The Sixty One

So a friend on Facebook turned me on to an amazing music website that you should check out called The Sixty One (http://www.thesixtyone.com/). It's kind of hard to explain how it all works but here's the gist: artists upload music to their profile and listeners use a preallotted amount of "hearts" to bump music they like. It works kind of like digg but instead of "digging" something on the web you "heart" songs you like. Also, there is a levelling and achievement system that allows you to unlock advanced features and get more daily hearts based on reputation you earn from hearting popular songs. The game aspect of the site makes listening to music fun and the social community is nothing short of spectacular. I've never been apart of an online community where the members are so generous and respectful.

Honestly, I have found more amazing bands/artists in a month of perusing this site than in the last year of actively searching for new stuff to listen to on my own. One of the first artists I found was William Fitzsimmons who I actually got to see last week at The Square Room here in Knoxville. If it wasn't for T61 I would have probably never even heard of him. And he is just the tip of the iceberg.

So seriously, do yourself a favor and join up... I promise you'll love it.