Sorry! As of now, our system doesn’t allow you to change your username. If you absolutely need a different username, you can always create a new user account with another email address.

Sure, you can change your password anytime. Simply login and go to my account. You can then change your password. (or you can click here) However, if you are using a Facebook account to login, you will not have the option to change the password.

Sorry! Our system doesn’t allow you to change your email address.

Click here or use the “Forgot Password?” link in the login page and provide your username and email address (one you used to register). An email with a link for resetting your password will be sent.

You can modify your user profile by simply logging and going to my account. Under “Edit Profile”, you can update or change the information in your user profile page. Click here to go straight to the "Edit Profile" page.

Your avatar can be modified in the My Account page. Under “Change Avatar”, you can upload a new image to become your avatar. Currently we support the following file types: gif, jpg, png. We do not support moving gif files.

Although we hope you will never close your account at EggBeat, you can close your account by emailing us at eggbeatteam@eggbeat.com. Please put Account Closing in the subject line, and provide your email address, username, and a short message explaining why you want to close the account. Please note that after closing your account, although your unpublished works will all be deleted, all your published works will remain on the site.

A PC (Windows XP) or Mac (OSX) purchased within the last 6 years (at least 1.8Ghz Pentium 4 or equivalent processer with 512MB of ram)

You will also need to have:

• a broadband internet connection
• a browser (preferably, Internet Explorer 6+, Safari, FireFox)
• Adobe Flash plugin to be installed into your web browser
• a microphone- it doesn’t have to be a singing microphone; a mic you use for chatting will work fine. Your computer may include a built-in mic, so please check the sound settings on your computer.

Yes, you can still use EggBeat. Please be aware our songwriting tool, Composer, may not run smoothly.

If your computer meets the system requirements, the Composer may not run smoothly. If your computer meets the system requirements, please make sure that you do not have other browser windows and programs opened. This will ensure EggBeat to run optimally.

Yes, EggBeat's songwriting tool is compatible with Windows Vista. However, due to Adobe Flash players' compatibility issues with Windows Vista, you may hear some skipping or gaps during playback in our songwriting tool.

You can become a fan of another user on their profile pages. That user will then become your idol. You can find a list of your idols on your own profile page.

You can always invite your friends to EggBeat by sending them an email with our Invitation System. There are no limits; you can invite as many friends as you want to share your song and show off your musical talents.

Yes, not only can you share your music, you can also share other users' music with your friends. You can share through email, embed our music player or use the quick post links to share.

You can start composing a song by the Compose button on the menu bar.

Simply login and go to my account, under “Manage My Music” you can edit music information, re-edit and re-sing your song.

To see all the songs you have composed, go to your My Account page, and click on the Music link under My Music. You can click here to go straight to the page.

Yes. First, find a song you are interested in on the Listen page. Click on the song, and you will have the option to sing or mix.

We have a page on Songwriting at a Glance. Our songwriting tool, the Composer, also comes with a tutorial mode.

Go ahead and launch the tutorial mode for our Composer. The tutorial will help you get started.

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That's great! Go ahead and launch the tutorial mode for our Composer. The tutorial will guide you through making the music track and melody to go with your lyrics.

The Composer has a Help Area towards the bottom of the screen. By mousing over items or buttons you need help with, the Help Area will display tips and explanations. Please also check our FAQ and Help section on the site to find more information. If you still cannot find an answer to your question, feel free to drop us an email at eggbeatteam@eggbeat.com.

The feature to allow you to download music as Mp3s will be available shortly. Currently, you can listen to your song on our website. You can also embed your music with our music player into your website, blog, other social network website, and etc.

Unfortunately, you cannot delete any music files even you are the creator. This is setup to ensure the creator will get the maximum credit to their work when someone else remix or sing your song.

Once you select a song, there is an area for you to rate the song. You can rate a song from 1 music note to 5 music notes. You can rate a song once.

Once you click on a song on the Listen page, the song will load into our music player. you will see a play button for the song. Click on the big play button to play the song.

Tags are keywords that describe the song. You can apply more than one tag to a song. For example, a Jazz song might be tagged with “blues," “saxophone,” and “piano”. You can search with the keywords “blue,” and this Jazz song will show up along with other songs associated with this keyword.