| Music aggregators work wonders when it comes | | | | service. Many of today's music listeners are |
| to MP3 blog readership and accessibility by skillfully | | | | moving towards the relatively new and thriving |
| using the RSS technology. It basically collects data | | | | trend as music aggregation sites evolve. |
| from MP3 blogs and links to the individual blog | | | | It turns out that owning a self music aggregator |
| posts instead of directly to the MP3s. | | | | site is profitable. Music aggregator sites have |
| Today we have aggregators such as The Hype | | | | proven to be very useful in tracking favorite |
| Machine and Elbo.ws. They usually track MP3 blog | | | | bands. There are a handful of established sites in |
| posts and display the most recently updated | | | | existence and more are expected to come by |
| posts on its front page. The services provided by | | | | the end of the year -- if the current trends are |
| aggregators have been useful in providing a | | | | accurate. |
| snapshot of the latest innovation in music blogging | | | | Also, for musicians, using a music aggregator is a |
| which makes it easier to search through recently | | | | terrific way to track how their album is being |
| posted MP3s. | | | | received by music bloggers across the net. |
| With respect to "The Hype Machine", it features a | | | | In order to be a successful aggregator of music, |
| list of the most popular tracks, blogged bands and | | | | one needs to be organized as a digital media |
| popular searches of the last three days. It enables | | | | business with extensive music catalogs, |
| users to play the music directly from the | | | | soundtracks and master recordings which can be |
| browser. But it does not list blogs whose writers | | | | distributed digitally under license in the games, |
| or editors are involved in the music business or | | | | broadcast, film and music industries. |
| associated public relations industry. | | | | These are known as business-to-business (B2B) |
| "Elbo.ws" has a similar feature listing to "The Hype | | | | applications. The successful music aggregator |
| Machine" and lists Bands, Tracks and Videos which | | | | must operate digital warehouses and hold licensed |
| are currently "hot" and/or "most wanted". | | | | content in various formats for distribution to |
| There are many benefits of music aggregators. | | | | media and retail businesses. |
| Today there are plenty of aggregators on the | | | | It is also pretty easy to become an independent |
| market which are turning out to be good for | | | | music aggregator since they too have a similar |
| competition and money making opportunities. | | | | role as the big warehouses, handling more titles |
| If music aggregators possesses a good digital | | | | and artists but distributing to lower volume outlets |
| music browser that can hit random sites to get | | | | as well as the bigger ones. Independent |
| new music then they can cash in as a hosting | | | | aggregators tend to be global. |