Instead of navigating to many different blogs to discover music, a user can simply go to and peruse their favorite blogs all at once.īottom line: Given how Hype Machine is set up, the more blogs that post any given song, the more listeners that song is likely to reach. Moreover, Hype Machine allows users to follow many different blogs – all in one place. The site has become a major source of music discovery – indie music, in particular – for industry lovers. When HypeM-catalogued blogs then embed this music in their blog posts, it streams directly to listeners. In addition, many unsigned artists, cover artists, and remix artists use these services to host their music as a promotional tool for new music. a SoundCloud or Bandcamp) without huge risk of piracy. Labels and promoters-both independent and major-distribute their pre-released and/or newly released tracks on these music services (i.e. Through partnerships with music hosts such as SoundCloud, many different kinds of music are able to stream through Hype Machine. Hype Machine has arguably one of the most diverse and trendiest collections of music on the interwebs. Want to know what’s trending among bloggers and listeners? One of Hype Machine’s most utilized products is its three-day chart, a ranking of the 50 most-“hearted” songs on Hype Machine at any given time. “Hearted” songs then become part of a user’s “Favorites” playlist. Listeners / followers are then able to “heart” individual songs via a personalized stream, which aggregates all the posts of followed blogs. Every time a catalogued blog posts a new song, Hype Machine pulls the post into its site via an RSS feed. Hypem users can then follow individual blogs based on their personal music preferences (similar to how you might follow someone on Twitter or Instagram). Note: In order to maintain quality, the team is super picky about which blogs they do and do not add to their aggregator. Each of these blogs is then added to the Hype Machine database and catalogued by genre. The founders – a small, co-ed group of music lovers based out of Brooklyn – hand-pick and source hundreds (there are currently 791 blogs on Hype Machine) of music blogs across the world. Is it YA? Is it adult fiction? Is it literary fiction? Is it sci-fi? But once everyone got it sorted out – or just figured out that it didn’t matter – what they were left with was a stark and unique vision of an apocalyptic future.Pathways to a Just Digital Future Watch this tech inequality series featuring scholars, practitioners, & activists The buzz around Walker’s novel was mixed – mostly due to the fact that many people weren’t sure how to classify the adult novel with a teenage protagonist. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker.It’s not an easy book to describe (as evidenced by the tongue-in-cheek book trailer), which is probably why I was wary of it at first, but it absolutely lived up to all the buzz. Though I was a bit late to the party on this one, I’m so glad I caught Semple’s fiercely funny narrative about a missing mom, her dedicated daughter, and a goofy but earnest dad, all set against the wry backdrop of Seattle’s private school elite and Microsoft’s culture influence. Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple.By signing up you agree to our terms of use Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. You want your blog content to be unique and fresh, and if you’re writing about the same things everyone else is, it’s hard to find a niche. When a book is everywhere, it’s easy to dismiss it and read things that are not necessarily in the front of everyone’s minds. And this is a problem for a lot of bloggers in particular. There is also the over-saturation factor. (Granted some overly-hyped books are immune to this ::coughfiftyshadescoughcough:: but it is a possibility.) But if the book is actually bad, it opens the book up for more criticism because more people are reading it. From the perspective of the publisher or author, a lot of hype is great for a book, to a certain extent, because obviously it gets more people to buy your book. The more nuanced version of that argument is that a book that appeals to everyone must not be that complex or substantive. The thinking goes, “everyone and their mother is reading this book, it must suck.” Or something along those lines. I know a lot of readers who shall go unnamed who avoid reading books specifically because they’ve gotten a lot of buzz – better known as hype. When she's not ranting about comma usage for her day job as a corporate editor, she's usually got an audiobook in her ears and a puppy in her lap. She's always looking for an excuse to recommend a book, whether you ask her for one or not. Twice a year, she runs the #24in48 readathon, during which she does almost no reading. Rachel Manwill is an editor, writer, and professional nomad.
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