Now that we’ve built up a big network of our favorites in the scene, we can watch our dashboard feed and see all of the sounds our friends are commenting on or adding to their favorites and be right on top of the best new songs, remixes, and edits within just a few hours of their release.-Kelsey from Analog Giant

Before You Start

SoundCloud is the best platform for bloggers to receive, discover and share music on the web — and artists and readers love it too.

Stay on top of things

With your SoundCloud Dashboard, you can see new activity from all your favorite artists, labels, and other bloggers. When a label posts a preview of an upcoming album, or your friends "favorite" a new track, you can be the first to know. You can also use the "Dropbox" to receive tracks from other users directly.

Play Sounds

When you find sounds you like on SoundCloud, it's so easy to add them to your blog. Just hit the "Share" button on the player, and you'll get a code to embed the customizable player directly into any HTML editor. Your readers will see the player just as you do, and don't need to worry about hosting the file somewhere, or explaining how to right click and save, or playing the file in a new window.

Integrate with HypeMachine

Our players are indexed by The Hype Machine, so all of the plays get counted for their charts. Plus, when you stream tracks from SoundCloud on your blog on The Hype Machine, it all goes to the stats. The artists see how many listens they're getting from that site, and how many they're getting from your blog.

More info

• SoundCloud's Blog of the Week
• Blog post: SoundCloud + The Hype Machine = ♥