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The SixtyOne
The SixtyOne is a fun, online game which helps you find new music.
It's a bit like Digg, but for music tracks. If lots of people digg (called a heart on T61) a track, it will hit the homepage.
'heart' are points within The SixtyOne website. You spend them to bump a song up the list, but you earn hearts as the song gets more popular.
Extra hearts can be earned for different achievements such as number of songs listened to and hearting songs in under-explored genres.
Guides
- What artists should know about thesixtyone - MTT - Music Think Tank
- A really great guide for Artists considering The Sixty One and how to get the best from it.
- Stay on Music's Cutting Edge with Thesixtyone
- A good article for listeners that covers what T61 is about.
Artists who I've ended up buying CDs/Downloads from...
I am Band
A indie pop-rock band who uses a mix of guitars and pianos to get their sound. They're storming up T61 charts and I would be surprised if they don't hit the homepage with their first three songs. Their album "Better Then That" is on CDbaby.
Sarah Solovay
A very talented singer-songwriter from New York City. She's still in high-school which I couldn't believe when I saw it in her Bio! She writes guitar-based pop songs and already has an EP "Gone" available on iTunes and eMusic amongst others. An artist to keep an eye on for sure.
Far Beyond Frail
From their bio - "If Tori Amos sat down and covered Counting Crows songs, you would hear something similar to Kansas City's far beyond frail - a pseudo-alternative, folk-tinged, indie-pop duo that combines edgy love songs with stunning female vocals to create music that ranges from breathy and playful to moody and daring."
They have albums available on CDBaby
Politicks
What Maroon 5 would sound like if they hadn't turned into a lounge act.
From their Bio - "Genre-blending DC rockers Politicks have steadily built their following not only by consistently evolving their sound but by putting on an energetic live show filled with rock, soul, and plenty of groove."
They have albums available on CDBaby
Hotspur
From their Bio - "They've been described as the sound of rock music evolving. Taking unabashed punk-rock intensity and dance floor energy, boxing it up into chords and melodies, then spraying on a shiny pop veneer and dropping a Korg Triton on it, Hotspur can be more succinctly described as catchy as hell."
They have albums available on CDBaby
A indie pop-rock band who uses a mix of guitars and pianos to get their sound. They're storming up T61 charts and I would be surprised if they don't hit the homepage with their first three songs. Their album "Better Then That" is on CDbaby.
Sarah Solovay
A very talented singer-songwriter from New York City. She's still in high-school which I couldn't believe when I saw it in her Bio! She writes guitar-based pop songs and already has an EP "Gone" available on iTunes and eMusic amongst others. An artist to keep an eye on for sure.
Far Beyond Frail
From their bio - "If Tori Amos sat down and covered Counting Crows songs, you would hear something similar to Kansas City's far beyond frail - a pseudo-alternative, folk-tinged, indie-pop duo that combines edgy love songs with stunning female vocals to create music that ranges from breathy and playful to moody and daring."
They have albums available on CDBaby
Politicks
What Maroon 5 would sound like if they hadn't turned into a lounge act.
From their Bio - "Genre-blending DC rockers Politicks have steadily built their following not only by consistently evolving their sound but by putting on an energetic live show filled with rock, soul, and plenty of groove."
They have albums available on CDBaby
Hotspur
From their Bio - "They've been described as the sound of rock music evolving. Taking unabashed punk-rock intensity and dance floor energy, boxing it up into chords and melodies, then spraying on a shiny pop veneer and dropping a Korg Triton on it, Hotspur can be more succinctly described as catchy as hell."
They have albums available on CDBaby
Other Artists worth Checking out
- Mark Kano
- Alt. Pop Singer Songwriter from North Carolina. A reasonably new artist to The SixtyOne, he's been aking great head way on there.
- Templescene
- Philippe Rose and Ric Levy have worked with some of the top artists in the business, and are now writing and performing their own songs. Their tracks easily reach a thousand hearts each and they have over 2000 listeners on T61 alone.
- Fabrizio Paterlini
- There is some simply beautiful music here. Classical Pop music centered around the Piano. He describes it himself as "a glass of red wine on a summer evening".
Folks talking about The Sixty One on Twitter
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- eleven9
- just hit level 5 on thesixtyone! - http://www.thesixtyone.com/lolita119/ http://ff.im/dm1VN
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- eleven9
- just hit level 5 on thesixtyone! - http://www.thesixtyone.com/lolita119/
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- tweetpod
- listening to Daddy's Eyes by Jake Coco - http://www.thesixtyone.com/jakecoco/song/Mhv8JHY39hu/
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- tweetpod
- listening to Alien For Christmas by I Fight Dragons - http://www.thesixtyone.com/ifightdragons/song/LP7RLoa1syo/
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- portillonews
- "Like a Bird In a Cage" appears on the front page of THESIXTYONE.COM - Thanks a lot for the many hearts and kind words folks! Merry...
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What Blogs are saying about The Sixty One...
- MidemNet Lab Unveils 15 Innovative Digital Start-Ups
- ... remixing (Aviary, GoMix and Tracksandfields), musical discovery (Thesixtyone), artistic financing (Kickstarter) and on-line advertising (Silence Media). ...
- Final de nuevos emprendimientos en MidemNet
- ... Band Metrics, DigiClef, GoMix, Kickstarter, Pops Worldwide, Radionomy, Silence, Media, Songkick, Streamjam, Thesixtyone, Tracksandfields, TuneWiki.
Links
- TheSixtyOne - Find Your New Favorite Song
- The Main Website.
- Max Bumps
- The Sixty One Fan Blog.
- Ning Network for The Sixty One
- An unofficial watering hole for fans of thesixtyone.com.
- My T61 Profile
- My Profile which details my achievements, comments etc. You can listen to my radio which contains songs that I've favourited
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