Posts Marked The Hype Machine

  • ALMT-MM: Soundcloud dominates music distribution

    February 8th, 2010

    On ALMT-Music Mondays I write about music.

    In my last post, I introduced you to The Hype Machine, an awesome site for checking out the latest, hottest, trendiest music on the blogosphere.

    But what if you’re a musician that wants to be listed ON that awesome site?
    It appears there are a few ways:

    1. Check out their source list for the top 100 sources and cold call them.
    2. Do a little research on THM: find music similar to yours and hunt down the blogs that like your genre and send them your track.

    Either way you decide to go, you may want to consider putting your music on SoundCloud. Besides the fact that Wired claimed it was threatening MySpace for the “best online music destination,” it appears that THM is aggregated with SoundCloud (which means you’ll make it a whole lot easier for these kick ass blogs to smoothly integrate your band into their daily cool hunting).

    An example below (I love how you can comment on specific parts of the song):

    New Fang by crookedvultures

    I have not yet set up an account for Girl In The Red Dress, but hope to do so soon. If you beat me to the punch, please let me know what you think and where to find your track. Best of luck getting on THM!

    And don’t forget to check out tomorrow’s blog for your chance to win the debut EP from GITRD
    and for a chance to win an iPad.
    YES, an iPad.

    February 8th,2010 Blogging, Music, Music Mondays | Sections: , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

  • ALMT-MM: Where thousands of music blogs bring you the latest MP3s

    February 8th, 2010

    On ALMT-Music Mondays I write about music.

    Are you a music lover? Want to know what the top 100 music blogs on the web are discovering? Want it all in one spot?

    The Hype Machine to your rescue. Here’s he ways to explore their site:

    • Latest: What’s going on right now in the blogosphere.
    • Popular: The most popular artists, searches and blogs on the internet right now.
    • Twitter: Interactive music chart of songs being posted on Twitter.
    • Radio: An eclectic non-stop radio stream of blogged tracks from the past week
    • Spy: Snoop on what other people are listening to on our site.
    • Zeitgeist: The best 50 artists, albums and songs of the year.
    • Dashboard: A customizable view of your favorite tracks, artists, blogs and users.

    Anytime one of their thousands of approved music blogs includes an MP3, it is listed on THM. It’s not available for download (no free music), but you can listen to the whole thing and then click through to Amazon or iTunes to buy if you love it.

    But what if you are a musician and want to get your music on THM?
    Check out the next blog post for details.

    February 8th,2010 Blogging, Music Mondays | Sections: , , , , , , | 1 Comment