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The Music Hunter

Category:Mee News
Aug 2011
posted by Gilad

We are happy to announce the launch of the Music Hunter, a new app supported by MeeMix music API. The application was launched over the Conduit network and on Facebook.

The Music Hunter allows users to create personalized music video channels based on the YouTube database. Channels can be created by typing an artist name, using Facebook Liked! artists or choosing a favorite genre. Once a channel is created, the MeeMix platform searches for the most relevant and current music videos from YouTube and plays them just like a TV channel.

Channels can be edited in terms of the type of videos they play. So, if you are in the mood for lip-dub or live concerts you can set the channel to broadcast those video types only. In addition, users can tune their channels’discovery level. Sliding the knob all the way to "Favorites" will tell the channel to play more of the positively rated artists. "Discovery" will increase the amount of new artists’ videos and introduce users to artists that match their taste.

Concert tickets recommendations are presented in real time and are personalized to users’ taste based on their music preferences.

You can use the new app to create your own personalized music TV channel and get only videos you like, and receive updates on new YouTube videos as the application syncs with YouTube regularly and automatically incorporates new videos into the relevant channels.


You can also use this app as your own concert ticket recommendation system.
We will make sure to let you know if there is a concert coming up around your area that you may like. We are still working on adding more events and increasing our ticket database’s geographical coverage. If you are a concert ticket seller and would like to include your tickets in the Music Hunter recommendations, feel free to contact us.

Happy Hunting.

Israel's singing talent TV show chooses MeeMix to offer personalized web radio.

Category:Mee News
Jul 2011
posted by Gilad

The successful TV show has chosen to offer its viewers a Pandora-like
personalized radio application
designed to play a great selection of contestants from the show’s entire nine-season history. Mako, a Keshet Interactive company and leading media company in Israel, used MeeMix music API to launch a first in the market, unique application.

Mazda took sponsorship over the web application, which was designed as a car radio allowing users to choose their favorite contestant of all times and receive a personalized radio station playing similar artists and songs from the show. The advanced "car radio" also offered a Mood Control feature to tune the station's atmosphere, from calm to upbeat songs.

Statistical reports show that the application increased users' session time by over 200%. We are more than happy to watch innovation, user satisfaction and commercial value come together in this application.

Update: the application was live as part of mako.co.il throughout the 9th season up to August 2011.

MeeMix to present at MobiTechFest in London

Category:Mee News
Nov 2010
posted by Gilad

We just received the news that MeeMix was chosen out of over 60 companies to present in the coming MobiTechFest in London. MobiTechFest 2010 is an action-packed full-day conference organized and produced by Investorfest Media in partnership with UK Trade & Investment. The conference will take place on November 23rd.

"This high impact venture conference will feature promising early to mid-stage mobile startups from Europe and over 20 investors from across Europe."

MeeMix was will be presenting its business to business music services that allow any provider to harness its music service with: music video recommendations, artist similarities and personalized playlists.

We will also present our new business service – The MeeMixer. The MeeMixer works in a similar way to Apple's iTunes "Genius" and offer customers the ability to instantly create customized playlists out of the music they own by choosing one artist or song from their own music catalog. The MeeMixer can be implemented over any mobile device, online website or application and can create playlists from audio as well as video files.

Two people, one song: 2mix

Category:Mee News
Jun 2010
posted by rabend
Your taste in music. Your friend’s taste in music. Always different, yet always also a little similar.

MeeMix is excited to release 2mix, the first music personalization social application for Facebook, to help you and your friends find that song that best matches your combined tastes.


Designed by students at the Interdisciplinary Center (Israel) and in cooperation with mobile operator Orange, 2mix relies on MeeMix’s unique music personalization platform and API to find the song that’s right on the midpoint between both your and your friend’s tastes. 2mix marks the first application to use advanced taste prediction technologies in the social network world.

As you already know by now, when it comes to musical taste and the web, MeeMix believes that the future is already here. Your musical taste is your own, inherently unique and one of a kind. As such, what we recommend and play to each individual person needs to be unique as well.
In 2mix we use this same logic. And we keep it simple. Go to 2mix on Facebook, enter your favorite artist, pick a friend and their favorite artist, and 2mix will discover the song that best matches your tastes. The friend will receive a Facebook notification, will be offered to watch the song’s video or download it from the Orange online store, and can go on to find song matches with other friends.

Whether it’s by Lady Gaga, Jay-Z or the Red Hot Chili Peppers, try out 2mix on Facebook, and discover the songs that connect you and your friends!

Announcing new personalization services

Category:Behind MeeMix
Jun 2009
posted by reflux
Hey there!

As you may have noticed, we’ve been a tad too busy lately and couldn’t keep you up to date on what’s been going on behind the scenes at MeeMix. So what have we been up to?

MeeMix is expanding its range of services, and we’re excited to announce that we’re coming out with new content delivery and discovery personalization services for the telecommunication industry. As you probably know, today’s media consumers, you included, are increasingly selective as they face a flood of available media. That means that to keep you interested, you expect media providers to deliver media and content that you would actually like. That’s why you’re here at MeeMix. Our new line of personalization services enables companies to address this important issue.

In case you want to read more about it, please visit our new business website at www.meemix.biz.

For the developers among you, we've opened an API web service, and we invite you to create new application that can utilize our discovery and recommendation engines. For more info, please contact us.

And just to make sure: business deals and all, your home at meemix.com is here to stay, so keep tuning in to your favorite personalized stations!

Edit your MeeMix radio stations - Part 1

Category:Tip & Tricks
Dec 2008
posted by Rocky
As much as MeeMix does everything a Personalized Online Radio can do to make your life easier, and your music more enjoyable, we also believe in empowering our users – by letting them be even better DJs, and edit their stations into absolute perfection.

How do you edit your station? It’s as easy as can be.
On the player’s left panel there’s a simple “Edit Station” button, just press it – and a whole slew of editing options are at your disposal:

The first option would be to edit the artists that are playing in your station, by entering a new artist name into the space in the bottom of the window; you can add more great artists into your station. Any regrets? No problem, you can always erase that artist from your station and start fresh.

What about songs? If you want additional songs that you feel will fit the vibe in your station – just choose “track” and you can add and remove any song you like.

It doesn’t end here, using this option you can also block artists that have fallen out of favor, add songs you liked to your favorites, and change the name of the station into any name your heart desires – it’s simple, its fun, and it means you can get the perfect station!

In Part 2, We'll review the more advanced options for fine tuning your stations.

How to Discover New Music?

Category:Tip & Tricks
Dec 2008
posted by Radio Raheem
Welcome to the latest addition in our tips, trips and tricks section, which focuses this time on how to discover new music in MeeMix:

There are several ways to do so, the most immediate one is to open your own station by a favorite artist, song or genre. As a general tip, a station created by selecting a song or artist will reflect your taste more accurately than creating a station by genre.
Each station you create is designed to play songs that you know and love as well as music you never heard but will probably like. You can create a station that by clicking the “Create Station” on the left panel. This will lead you to choose how to create your station – whether by artist, genre or particular song. After you created the station you can easily edit the station by clicking the “Edit Station” Button, where you can add songs or artists or block them from your station.
Another way of discovering music is by listening to other members stations; just make sure that they have some affiliation with your taste in music stations. Here are a couple of ideas:


  • Your friends: navigating to your friends bar on the right panel. There you can listen to their stations by clicking on their username. This will lead you to a menu displaying their profile. The profile includes “Stations”, which you can listen to by clicking the “Play” Icon, on the left.


  • Station search: If you’d like to discover stations of more than just your friends, and tap in to the vast musical cuisine that MeeMix users have to offer, you can do that by heading over to “Music” on the top bar. There, click the Stations link which will lead you to a listing of all the stations in MeeMix. You can find stations by popularity, genre, online or offline users, favorite artists and more. Once you find the right station for you, simply click the play “icon” in order to add it to your personal stations. You can also discuss the music featured in the station through the station home, clickable in the Home icon.


  • Song Fans: if you love a particular song, you can always find similar users who are also fans of the song, by clicking on the “Song Fans” Icon, in the Mee Play plan. There you can checkout the people who also dig the song, and you can add them and their stations to your MeeMix favorites.

Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak

Category:Reviews
Nov 2008
posted by Radio Raheem
First off, a statement should be made: It's definitely not a Hip-Hop album and I definitely don't consider it a typical "Kanye" album. So, I wouldn't think it fair to compare 808s and Heartbreak to any of his other solo albums. There's just no rapping on here.

This album has the feel of a side project . He had to get his feelings out about his Mom, his ex-fiance and the way he's dealing with the media attention he gets now. This is what he created. I think we all would have wanted a rap album from him, but instead, we got the musical manifestation of the emo haircut and bright yellow Asics. This can be compare to Outkast’s Andre 3000 venture from rap - The Love Below, although Love Below was more soulful, while this is more synth, more pop, more 80's. Although Kanye's name stamp on the album is redeemable quality, as he's proved himself so far as being someone who puts out quality music and his albums are usually an auto-cop for me because of this. But the album stands on its own merit.

Although It’s easy to lump this album with the T-Pain trend of Autotune, but this is completely different - Drums, rhythms, samples, keyboards, sound nothing like a T-Pain album. T-Pain has played it out on the R&B tip, and Lil’ Wayne has used it somewhat on mixtapes and such, as have countless other artists, but no rapper has made a whole album using it, combining rapping, and singing, with a completely unique soundscape.
Is it the most unique concept ever? No. But I definitely think this album is very different then what is going on anywhere else in the music industry, and I think the album will be huge.

Recommended Track:
“Love Lockdown”: The first single and undoubtedly the best song on the album.

Nickelback - Dark Horse

Category:Reviews
Nov 2008
posted by Rocky

They may be the incarnation of 80's AOR, they may use lyrics which are the equivalent of cerebral palsy and are usually kitschier than Liberace, but Canadian rockers Nickelback know how to write hits, and that means Dark Horse is going to make them another easy bundle.

Actually, it’s not that bad. While 2005’s multi-platinum selling All The Right Reasons was almost unbearable apart from very few and far-between bits, Dark Horse is easily the band’s strongest and heaviest release since their earliest output.

It’s still pop-oriented, just listen to Chad Kroeger’s semi-rap rant in the so-cleverly-disguised-sexual innuendo of “Something In Your Mouth” and you might feel your bowels heave, but once the guitars get rolling, and Kroeger uses his ballsier, slightly gravely voice, it works fine.

Uber-producer Mutt Lange gives this all the perfect shine, making this what is arguably the best sounding album they’ve put out, while also balancing the rock and pop sensibilities nicely. He has a sure-fire formula that worked with Def Leppard and later with Shania Twain, and while sounding a bit dated, it does fit Nickelback‘s retro approach just fine, background vocals and all. “Gotta Be Somebody” as well have been written in the 80’s, but you can’t miss the fact it can’t be anything but a huge hit.

Some solid rock tracks such as “Burn It To The Ground” lend the album a swaggering sense of respectability, the song is definitely heavier than anything they’ve done in the last few years, with a good riff that might have come from a Black Label Society song.

It may not be a classic rock album, but as far as current rock goes, these dollar spewing monsters could have done worse.

Recommended Tracks:
“Burn It To The Ground”: Nickelback actually know how to write a decent riff, as good as anything they’ve ever done in the past.

“Shakin’ Hands”: despite the less-than-half-witted lyrics, it’s still a fun track with a good riff and strong Def Leppard feel.

Cradle Of Filth - Godspeed On The Devil`s Thunder

Category:Reviews
Nov 2008
posted by Rocky
The British rulers of all that is dark and sexually promiscuous are at it again, continuing what is a streak of successful albums for uber-metal label Roadrunner Records.

While 2006's Thornography was something of a stripped-down, less flashy affair, this one harkens back to the glorious and fustian Cruelty And The Beast.
This time the story revolves around the life and exploits one Giles De Rais, either misunderstood French Nobleman or, as he is more frequently referred to a mass murdered and satanic icon.
Throwing every riff in the book (and several outside of it), the band uses less keyboards this time than in Cruelty, opting for a real choir and to achieve a much fuller and dark sound.
Vocalist Dany Filth is still a love-him-or-hate-him element, with his shrill and high voice that, if not your cup of blood, might annoy you enough to try and copy the said De Rais and perform some sort of a mass murder thing.

In any case, both extreme metal fans and sturdier Goth fans might want to give this one a listen, it's an impressive achievement no matter how much of a Cradle of Filth fan are you.

Recommended track:
"Midnight Shadows Crawl to Darken Counsel with Life": A track with a long name, but a longer running time, an epic 8 minute monster that will leave no ear un-pierced.

Avenged Sevenfold - Diamonds In The Rough

Category:Reviews
Sep 2008
posted by Rocky
Diamonds In The Rough isn't really a new Avenged Sevenfold album, its actually a collection of unreleased B-sides, cover songs, remixes and alternative takes on previously released tracks from the band's last, self-titled album. It comes with a nifty DVD that allows fans to watch this successful American new-breed metal band perform - all in all, a nice package for the fans, but is it for anyone else?

I can't deny these guys have talent oozing out of their tattooed earlobes, their guitarist - Synyster Gates can out-leak almost every current metal guitarist upon god's green earth, and vocalist M. Shadows has a mean melodic voice, as long as he doesn't out-nasal Bob Dylan. But while some of the tracks are quite impressive, melodic and richly layered, several others just sound too sweet for me to swallow.

It's still a nice touch by the band to add 2 cover versions of two bands that definitely influenced them, "Walk" by Pantera and "Flash Of The Blade" by Iron Maiden, but overall I can't see anyone but a die-hard fan going for Diamonds In The Rough. Non-fans should start out with one of their two previous albums, 2007's City Of Evil or last year's self-titled album, two good examples of the band's music.


Recommended Tracks:
"Flash Of The Blade": the band does a sterling cover of the Iron Maiden classic, the vocals cannot match the original, but overall it's a fine take on the song.

"Demons": an unreleased track that combines some excellent melodic vocals with fine guitar work, better than most unreleased tracks bands leave out of their albums.

Ill Bill - The Hour Of Reprisal

Category:Reviews
Sep 2008
posted by Radio Raheem
If you were a fan of Non-Phixion, or more so if you've been a fan of Psycho+Logical records, you should dig this. It's more of the same from Ill Bill - governmental conspiracies, thug posturing, metal references etc. the lack of Nerco beats isn't really a problem as production is pretty uniformly solid here with sort of an epic gothic feel - not too different than Necro's vibe, but with more emphasis on the epic banger type of track than he usually does.

The only real missteps are the metal chorus from the lead singer of Soulfly on "War Is My Destiny," the chorus on "White Ni**er," (while I like the verses and beat, I could easily get the point and do without the chorus) a couple weak guest verses (Hero on "Too Young" needs to go), and the beats on "UBS" (The original version was laced with a Slayer sample. The album version of the beat is pretty bland). I was a little disappointed with the beat on the Raekwon track too.

Everything else is pretty enjoyable here - that is if you enjoy Psychological records. If not, I doubt this will convert you.
The grimy 90's formula is still present, but updated in a fashion so that it doesn't sound like a relic, or a self conscious throwback like a lot of underground dudes stuck in the 90's.

Recommended Track:
"Society is Brainwashed": Even if you don't like Ill Bill style, you may want to at least check this DJ Premier produced track. It sounds like it was pulled right out of Non Phixion's The Future Is Now sessions.

Extra, Extra! MeeMix Newsletter Delivers the Music News You Want To Hear About

Category:Mee News
Sep 2008
posted by Mee Team
Every week, MeeMix musicologists integrate and add thousands of New Releases and even more plain ol' great music to the MeeMix music catalog. We decided it was high time to clue you in on new music added to MeeMix so you won’t miss a thing!

The MeeMix Monthly Newsletter is personalized to your very own taste in music. From the latest in our new and improved music catalog, you'll only get the info that pertains to your unique music style.

How?

We understand what you like to listen to and can relate your music style to the new releases we added to our music catalog. Our newsletter generator uses your taste preferences to search our system for the tracks and albums that interest you. Only news about these items is included in the newsletter that is designed especially for you.

So say "NO" to the one-size-fits-all newsletter format you're used to, and belt out a loud "YES" to the MeeMix personalized newsletter experience.

Metallica - Death Magnetic

Category:Reviews
Sep 2008
posted by alon
Every few years a big artist goes to the motions of a "return to roots" album, and probably the most anticipated one in recent years is Metallica's Death Magnetic.
I guess that if the band's last effort - 'St. Anger', wasn't just so damn awful, it would have much less of an event, but since that album is easily the Heavy Metal giants' weakest release in its career, the tension was truly great - can they actually pull it off, or continue a losing streak of mediocre to just plain bad albums?

Well, this isn't a complete retro album; it's definitely no 80's thrash masterpiece as was 1988's 'And Justice' For All or 1986's 'Master Of Puppets', though there are a few similarities. It's purely a 2008 album, with clear yet quite raw sound, and a solid sense of groove that wasn't part of the package back in the 80's.

It starts with a bang, 'That Was Just Your Life' throws in the first great riff the band has created in almost 20 years, Ulrich's drum attack is relentless, there's a classic Hammet Wah-Wah solo and finally - Hetfield's voice is one octave higher than his delivery in years. At this point - it would be very hard for this album to ruin it for the fans, if only the rest of the songs can keep this up.

And they do, 'The End Of The Line' is another fine tracks that combines a great thrash riff with more contemporary passages. What the band does here is actually quite brilliant; they combine the best of riffs straight off And 'Justice For All' with a chorus that would have sat well in the black album.

In a recent review I read in the alternative-oriented Pitchfork webzine, some guy criticized the album for not doing anything new and taking too much from the band's early works. He completely missed the point.
What makes this one great is the fact they were not going for anything new, it's the fact this is the first time in 20 years the band dared to try and re-explore what made it so great when it started out. While most current bands try and re-invent the wheel, or sound original and unique, Metallica's move needs much more guts - to try and re-create the feel in albums that are long considered milestones of the genre, and that is far more demanding and adventurous than anything other current bands are doing.

What makes this one work, and it certainly does work, is the clear feeling that the guys are once more influenced by what started them off - Punk and NWOBHM, the two genres that helped spawn their earliest material. Unlike the American trad rock and Hard Rock basis the Load and Re-Load albums used, this one moves back to the far more aggressive and subversive music of the early 80's.

The album's first single - "The Day that Never Comes" may come off as a carbon-copy of their great epic ballads, such as "Fade To Black", and someone with just a basic knowledge of the genre such as that guy from Pitchfork may easily dismiss it as such, but there's much more to it. The song features some of Hetfield's best vocals in years and benefits from an almost Prog-rock structure. The up-tempo move in the 5 minute mark is pure NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal), with Diamond Head and Iron Maiden being the most visible influences. The closest thing the band ever did to this is actually their cover of Diamond Head's "Am I Evil back" in the mid-80's.

This album really doesn't let off, with just two minor mishaps. 'Cyanide's mid-section bridge is just to close to Alternative Rock for comfort, bringing to mind some of St. Anger's pitfalls, and 'The Unforgiven III' is just too much Re-Load. Slow and uninteresting hard-rock riffs with an unnecessary symphonic addition.

Suicide And Redemption is a great instrumental piece with some fine Heavy Metal riffs, showing off some possible Joe Satriani influences, proving that these guys can still write a solid instrumental, it isn't a classic such as Ride The Lightning's 'Call Of Ktulu', but still adds a great musical favor to the album.

Last is the absolute fan-pleaser 'My Apocalypse', a real thrash number that throws in fantastic riffs and one of the band's best choruses. Ulrich may not be the most accomplished drummer, but he certainly gives his best here and fits in perfectly with the guitar playing. Hetfield's delivery is quite relentless, the pre-chorus even reminded me of Slayer's Tom Araya, with an amount of aggression and energy that we didn't hear from Hetfield in 20 years.

So it is on-par with Master Of Puppets or And Justice For All? Certainly not, that would be like thinking that Pink Floyd can re-create Dark Side Of The Moon or The Wall. But it's still the best album in years by one of the best Heavy Metal bands in existence, and it's probably better than anything released by other bands in recent years. It seems they actually pulled it off, who would have believed...

Recommended tracks:
"The Day That Never Comes": the album's first single is anything but a typical single, more than 7 minutes long and epic in scope; this is one of the album's most impressive moments.

"All Nightmare Long": another epic tracks that combines some brilliant thrash riffs into an impressive hit to the head.

You Go, Boy! Team USA's Aaron Peirsol Hooks Up with Oceana Too

Category:Mee News
Aug 2008
posted by Jenny


Team USA Olympic swimmer Aaron Peirsol is droppin' knowledge y'all. Like MeeMix, Peirsol is a fan of Oceana and their conservation efforts, and he's teaming up with MeeMix charity partner Oceana in the fight to preserve and protect the world's oceans.

We're pleased to see this Oceana ambassador representing at the 2008 Olympic Games and we've been sending positive sound waves his way... We think it worked! The aquatic master athlete just picked up gold medals in the 100-meter backstroke and 100-meter backstroke relay, and a silver in the 200-meter backstroke -- add that to his three previous Olympic gold medals and that's a heck of a lotta bling!

To celebrate his success, we thought we'd pay tribute to his philanthropic efforts by posting his kind PSA below (shot poolside, of course).

Check it out!


To follow his progress in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, click here.
To learn more about Race for the Oceans, click here.

MeeVideo Application for Facebook Hand Delivers You the Music Videos You Love

Category:Mee News
Aug 2008
posted by The Mee Team


We've just launched the new MeeVideo Application for Facebook. The new (and revolutionary) MeeVideo brings MeeMix personalized YouTube music videos straight to all Facebook members based on their distinct taste in music – there's no need to waste time searching for music videos on MeeMix or Facebook anymore!

Users can share unlimited music videos from their favorite artists using the MeeVideo application box on their profile page or simply by sending videos to friends on Facebook.

That's right folks – the age of searching, sorting and wandering across YouTube’s endless video collection is over! The new MeeVideo application is supported by our unique taste prediction technology that enables you to create a music video channel based on the artists you love.

To check out the MeeVideo application for Facebook, click here.

We’re cookin’ up more great features for you guys soon, so stay tuned for more updates! Also look out for the MeeVideo application on Hi5, Bebo, Myspace and Orkut.

MeeMix at the AlwaysOn Stanford Innovation Summit

Category:Mee News
Aug 2008
posted by jenny

We had a rockin' good time in sunny California, introducing MeeMix to our peers and meeting with tech and industry folk from around the globe on the renowned Stanford University campus. The event panels were top notch and our co-presenters were warm, welcoming and vastly knowledgeable on the ins and out of media and green tech business.

MeeMix CEO Gilad Shlang presented our company at McCullough Hall as part of the CEO Showcase and because of the incredibly receptive and curious crowd he could barely navigate back to our Demo Stand! All said and done, we felt right at home and
MeeMix would like to thank AlwaysOn founder Tony Perkins, Director of Business Development Noah Gellman and the entire AlwaysOn team for bestowing MeeMix with the honor of being an AO speaker as well as nominating us for AO's Global 250 (top privately held companies), and again, thank you for putting together such a fantastic summit!

Play the clip below to view part of Gilad's interview with Fountainhead Networks TV and hear his advice for young entrepreneurs.



To watch Gilad talk MeeMix to Apple Universe, click here.

Chamillionaire, MCHammer (Yes, he's "too legit to quit [the game]") and Mistah FAB with moderator Quincy Jones III on Digital Entrepreneurialship wrapped up the Summit program – we loved them and so did the audience – to watch the session, click here.

The best of the rest – for the complete webcast program guide, click here.

You can also check out the headlines:

Huffington Post – AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford Highlights Top 250 New Companies in the Digital Space
SF Chronicle - Quattrone Blasts Tough IPO Regulations
CNET - The Future of Tech IPOs
bub.blicious - Hip-Hop Schools Silicon Valley

Gilad also caught up with a slew devoted MeeMix members at the Summit. We hope to see you all again next time around!

The Rotted - Get Dead Or Die Trying

Category:Reviews
Jul 2008
posted by alon
They may The Rotted now, and not Gorerotted anymore, but the gore is definitely still there.

This album sees the British grindcore merchants growing up, changing attitudes and losing some of their famed sick sense of humor in favor of some serious upgrade in the quality of their music.

The riffs here are some of the best this band wrote, not just shredding but injecting a genuine sense of dread into the proceedings, there’s a slight touch of dark melody and a foreboding melancholy into this violent and hard-edged grindcore album.

The drum-work is staggering as well, the band’s new drummer is easily one of the best in the business, and it’s the combination of ultra-fast aggression with the added girth of quality riffs that makes this one so much more memorable than anything they ever did in the past. Another thing the band did different here is to inject a bit more of their punk roots, with songs such as “Angel Of Meth” being a fine nod to the originators of Grind – Napalm Death.

The album ends on a high-note with an instrumental piece that borrows the theme music from Brit horror flick 28 Days Later, yet another fine example of just how much more mature and disturbing the band is in this reincarnation.

Recommended tracks:
“Nothing But A Nose Bleed”: memorable, catchy and brutal as hell, this one gave me a nosebleed.

“Fear And Loathing In London Town” :the band runs the gamut from fast and aggressive to slow and oppressive.

MeeMix + Oceana = Riding the Sound Waves to a Better Planet

Category:Mee News
Jul 2008
posted by Jenny


MeeMix is thankful for all the good that's happened in the last 6 months since we launched our community beta. We've had a slew of new members from around the globe, positive press, a great redesign and awesome new features like Video Mode and Music Uploads. As such, we decided it was time to give back – shed some light on what our friends out there are doing to protect our planet and our friends in the sea.

MeeMix is now promoting the efforts of a super cool non-profit organization, Oceana.org. Oceana is working to protect the world's oceans and our precious marine life - including those on the endangered list – whales, sea turtles and more. Their international efforts are focused on changing governmental policy to protect fragile ocean environments, enabling us to live in a healthy, clean world for generations to come.

There's tons of ways you too can help. We've posted a slew of interesting facts on Oceana and more so you can find out more info. To learn more, click here.

Do it for the whales.

MeeMix Shout-Out: Thank You to Our Friends in the Press!

Category:Mee News
Jul 2008
posted by Jenny
For your viewing pleasure, here's a round-up of some of our favorite recent articles about MeeMix.

Knowledge is power people, read up!

Mashable (June 24, 2008)

Tech blogger Stan Schroeder of Mashable wrote an exclusive piece on our new personalized Artist Widgets and Music Upload service. Mashable is the #1 Social Networking and Social Media News Blog on the web.

"Exclusive: MeeMix Gives Customization and Widgets to Musicians"



The Inquisitr (June 24, 2008)

Tech blogger Duncan Riley of Inquisitr reviewed the MeeMix service and taste prediction technology in comparison with that of Pandora, we loved his review !! The Inquisitr covers an eclectic mix of tech, pop culture and satirical news in the blogosphere.

"MeeMix would be a Pandora competitor, if it didn’t look like a 11 year old girls bedroom"

Arizona Republic (June 13, 2008)

Music journalist Larry Rodgers of the Arizona Republic Newspaper discussed the appeal of MeeMix for the adult Internet Radio novice. The article also features quotes from CEO Gilad Shlang as well as analysis from MeeMix Chief Musicologist Alon Libman. Arizona Republic is a leading newspaper in Arizona, USA.

"6 Web sites connect older listeners with new music"

TechCrunch (May 13, 2008)

Tech blogger Roi Carthy of TechCrunch announced the launch of our personalized "twin" Music Video Channels. TechCrunch is one of the most prominent and influential blogs on the Net covering technology start-ups, particularly in the Web 2.0 sector.

"MeeMix Remixes YouTube To Create Personalized Music Video Channels"

About.com (May 12, 2008)

Resident radio guide Corey Dietz of About.com featured MeeMix on his website hit-list for free Internet Radio. About.com (part of the New York Times company) is an online neighborhood of helpful experts, eager to share their wealth of knowledge with visitors.

"Make Your Own Radio Stations with MeeMix Internet Radio"

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