SweetTouch

Popular page sans remixes?
Just noticed, the # 1 and 7 songs on the originals chart are mashups: Roots Manuva vs Bar-Kays and Beastie Boys vs Alphabet. There should probably be something to exclude songs with a vs. in their name...that is unless people think mashups are suffi…

Comment by SweetTouch January 2010 permalink
New Nobility Band for people who realy love PEACE
"My" Review of New Nobility: Would you know greatness if you saw it? This is the eternal question for people like me, posting their supposedly well thought-out pontifications for anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to read. T…

Comment by SweetTouch August 2009 permalink
What songs are you currently obsessed with?
It started as a joke but now I really like all music by Keith Sweat

Comment by SweetTouch August 2009 permalink
What has Richard from Invisible Limb been up to?
Now is this duck a pet or a meal because I made the mistake of not asking and now I'm single. Also, don't eat the ducks from your local pond. It's illegal

Comment by SweetTouch July 2009 permalink
Article On Filesharing
@squashed: I've got to disagree. Like any music on the hype machine, there is a wealth of crappy remixes but in order to make it via the hype you have to flood the market with quantity (ie. Crookers). That being the case, there isn't room…

Comment by SweetTouch July 2009 permalink
starting my blogroll
Just saw this thread. I'd be willing to trade links with some people Sweet Touch. My blog is all over the place but generally covers 60-80s soul and funk, hip-hop, and modern-electro/blog-popular stuff.

Comment by SweetTouch July 2009 permalink
Article On Filesharing
I think there is some truth in file sharing leaving some artists "broken." However, it is impossible to determine this for new artists. There are old artists who would be making money who just can't anymore because of file-sharing. …

Comment by SweetTouch July 2009 permalink
that f***ing Dead Weather pop-up
Does anybody remember when Nike had their Air Force One anniversary. They got Rick Rubin, Nas, Kanye and KRS-One to make a song but in the song they never mention Nike or Air Force One. The only thing they say is "classic." I guess my po…

Comment by SweetTouch July 2009 permalink
YAYBLOG! 2.0
Just wrote a semi-long essay on why Kanye West is talented but his ego prevents him from making good music. Sweet Touch on Kanye

Comment by SweetTouch July 2009 permalink
that f***ing Dead Weather pop-up
I think they key to successful advertising resides in the subtle difference between being invasive and pervasive. Buying out banners on sites like Hype and Stereogum ingrains an association with someones trusted sources for music news and the adver…

Comment by SweetTouch July 2009 permalink
mj
MJ is bigger than Jagger, Bowie, Madonna, McCartney or just about any other music icon. Michael wasn't only the biggest pop icon, he was the number 1 tabloid favorite, and he was the biggest child star ever. He has been part of cultures consci…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Buying A Top Spot On The Hype Machine Charts
It seems to me that certain blogs also hype up songs they post. There is a lot of overlap but certain blogs always end up having there posts in the top charts. I'll take a look at it and see which certain blogs seem overly represented in the p…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
YAYBLOG! 2.0
Yayblog: I wrote about the first 15 seconds of 4 songs. http://sweettouchrecords.blogspot.com/2009/06/let-beatdrop.html

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Buying A Top Spot On The Hype Machine Charts
I bet you never posted on them again.

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Buying A Top Spot On The Hype Machine Charts
@Chengy: Did you write an unfavorable review. And if so, of who?

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
An Intervention For P4K
Also, whats really funny is looking at Pitchfork 10s. Like, Kind Of Blue got 10/10 and so did Boards of Canada Music has a Right to Children.

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
An Intervention For P4K
Yes, Carles is brilliant. @Scottish Friction: Pitchfork writers are not superb. Yes, they have a great command of the English language, but as far as reporting about music, the reviews read more like a showcase of the writer than of the actual musi…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Buying A Top Spot On The Hype Machine Charts
They seem to have major connections being on the Hills and Paris Hilton's show and all. Any idea where those 360 accounts came from? Some personal account or a business account? Also, are those 360 distributed between their two absurdly favor…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Buying A Top Spot On The Hype Machine Charts
Yeah, I had just read this article on payola and radio stations so my head was elsewhere. I also had a personal vendetta against this band cause my friend had a track in the top 10 then out of no where this shit band passes him.

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Buying A Top Spot On The Hype Machine Charts
Email address duly noted. Usually when a bad tracks makes it that high it says something like Passion Pit/Kanye West Mashup Remix in the heading. Also, while I have your attention, would you consider adding my blog to The Hype Machine: Sweet Touch …

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Buying A Top Spot On The Hype Machine Charts
Oh here is one other idea...the Hype Machine doesn't monitor this stuff and any band with a Hype Machine post can sit around favoriting themselves for 3 days straight to climb the charts.

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Hype Machine
I like dance music and think 99% of the remixes are garbage. Also I think that 99% of the dance DJ's are garbage. Often these remixers and DJs are one-in-the-same, hence the overlap. Most of these DJs are DJing with a computer, using Ableton li…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Any Coders Inclined To Help Me Design My Blog?
excellent. thanks a lot. i'm gonna try using this Meebo widget in a little bit.

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Hype Machine
I certainly see SongbyToads point but don't entirely agree. There are thousands upon thousands of people trying to make it and probably less than 1% are worth listening to. On top of that, most of the remixes on HM are terrible. And there is t…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Stereogum and DMCA Notices
So according to Wired "UMG is licensing its catalog for full-song streaming and music videos, as well as providing editorial content directly from artists who will participate as guest bloggers," Billboard reported. http://www.wired.com/li…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Stereogum and DMCA Notices
My point wasn't that Stereogum does/doesn't post cleared songs. My point was that songs cleared for Stereogum likely won't be cleared for any other blog. Since UMG has a financial stake in Stereogum then wouldn't it make sense t…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
How long does it take for Elbows to approve your blog?
Hey, I've been posting for a while now and still have not been added. I believe I meet all the criteria you list at the top except for the domain name, family member and $100. Check it out and please consider adding me. http://sweettouchrecor…

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Last.Fm and RIAA together on that U2 album leak?
Whether last.fm gave away users information or not-why are users allowing last.fm to access all their music history, legal or illegal?

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Pirate Bay Verdict
It happened in October of 2007. It was right after my birthday and I was depressed for a good month afterwords.

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink
Bizarre and random ways that people find your site...
how exactly does one check to see what searches led people to their site?

Comment by SweetTouch June 2009 permalink

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