Let guests DJ your party
The real fun comes into play when a guest first picks a track they want to play. Jukebox Hero offers them three playback options. They can either add their song to the end of the queue for the price of one virtual token, or have the song play next for a few extra tokens, or have the song start playing immediately for even more tokens. Users are allotted 25 tokens to play with by default, and it's all funny-money. At no point do your guests have to cough up actual dough for the privilege of playing songs from your music collection. That would be lame. These virtual tokens are a great idea, though, since they prevent any single person from dominating the playlist. Also, as jukebox administrator, you can always dole out extra tokens to your guest to keep the good times rolling. You do this by selecting the gear icon in the upper right corner that only you can see. From here you can reset the tokens for everyone and even raise or lower the default number of tokens handed out. From the remote view, users can individually request more tokens, which you can approve or reject as you see fit.And that's about all there is to it. To get a better sense of what you're in for, sure to check out the video at the top of this post or the slideshow I made of several of the screenshots. And before the comment thread becomes a shouting match of all of the dozens of other ways to accomplish this same idea, let's recap what makes Jukebox Hero uniquely awesome: it's free, it works on both iPhone and Android, and all you need is your phone. There are plenty of remote apps out there that can control iTunes or Winamp running on your computer -- but if you want to get a jukebox started on a family road trip, a summer barbeque, or just not have an open computer in your living room, then this is a great way to go.
