The Hype Machine: MP3 & Music Blog Aggregator

Why don't some tracks show up?

There can be several reasons why a track does not appear on the Hype Machine after you've posted it on your blog.

First, the track may have been posted via an unsupported filehosting service. Currently, the Hype Machine is able to find tracks posted via YouSendIt. Other services such as EZArchive, Dropbox and box.net have been known to work if a direct link to the MP3 is posted.

It is also possible that some other blog has already posted either this exact track or the same link to the track. To prevent duplicates, such items are filtered.

Finally, it is possible that you posted a file encoded in an unsupported bitrate (less than 64Kbps), sampling frequency (only 11, 22, 44kHz supported) or format other than MP3 (AAC, WMA, RM).

You are welcome to contact us if postings do not show up and we can investigate and troubleshoot such issues together.

How can I get my images to show up?

The thumbnail images that appear next to most tracks are created in two steps. First, we try to see if we can get the album art for a matching album on Amazon. If we can't do that, we look for an image in the post webpage. We look for an image that is most square and biggest in file size, as we assume that is likely to be a photo/etc contained in the post. If we don't find one there, we show the Artwork Unavailable Cat.

How do I get my posts onto the Hype Machine?

For your posts to show up on the Hype Machine, your blog has to be submitted and then approved by our moderators. You can submit the blog for inclusion here.

Please note that we don't add everything from the submissions we receive. Read here about how we pick blogs.

How do I link to you?

For linking options (including dynamic badges and logo buttons) check out our Hype Machine Badge page.