For the last couple of days I've been searching the web to see if we are on all the sites that folk use to discover new music. After all if no one knows we are there how will people discover our blustering melodic rock 'n' roll?
It has been quite a interesting process and I've discovered a few new tracks and bands myself which is always good. I thought I'd blog about some a couple of the sites and hopefully you too can discover some gems (and a couple more Hayze tracks ;-)).
So the first site I came across was Choosik.com which allows artists to upload their music and sell it while allowing fans to buy it and rate it. Fans can rate the song on a number of different categories such as vocals, instrumentation and production quality. The great thing about this site is that it's made up of independent bands, you won't find U2 or Oasis flogging their tuneage here! The great thing about this site for an 'indie' band is that you can actual feedback from fans and interact directly with them....a great way to build and to get to know your fanbase. iTunes is great but for bands like us it is very hard to connect to the people buying our music....we thrive on capturing user data and Choosik.com really helps (or at least it will now we've got our songs on there).
I next stumbled across mufin.com (short for music finder) this site works on the similair principles to lastfm and pandora. By searching for bands are songs you like it will find other songs that match the 'essence' of that song and recommend tracks to you based on this analysis. After uploading Hayze tunes I did some discovering of my own. I started off by typing in 'The Stone Roses' and selecting their belting track 'She Bangs the Drums'...after selecting to preview similair tracks I discovered a track by Bad Religion that I didn't know called Broken - a top little tune. Mufin gave me the option to buy the track, add it to a playlist and view the video of the track from Youtube (embedded in their own funky player!). On top of this they also have an array of apps including their own iTunes style player....well worth checking out!
Finally I went to a site called Hype Machine, this works slightly different to the other two sites I mentioned. It trawls music blogs and identifies those that are primarily sharing tracks and generating hype (i.e. lots of posts related to the artist or tune). It then provides a list of those tracks being discussed in popularity order and allows the user to listen to them. I discovered a top notch remix of The Troggs - Wild Thing...The Exo Tai-Tai Remix to be precise!
So there is my little intro to some of the sites I've discovered today....I'd encourage anyone craving to discover some new music to check them out. I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
Here is a video for one of the bands I discovered on mufin...Built to spill...this track is called The Plan. They've been around quite a while but I only discovered them today....the beauty of the web!
DISCOVERING NEW MUSIC
For the last couple of days I've been searching the web to see if we are on all the sites that folk use to discover new music. After all if no one knows we are there how will people discover our blustering melodic rock 'n' roll?
It has been quite a interesting process and I've discovered a few new tracks and bands myself which is always good. I thought I'd blog about some a couple of the sites and hopefully you too can discover some gems (and a couple more Hayze tracks ;-)).
So the first site I came across was Choosik.com which allows artists to upload their music and sell it while allowing fans to buy it and rate it. Fans can rate the song on a number of different categories such as vocals, instrumentation and production quality. The great thing about this site is that it's made up of independent bands, you won't find U2 or Oasis flogging their tuneage here! The great thing about this site for an 'indie' band is that you can actual feedback from fans and interact directly with them....a great way to build and to get to know your fanbase. iTunes is great but for bands like us it is very hard to connect to the people buying our music....we thrive on capturing user data and Choosik.com really helps (or at least it will now we've got our songs on there).
I next stumbled across mufin.com (short for music finder) this site works on the similair principles to lastfm and pandora. By searching for bands are songs you like it will find other songs that match the 'essence' of that song and recommend tracks to you based on this analysis. After uploading Hayze tunes I did some discovering of my own. I started off by typing in 'The Stone Roses' and selecting their belting track 'She Bangs the Drums'...after selecting to preview similair tracks I discovered a track by Bad Religion that I didn't know called Broken - a top little tune. Mufin gave me the option to buy the track, add it to a playlist and view the video of the track from Youtube (embedded in their own funky player!). On top of this they also have an array of apps including their own iTunes style player....well worth checking out!
Finally I went to a site called Hype Machine, this works slightly different to the other two sites I mentioned. It trawls music blogs and identifies those that are primarily sharing tracks and generating hype (i.e. lots of posts related to the artist or tune). It then provides a list of those tracks being discussed in popularity order and allows the user to listen to them. I discovered a top notch remix of The Troggs - Wild Thing...The Exo Tai-Tai Remix to be precise!
So there is my little intro to some of the sites I've discovered today....I'd encourage anyone craving to discover some new music to check them out. I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
Here is a video for one of the bands I discovered on mufin...Built to spill...this track is called The Plan. They've been around quite a while but I only discovered them today....the beauty of the web!
It has been quite a interesting process and I've discovered a few new tracks and bands myself which is always good. I thought I'd blog about some a couple of the sites and hopefully you too can discover some gems (and a couple more Hayze tracks ;-)).
So the first site I came across was Choosik.com which allows artists to upload their music and sell it while allowing fans to buy it and rate it. Fans can rate the song on a number of different categories such as vocals, instrumentation and production quality. The great thing about this site is that it's made up of independent bands, you won't find U2 or Oasis flogging their tuneage here! The great thing about this site for an 'indie' band is that you can actual feedback from fans and interact directly with them....a great way to build and to get to know your fanbase. iTunes is great but for bands like us it is very hard to connect to the people buying our music....we thrive on capturing user data and Choosik.com really helps (or at least it will now we've got our songs on there).
I next stumbled across mufin.com (short for music finder) this site works on the similair principles to lastfm and pandora. By searching for bands are songs you like it will find other songs that match the 'essence' of that song and recommend tracks to you based on this analysis. After uploading Hayze tunes I did some discovering of my own. I started off by typing in 'The Stone Roses' and selecting their belting track 'She Bangs the Drums'...after selecting to preview similair tracks I discovered a track by Bad Religion that I didn't know called Broken - a top little tune. Mufin gave me the option to buy the track, add it to a playlist and view the video of the track from Youtube (embedded in their own funky player!). On top of this they also have an array of apps including their own iTunes style player....well worth checking out!
Finally I went to a site called Hype Machine, this works slightly different to the other two sites I mentioned. It trawls music blogs and identifies those that are primarily sharing tracks and generating hype (i.e. lots of posts related to the artist or tune). It then provides a list of those tracks being discussed in popularity order and allows the user to listen to them. I discovered a top notch remix of The Troggs - Wild Thing...The Exo Tai-Tai Remix to be precise!
So there is my little intro to some of the sites I've discovered today....I'd encourage anyone craving to discover some new music to check them out. I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
Here is a video for one of the bands I discovered on mufin...Built to spill...this track is called The Plan. They've been around quite a while but I only discovered them today....the beauty of the web!
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