Machine Shop: Hype Machine Team Blog

It’s that time already! Our Annual User Survey is our time to gather basic details of who you are, how you use the Hype Machine, and what you think we can improve! It’s only 2 pages and will help us make the site even better.

Take our Annual User Survey (UPDATE: Now Closed)

And for your time, we’ll be giving away some ridiculously cool merch from companies we’ve hand-selected to participate:

(3) A pair of Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5 Earphones!
These babies provide an incredible, noise-isolating listening experience and retail for $170. Listening to the Hype Machine will never be the same.

(2) A custom portrait by Mel Stringer
Mel will hand draw you a digital portrait of you or a loved one! Check out her awesome portfolio or get your own for $70 by emailing her.

(2) $50 Photojojo Store Giftcard
The best photography newsletter also has one of the coolest photography shops online,  including wrap-around corner frames, wifi memory cards, and a bowling-style camera bag!

(2) $25 BuyOlympia Giftcard
I think about the Buy Olympia store as Etsy with an editor. They pick some of the best handmade goods around, like gorgeous notecards, t-shirts you won’t find anywhere else and dozens of ‘zines

(2) Hype Machine MIXA Cassette (USB Drive)
These limited edition Hype Machine style USB drives look just like a cassette (and even come in a cassette case) but are actually a full sized USB drive. Perfect for gift giving your latest mix!

(2) Hype Machine Green T-Shirts
Been drooling over it in our shop but haven’t bought one yet? Now’s your chance to snag one for free!

(2) Hype Machine Vinyl Necklaces
Yep, they are made with authentic recycled vinyl and yep, they really are that sexy.

Take our Annual User Survey (UPDATE: Now Closed)

This week’s Radio Show is now live, go check it out! Featuring a slew of awesome New York based music blogs and of course the week’s most popular tracks.

We’re also excited to be accepted into the iTunes Podcast Directory. Simply search for “hype machine” or click here and subscribe. And of course if you love it, don’t forget to rate it!

Oops, forgot to post about this last week but that just means twice as much fun for you. Our awesome show has been gaining some great traction and Dev + Abbey have been amazing at producing the show with a mix of featured popular content and blogger picks. Go check out the 4th episode of our Radio Show with tracklisting or listen to both episodes below:

Episode 4:

Episode 3:

We encourage you to subscribe to the podcast feed, download the tracks directly and embed them on your site!

We’re looking to hook up radio stations and internet radio stations with the show, so if you have someplace you’d like to hear Hype Machine Radio (like your college station), give us a link in the comments and we’ll get in touch!

Photo by Moggie Rocket

The Hype Machine Radio Show: Episode 2 went live yesterday! Head over to the radio page on our site to listen (stream/download/embed) and see the tracklisting of songs+bloggers we featured this week. We plan on getting a new show out every Wednesday but are still fine-tuning the show+presentation so if you have any feedback, we’d love to hear it!

You’ll also notice the layout for the radio page has changed a bit. The top features our weekly show but you can still find the non-stop stream below that.

Radio photo by Neuenschwander on Flickr

We’ve temporarily limited the number of favorite searches to 10 due to load issues for users who had more favorited.  The inactive searches are still visible in your profiles, but they are marked with “search not tracked” on the right.

If you are one of the heavier users with many searches, can you email us and let us know how you were using the site?

UPDATE: Now the limit is 30.  We will continue to revise and monitor this situation