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Severian · 02.16.2016, 06:19 PM

Does anyone here visit http://hypem.com or use the HypeMachine app for iOS or Android?

I just started fucking with it. Cost $4 in the App Store, but it's already paid off, as I've discovered a solid handful of new and interesting songs by bands I had never heard up prior to getting the app.

It's a music blog aggregator website and application. Maybe this is super old news, but I thought I'd mention it. It lets you create a profile and subscribe to a number of high profile MP3/music blogs, as well as a whole freaking shitton of smaller, less well known ones. Then it pretty much allows you to view all the tracks that these blogs (like the Quietus for instance) is currently playing without having to dig through text and features and ads.

It's kind of an awesome service. Like tuning into the blogosphere as though it were FM radio. You can sort songs from all over the internet based on when they were posted, how popular they are, and what genre they fall under. Or you can just kinda look at EVERYTHING and just start picking tracks at random if you like.

I don't spend a lot of time using applications on my phones or tablets for anything other than work. I have Spotify and Apple Music (and now Tidal because, you know, I basically had to fucking get Tidal), but I usually use them to scan for new shit. I'll browse new releases looking for something I may have missed. I hop from one "Similar artists" list to another hoping that, eventually, I'll see a name I don't recognize.

But most of the time I come up empty handed. And that's sucks because I'm constantly looking for new music and when I go a few days without hearing something new, I get discouraged.

So I'm having some fun with Hype Machine right now. I feel like I've heard the name, but I've never heard anyone talk about using the app.

It's a fast and easy way to get instant exposure to a fuckload of music (most of which is almost certainly shit). Hear a song you like, favorite it and designate it as either "up," "down" or "weird" .... yeah I don't really get that part of it at the moment.

Anyone else use this?

02.16.2016, 06:19 PM	#1
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,741	Does anyone here visit http://hypem.com or use the HypeMachine app for iOS or Android? I just started fucking with it. Cost $4 in the App Store, but it's already paid off, as I've discovered a solid handful of new and interesting songs by bands I had never heard up prior to getting the app. It's a music blog aggregator website and application. Maybe this is super old news, but I thought I'd mention it. It lets you create a profile and subscribe to a number of high profile MP3/music blogs, as well as a whole freaking shitton of smaller, less well known ones. Then it pretty much allows you to view all the tracks that these blogs (like the Quietus for instance) is currently playing without having to dig through text and features and ads. It's kind of an awesome service. Like tuning into the blogosphere as though it were FM radio. You can sort songs from all over the internet based on when they were posted, how popular they are, and what genre they fall under. Or you can just kinda look at EVERYTHING and just start picking tracks at random if you like. I don't spend a lot of time using applications on my phones or tablets for anything other than work. I have Spotify and Apple Music (and now Tidal because, you know, I basically had to fucking get Tidal), but I usually use them to scan for new shit. I'll browse new releases looking for something I may have missed. I hop from one "Similar artists" list to another hoping that, eventually, I'll see a name I don't recognize. But most of the time I come up empty handed. And that's sucks because I'm constantly looking for new music and when I go a few days without hearing something new, I get discouraged. So I'm having some fun with Hype Machine right now. I feel like I've heard the name, but I've never heard anyone talk about using the app. It's a fast and easy way to get instant exposure to a fuckload of music (most of which is almost certainly shit). Hear a song you like, favorite it and designate it as either "up," "down" or "weird" .... yeah I don't really get that part of it at the moment. Anyone else use this?
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