Hype Machine - music blog aggregator

I use it all the time. Most recent example: after hearing several people last weekend talk about how much they liked the Chromeo album, I just searched for "chromeo" and was able to stream about a half-dozen tracks from the album, plus remixes. I bought the album the next day. In some cases, with really popular indie stuff, I've been able to construct an entire album just from downloading recent mp3s from 12 different blogs.

I've been using this lately:

http://www.criticalmetrics.com

I find the format a little better and it aggregates music press too

otoh it seems more useful for the top stuff, less so for more obscure

Critical Metrics was started by ... Forksclovetofu's girlfriend, I think? I like it, too, but it runs extremely slow on my computer.

I've been addicted for over a year. See other Hype Machine thread.

I'm also responsible for it being popular at my school (sadly).

xpost Yeah, she didn't start it entirely herself, but she's part of the start-up, I believe. Anyway, I like it, and no forks didn't ask me to post about it.

i didn't know about it til january, when a friend of mine was like, 'just hypemachine it, dood.' i was like, 'wtf are you talking about.'

my only gripe is that they won't include my blog on it, for reasons completely unknown to me. i'm sure i'd get more traffic if they did.

yeah, you'd think they'd take anyone that submitted a link to them.

anyway, i find it very handy when i'm looking to hear a track or two from an album i'm thinking about buying. i use it all the time.

my only gripe is that they won't include my blog on it, for reasons completely unknown to me.

that's weird. I don't know how they pick who to index but I'd just put a link to them on your blog. if they get some hits from it they might add you. it does generate a lot of traffic, esp. if you post something on a slow day and it stays on the front page "recently updated" section for a long time.

search site:zshare.net

i guess putting a link on makes sense... but they're so big! part of my gripe is also that i see shit up there that I PUT ON MY BLOG FIRST. yknow?

it just makes little sense-- the only reason i could think of is that it hasn't been around long enough?

uh, i just sent the hypem folks an e-mail asking about my omission. and they added my blog. so that was simple!

Anthony is a really, really nice guy and he'll be a millionaire before he's 35.

i use it daily. they were soliciting coders on the splash page a while back!

The only real problem with the Hype Machine (apart from trawling through lists of 15 Spoon tracks in a row) it that it really lays bare the unbelievable and terrifying amount of stuff out there. At the same time, I really wish it had existed when I was a teenager and had time to spend six hours a day listening to music.

Actually that could easily apply to most new technology...

http://hypem.com/new

The NEW Hype Machine wants to see 10,000 of you before it comes out to play. Leave this page open and it'll reload when everyone's here.

why do i doubt they can get 10000 people to log on at the same time?

it's not technically logging in, it's just 10,000 current page views - just keep a tab open in firefox and keep refreshing.

the hype machine folks probably see this as a form of viral marketing to create buzz for the re-launch.

However only at 1607

Idolator.com seems to be always referencing Hype Machine (and using it to take shots at indie-rock mp3 bloggers)

However only at 1607

Says 1603 for me now. They'll never get there if they keep counting backwards!

yeah the numbers go up and down.

this hype machine viral marketing technique of an announcement splash page is poorly executed though. It frustrates people rather than creating a positive user experience.

yeah it's balls. just launch it already.

morelike HYPE machine amirite?

They're not counting backwards - it wants 10,000 people to be viewing that page at the same time. If somebody browses away from it, the number goes down.

Up to 2200-something now.

Uh oh, I think people are starting to leave work.

user/pass is hype/hype btw

this is an awful awful idea.

its not going to happen is it.
i bet they hack the counter by end of the week.

Wow. What a lame, lame idea.

a case study: how to do viral marketing badly - the hype machine - October 15th 2007

haha they quit already. site's up and running.

eh

The music blog zeitgeist is made up of the top 50 artists, the top 50 albums and the top songs of 2009 according to the posts of the music bloggers associated to the hype machine site. The songs and albums are all streamable. 2009 must have been a phantastic year in music given that a remix of The Police's Roxanne is in the top songs list. ;-)

i'll always remember 2009 as the year we lived our lives to a tapestry of classic songs like Super Mash Bros - Living The Dream (I'm On A Float), The Priors - What You Need (Hey Champ Remix) and We Plants Are Happy Plants - Apollo

What in the world is "Monarchy?"

Or TOURIST

https://hypem.com/merch-table
good idea