One speaker. Everyone gets a turn.

Let everyone choose the party music

At a small gathering, a shared party playlist gives everyone a way to join in. Start with a song you want the others to hear. Your friend brings a discovery, a family member brings an old favourite, and a colleague brings the song that gets everyone talking. Add a short note if there is a story behind your pick.

This is pass the aux with a place for everyone: one song per person per round, from their own phone. Keep it casual over drinks, use it for a birthday at home, or pick a theme after dinner. The speaker phone stays in place while the group builds a tape to revisit after the evening.

How it works at a party

1. Set up the speakerOn the phone or laptop connected to the speaker, create a tape on the Link Tapes homepage and leave it open.
2. Keep turns shortSet the skip timer to a minute or two, so nobody holds up the music while they scroll.
3. Share the linkPost it in the group chat. Guests open it on their own phones, type a name and join. There is no app to install.
4. Add one song on your turnEach guest adds one song when their turn comes around. Use the speaker device to play the picks from the shared tape; guests can keep choosing on their own phones.
5. Keep the room movingWhen the turn timer runs out, the turn can be skipped. Check the tape if someone needs help joining or making their first pick.

Just friends and family: make it Backstage

For a birthday at home or a family dinner, you don't want strangers wandering in. A Backstage tape needs an access code to join, and you can set a seat limit so the tape holds exactly the people in the room.

Say the code out loud or write it on the fridge. Everyone who knows it is in, and the tape stays private after the party.

Make it a game

Link Tapes doesn't keep score, so the room does. Call a theme for each round and let everyone answer with a song:

• The song from your first concert.
• A guilty pleasure you'll defend to the end.
• A song your parents played in the car.
• The best cover of all time.
• A song for the person on your left.

Judge each pick in the chat, or by who sings along. Kids and grandparents can play too: all they need is a name.

Go wild in the chat

Every tape has a chat beside the music, and every pick can carry a note. That is where the party talks back: the groan at a terrible pick, the story behind a good one, the argument about which version is the real one.

Guests who sign in can share photos in the chat too, so the tape ends up holding the songs and the pictures from the night. Signing in is optional; everyone else joins with just a name.

Tips for the speaker device

A few things make the night run smoothly:

• Play the tape on one device only, the one connected to the speaker. Guests only need their phones to add songs and chat.
• YouTube videos can play in the tape when their owner allows embedding. Spotify and Deezer embeds can play previews; full-track availability depends on the service and a Premium login in the speaker device’s browser.
• Press play on the speaker device to allow sound. Try a few songs on that device before your guests arrive, because playback depends on the browser and the music service.
• Keep the tape open on the speaker device. Automatic progression follows the embeddable YouTube songs; Spotify and Deezer do not join that sequence, so you may need to start the next song yourself.