to a place associated with its genre. This is a musical connection, not necessarily the artist's birthplace or the location where the video was filmed. You can zoom in and out, but dragging the globe to choose a different place is unavailable while Radio MuGlobe is selected—even when paused. Switch back to '''mix radio''' to explore locations yourself.
Follow the articles' links to explore artists, instruments and related styles, or use the wiki search box. [https://muglobe.com Return to the globe] whenever you want to listen again.
The genre switches in the location information panel do not filter this worldwide channel. You do not need to sign in or save any likes to listen.
== Save and revisit liked music ==
Create a free account or sign in through '''Your account'''. While a track is selected, click the '''heart button''' beside the station selector to save it with its listening location. Click the heart again to remove that like.
Choose '''my liked music''' in the station selector to listen to your saved recordings. As each one plays, the globe returns to the place saved with that like. This gives you a personal way to revisit discoveries and the places connected with them. If your list is empty, return to '''mix radio''' or '''Radio MuGlobe''' and like some tracks first.
== Use the player controls ==
The track information identifies the '''Region''', '''Genre''', '''Artist''' and '''Track'''. Beneath it are the listening controls.
[[File:MuGlobe-guide-playback-20261030.jpg|thumb|none|364px|alt=Now-playing information above pause, next recording, speaker and volume controls.|Track information and playback controls. The first button changes between Play and Pause.]]
* '''Play / Pause:''' start or resume the current selection, or pause it.
* '''Next recording:''' move on without waiting for the current song to finish. In Radio Mix, this respects your enabled genres.
* '''Speaker and volume slider:''' mute or unmute the sound, and adjust its volume.
* '''Layout control on the video area:''' switch the player into the central view, or return the globe to the central view. This changes the viewing arrangement, not the channel.
Music is presented through YouTube videos. If the player asks you to press Play, use the Play button. If a recording cannot load, follow the player's message or try Next when it is available.
== Read about genres and musical regions ==
The two kinds of information controls lead to different things:
* '''Location information:''' the '''(i)''' beside the center selector opens '''Genre influences'''. Click a genre's linked name to read about its history, sound, artists and cultural connections. Its colored square changes the display and Radio Mix selection instead.
* '''Region information:''' an '''(i)''' belonging to an outlined musical region opens that region's wiki article. Musical regions can reflect language, migration, trade and community connections, so they can overlap and cross national borders.
The wiki also covers countries, musicians, groups, instruments and other musical subjects. Follow links within articles, use the wiki search box, or [[Special:AllPages|browse the article index]]. References and footnotes identify the sources behind the articles.
[https://muglobe.com Return to the globe] · [[Main Page|Explore the wiki]]
Latest revision as of 11:40, 30 October 2026
Pick a place on the globe and listen to its music. Move somewhere else to hear a different mix, or stay and enjoy the songs. You can explore without an account.
Start with mix radio showing above the song details. If another channel is selected, use the arrows beside its name to return to mix radio.
The small unlettered circle beneath the white (i) marks your listening location. Move the world beneath that circle:
Point at an open area of the globe, away from buttons.
Hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse. Drag left, right, up or down to turn the globe.
Release the button to stop. Repeat with short drags until the place you want is under the circle.
Zoom in for a closer look or zoom out to find another part of the world. Use the + / − buttons at the upper right, or scroll your mouse wheel over the globe.
On a phone or tablet, drag with one finger and pinch with two fingers to zoom.
The globe moves; the listening circle stays in the same place.
Before: the circle is over western Canada.
After dragging up, then left: northern Mexico is under the same circle.
Listen to that place
Stop with the circle over land. MuGlobe puts together a local mix and shows the region, musical style, artist and song. Press Play if music has not started.
Below the song: Play/Pause, Next, then sound and volume.
Use Pause to take a break, Next to skip a song, and the volume slider to adjust the sound. Stay in one place to keep listening, or drag the globe to hear somewhere new.
Explore the local genres
Genres are styles of music. Click the (i) beside the listening circle to open the local genre list. Its percentages show the styles' relative influence in that place.
The colored areas called mushrooms show where those styles have musical influence. Each genre has a matching colored square in the list.
Click a square to turn a genre on or off. Click its name to read about it.
The square controls both the map and Radio Mix: turn it off to hide that genre's mushrooms and leave it out of upcoming songs. Turn it on to include it again. The current song can finish; press Next to change now.
Your choices stay with you as you move around in the same listening tab. All genres restores them all. If you turn every local genre off, choose one again to continue listening. These choices do not filter the other channels below.
Try another channel
The station selector above the song details chooses your listening channel. Use its left and right arrows; the name between them is the current channel.
Arrows change the channel. The heart saves a song.
mix radio: you move the globe, and the music follows the place you choose.
Radio MuGlobe: a curated worldwide selection. The globe follows the music for you. You can zoom, but to drag the globe yourself, return to mix radio. Listen to Radio MuGlobe.
my liked music: your saved songs and the places where you liked them. Sign in through Your account, then click the heart beside a song to save it. Click again to remove the like.
Without signing in, the arrows switch directly between mix radio and Radio MuGlobe.
Learn about the music
Click a genre's name in the local list to open its wiki article. For a place's musical history, click the (i) on an outlined musical region. Regions can overlap or cross borders because music connects communities in many ways.
Follow the articles' links to explore artists, instruments and related styles, or use the wiki search box. Return to the globe whenever you want to listen again.
Before: the circle is over western Canada.
After dragging up, then left: northern Mexico is under the same circle.
