Hype Machine: Assembly Point

Guest post. Author - Tatiana Koycheva.

Hello, I'm - music geek and I do not have time to search for new music. The music industry has grown to a giant size, posing a snowball which threatens to crush the slightest approximation thereto. Hundreds of scattered subscriptions and blogs, articles on various resources with tops 100 - amounts of information which drown! How not to plunge into tons of music, from the processing of which the roof goes? How not to miss the juiciest tracks? After all, every day, thousands of people around the world are writing about music, and almost all of it passes by.
The answer is simple - no more listening to music FaceBook, join Hype Machine, aggregator of music blogs. To me he is seen as a way to be always updated with the latest music trends for those lazy :) and wants to save time.

Briefly about the project

The site has been around for about 6 years and has been created by our compatriot Anton Volodkin, with 13 years of living in New York.
The main purpose - to keep people up to date relevant to current music.

Number of visits - nearly one million unique visitors from around the world in a month.
On working days and holidays Hype Machine can be found in blog.

The main feature - a unique approach to sampling tracked blogs

Hype Machine keeps track of a variety of music blogs, and as soon as there appear posts containing mp3, he adds those links to itself. Blogs are selected very carefully, but there is no rigid editorial dictatorship. Sampling is carried out on the basis of various criteria. When looking at a new blog asked the following question: Does it relates to project ideas, why the author writes, and for how long, what type of music preferred. Look at a way of expressing thoughts. Looking for genuine connoisseurs, admiring the music, thinking, experimenting, creating.

Most importantly, they can check whether the blog to add something new to the already existing on the Hype Machine discussions. Usually do not add the following types of blogs: blogs, official labels, blogs, DJs, promoters and musicians, etc. Read more entries.

Functional

Let's look at a different functional perspective.
have access in the following sections for an unregistered user:
Latest: What is happening right now in the blogosphere.
Popular: the most popular artists, searches and blogs on the Internet right now.
Radioshow: eclectic non-stop radio flux track of the blogs from last week, with the highest number of users liking. Can listen to subscribe to RSS and iTunes or download mp3-file.
Blog Directory: Othayplennymi section with blogs and blogging tags to select by genre.

Zeitgeist: 50 best artists, albums and songs of the year.
And teggirovanogo Blog Search and tracks. There are undocumented features like "Spy"(Keeping track of what people listen to on the site) and interactive music songs chart, Zaposchennyh via Twitter

For registered users new opportunities:
- Customizable view (possibility of subscription, "likes"), favorite songs, musicians, blogs and users.
- Integration with your account on Twitter and Last.fm

«Use case» in pictures

After registration HYIP offers a complete section c subscriptions «My subscription» subscribe to favorite artists choose blogs and also subscribe, find acquaintances in the HYIP and tviteryan We subscribe. I would call this rule "3-x P".

We do everything as in the pictures, click on the "hearts" and Subscribe links wherever the soul asks.
All your preferences are saved and can be found in the «My profile» menu

conclusion

Hype Machine does not end on the Internet, it is the whole get-together with a variety of event, concerts, their chips and even cats. At the moment, the project has no analogues in the world. Enjoy high-quality music and liberated time.

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