Everyone looking at music blogs should also check out Hype Machine (http://hypem.com) which is pretty much what this AIR app does minus any downloads or installs.

-Anthony

I’d definitely be open to helping you guys out if you need anything from UX to usability testing. :)

The problem is that there are hundreds of music blogs that are coming and going. Navigating them effectively is tough unless you know exactly what you’re looking for in advance — or you’re free browsing and dont care what you find.

Right now it feels as if only last.fm has done a great job around media tagging, but Y! (with Delicious just sitting there) really isn’t doing much in that area. As the musoblogosphere expands, navigating it will be more of a chore. Tagging has failed in some cases, but when it’s tied to usage and leveraging a Yahoo-sized audience, it could be very powerful.

Tagging by the front-end ((like Y! Media Player and Blog Remix) seems like a good fit. Use the Delicious system. A media URL should have a corresponding song ID and Artist ID in Audio Search, so a tag on the URL is a tag on that artist/song.

Hmmm

Mick O

The content module namespace you’re using is not supported in most syndication developer kits, so I didn’t notice it when I was scanning Aurgasm before. I’ve updated the app to read it now and am happy to report that Aurgasm is working great in Blog Remix. :-) You’ll need to download it again to get the update… and you’re right, hAudio is easy to implement and will really help to properly describe the tracks that you’re blogging about. (Although the defacto [Artist - Song Name] standard you’re already using in your links is the next best thing…)

@Cubik - http://cubikmusik.typepad.com seems to work pretty well in Blog Remix too… I think you’d be better off using a DNS redirect rather than a frameset at http://cubikmusik.com/ though, so your feed can be easily discovered.

Cheers