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The Hype Machine follows music blog discussions

WHO MAKES THE SITE?



EMERITUS




PRESS

"breathlessly described to me as the future of all media"
— John Heilemann for Business 2.0 Magazine

"You are the reason I go online"
— Victoria Hesketh (Little Boots)

"My favorite site on the Internet"
— Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction)

"It's like listening to the iPod shuffle that the zeitgeist carries around in his pocket"
— Downhill Battle

"A live index and music-streaming station consisting of whatever's being talked about on MP3 blogs"
— Eliot Van Buskirk for Wired

"probably the best place to gauge which artists and tracks are being zipped around the crowded music blogosphere"
— Idolator

"gold mine of MP3 blogs"
— digital music weblog

"All musical life is here but with the normal hierarchy of popularity completely reversed"
— Trevor Baker for The Guardian

Interesting discussions about the nature of the Hype Machine at: Stereogum, GrapeJuicePlus, Micropersuasion, Easy Listener, Good Hodgkins

DEMOGRAPHICS

Hypem.com is a top 5,000 site that reaches over 2.0 million monthly visitors, of which 45% are in the U.S. The site is popular among a more male, fairly wealthy, youthful, more educated crowd. More on Quantcast

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THANK YOU

For Being Awesome (in no order):

For excellent service:

For helping out in the beginning (2005) with donations:

  • John Muller
  • Antonio Ignacio Olivares
  • Kate Horan
  • John Schimmel
  • Jeremy Fink
  • Reza Shirazi
  • Johan Helmstead
  • Daniel Morgridge
  • Jochen Ade
  • Henrik Andersson

Every day, thousands of people around the world write about music they love — and it all ends up here.

What is it?

The Hype Machine keeps track of what music bloggers write about. We handpick a set of kickass music blogs and then present what they discuss for easy analysis, consumption and discovery. This way, your odds of stumbling into awesome music or awesome blogs are high. Click here to read more about how we select blogs.

Who are you?

We are an independent company based in Brooklyn, NY. Our focus is on making the most culturally rich music discovery experience on the web.

The firm started as a web product experiment in April of 2005 and continued as a bootstrapped business. That said, we are huge fans of many people in the investor community - they've supported many of the projects we love on the web today.

Why?

We are creating tools that empower independent voices that write about music. We think a select group of passionate people can produce more engaging conversation than a huge social mob, or a rigid hierarchy of editors. We amplify their posts and the audio they choose, to help this vibrant culture spread.

Oh yeah, music runs in our veins. You already figured that out though.

Get Started

We offer a few ways to explore the music that flows through our site:

  • Latest: What's going on right now in the blogosphere. You can also browse the recent posting by genre, just try the links in the sidebar.
  • Popular: The most popular artists, searches and blogs on the internet right now.
  • Twitter: Interactive music chart of songs being posted on Twitter.
  • Spy: Snoop on what other people are listening to on our site.
  • Radio Show: A monthly radio show summarizing what's up on music blogs
  • Music Blog Directory: The complete list of blogs we track, organized by genre
  • Zeitgeist: The best 50 artists, albums and songs of the past year.
  • Dashboard: A customizable view of your favorite tracks, artists, blogs and users. Here is Anthony's.

How does it work?

The Hype Machine tracks a variety of MP3 blogs. If a post contains MP3 links, it adds those links to its database and displays them on the front page.

Those tracks are NOT available for download, but you can preview them via the play buttons that are next to each track.

The blog that posted a particular track is identified under every track by name so you can read more about why they posted it. If you enjoyed a track someone posted, stop by and let them know!

You can purchase CDs and individual tracks by using the "amazon" and "itunes" links that appear next to most tracks. Each purchase you make supports both the artists and the Hype Machine. Please buy and enjoy.


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How do I get my band's music on the Hype Machine?

We don't actually post or write about any of the music ourselves, we aggregate music blogs that do. Your best bet for getting onto The Hype Machine is to do one of the following:

Good Method: Simply peruse the full list of blogs included on our site.

Best Method: Search for some bands that are similar to your band on the Hype Machine, then click through to the blogs that are writing about them. Bloggers really appreciate when you look into their taste first and send them something they will actually enjoy.

What are the benefits of a user account?

With a free user account you can favorite searches, tracks, music blogs and other Hype Machine users by clicking on the hearts that are sprinkled around our site.

Then if you head to your profile page you can play your favorite tracks as a playlist and catch up on what your favorite blogs have been writing about lately.

Your public URL that you can share with friends is simply http://hypem.com/username. You can use this as an easy way to see what your friends are discovering lately.

Can I download songs from the Hype Machine?

No, The Hype Machine does not offer any tracks for download. We provide a list of tracks that are currently being discussed on blogs, not the files themselves. If you discover a song or artist you like, we encourage you to support them by purchasing their music.

I found a song I like, how do I buy it?

You can often buy it right away at the iTunes Music Store or on Amazon. Simply use the links next to tracks:

Is there a store you'd like to see on the Hype Machine? Let us know!

How do I subscribe to Hype Machine pages?

The Hype Machine allows you to subscribe to any page on the website.

Here is a sampling of the RSS feeds we offer:



Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

Copyright Policy


The Hype Machine has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf). The address of The Hype Machine's Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement ("Designated Agent") is listed at the end of this policy. It is The Hype Machine's policy to (1) block access to or remove Content that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, affiliates, content providers, members or users; and (2) remove and discontinue service to repeat offenders. If you believe that Content residing on or accessible through the Hype Machine Site or Service infringes a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement by facsimile, regular mail, or e-mail to:

The Hype Machine Inc.
Attn: Copyright Agent
2165 Brigham Street, # 3F
Brooklyn, NY 11229
Fax: 443-269-0582
Email: abuse@hypem.com

The message must containing the following information:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed;

• Identification of works or materials being infringed; Identification of the Content that is claimed to be infringing including information regarding the location of the Content that the copyright owner seeks to have removed, with sufficient detail so that The Hype Machine is capable of finding and verifying its existence;

• Contact information about the notifier including address, telephone number and, if available, e-mail address; A statement that the notifier has a good faith belief that the Content is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

• A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate and the notifying party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner.

Once proper infringement notification is received by the Designated Agent, it is The Hype Machine's policy to remove or disable access to the infringing Content and to notify the Content provider or user that it has removed or disabled access to the Content; that repeat offenders will have the infringing Content removed from the Service and that The Hype Machine will terminate such content provider's or user's access to the Site and the Service.

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

The process for counter-notifications is governed by Section 512(g) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

To file a counter notification with The Hype Machine, the user must provide the following items to us in writing

The specific URLs of material that The Hype Machine has removed or to which The Hype Machine has disabled access. User's name, address, telephone number, and email address.

A statement that the user consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or New York County, New York if your address is outside of the United States), and that User will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person. The following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled." User's signature.

Send the written communication to the following address:
The Hype Machine Inc.
2165 Brigham Street # 3F
Brooklyn, NY 11229
Attn: DMCA Counter-Notification
Fax: 443-269-0582
Email: abuse@hypem.com

After we receive the user's counter-notification, we will forward it to the party who submitted the original claim of copyright infringement. Please note that when we forward the counter-notification, it includes the user's personal information. By submitting a counter-notification, the user consents to having his or her information revealed in this way. We will not forward the counter-notification to any party other than the original claimant.

After we send out the counter-notification, the claimant must notify us within ten (10) days that he or she has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on The Hype Machine. If we receive such notification we will not display, distribute or otherwise exploit the material. If we do not receive such notification, we may elect to do so.


FINALLY


This site is far from complete and we are working on it every day. If you have feedback, ideas, or discover bugs on the site, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Thanks! --Team Hype Machine