December 2010
14 posts
Now this is how you pitch a product idea
“Man, support for 8tracks.com would be so amazing. They already have a neat little API and several 3rd party Chrome Extensions, so I don’t know, maybe your API & theirs could get together for a few drinks—no pressure—and perhaps see if any sparks fly… if so, maybe a massage back at HQ, maybe something more long-term? Again, no pressure, and I’m not...
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Best of 2010 from the editors of Rolling Stone
To close out the Playlist Special, the editors of Rolling Stone have posted their best of 2010 lists on 8tracks. Listen below to mixes from Will Hermes, Christian Hoard, Jody Rosen and Rob Sheffield, or head over to rollingstone.com to see the year’s best and worst of albums, movies, photos, videos and more.
Got a best of 2010 mix of your own? Rolling Stone and 8tracks want to hear it —...
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Musiclouds for Roku
Getting your favorite media-fiend a Roku for Christmas? Make sure and let them know about Musiclouds, a brand new Roku app for cloud-based music services that lets you play your favorite 8tracks mixes and SoundCloud tunes directly on your TV — no computer necessary. Thanks to Joel Braverman for putting Musiclouds together. He’ll be adding more services to the app in the near future, so...
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Resident Advisor's top 50 tracks of 2010
The 50 best electronic tracks of 2010, as selected by the staff of Resident Advisor:
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Shane Harper's Favorite Christmas Songs
Check out this 8tracks Christmas mix from multitalented teen phenom Shane Harper:
The Latest Stat: Google Now Makes $86.1 Million......
From Digital Music News:
Does that put things into perspective at bit? Google pulled revenues of $7.92 billion during the latest third quarter, a 92-day period that yields the per-day result of $86.1 million. And, that was a 23 percent year-over-year gain, offering just a taste of the cash to come.
Unfortunately, the entire US recording industry was valued at $4.62 billion in 2009 by the...
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Space adventure!
The next installment of the Threadless Warehouse Mix Contest starts today, and the theme is “Space Adventure”.
Note: in an effort to boost creativity, David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” has been banned. Otherwise, the rules are the same as ever — make a mix on 8tracks, tag it with “Threadless”, and post a link to the Threadless blog linked above. Winner...
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Soul food & caramel popcorn
Congratulations to ollirudi, first repeat winner of the Threadless warehouse mix contest!
Dedicated to the release of CHEW #15, November’s theme was comic books and/or food. Olli’s mix — featuring King Curtis, Lonnie Sattin and The Artwoods — wins a $50 Threadless gift certificate, an 8tracks t-shirt and a copy of CHEW #15.
Thanks to all who participated, we’ll have...
Server upgrade error
We had a major error in our server upgrade tonight. The database snapshot failed, and the site, horrifically, has reverted to its state as of Sunday at 11 pm PDT. Mixes created, tracks uploaded and new users registered since that time have been lost. This sucks, and we are so, so sorry. We are immediately implementing changes to our backup system to ensure that it will not happen again. We...
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The Playlist Special, Week 3
Check out the full list on the Rolling Stone website.
