A TON of fresh, new, independent music: Welcome Jamendo!

Ladies and Gentlemen music lovers of Whyd, we have a big announcement for you! Today we’re proud to welcome another platform that is a treasure chest of independent music from all over the world. 

Having been around since 2004, Jamendo has been a home for independent musicians who are seeking alternatives to the traditional structure of music distribution. Jamendo helps artists reach new fans, license their music, and synchronize their tracks with advertisements, corporate videos, or even cinema. Jamendo’s emerging, innovative artists are exactly the type of musicians that Whyd music lovers will be happy to discover, scratching that remote itch in the back of the ear that comes from having unequaled music appetites. 

Now you can add any track you want from Jamendo, either with the [+ Add Track] button on the site or with the bookmarklet. We’re counting on you to help share these artists get their music out to the world! 

We encourage you to go and start exploring Jamendo now, as we will be launching a playlist contest next week featuring music from the platform. To get you started, here’s a Whyd playlist put together by the audiophiles on the Jamendo team! 

Never stop jamendoing! 

Paris: We Want Your Music — Whyd Paris Live Today

This post, written by our co-founder Gilles, explains everything you need to know about what Whyd is trying to do. 

Two years ago, I remember having a discussion around a coffee with fellow music diggers in Paris about the way we are used to discover and share songs today: music is everywhere but fragmented on many platforms like Youtube, SoundCloud, MP3 blogs etc…We didn’t have a place to gather and share all of our discoveries.

Our team of 5 music lovers — Including a DJ, pianist and epic drummer- started working on a simple and straightforward bookmarking tool to collect tracks from the different music platforms.

The prototype initially launched for a small group of 25 music diggers gained adoption in the vibrant Paris electronic community. 1,000 people joined the beta during the summer, while we were improving the tool. The amount of quality music shared everyday was amazing.

We started understanding how the power of community was going to revolutionize the way we discover music in the streaming era.

The launch of the Paris City Stream is a strong step forward in our mission: Empowering music communities to bring amazing music discovery to the world.

It’s not only a symbol but a tribute to the local Paris community who started the movement: bloggers, DJs, singers, concert venues, magazines, labels and all of the music lovers who come to Whyd everyday to share the tracks and playlists that move them. These guys are shaping the present and future of the Paris music scene. We want to amplify their voices.

For music listeners it also offers a fantastic new way to discover new songs and playlists. Push the “Start Listening” button and enjoy an endless stream of good music.

Whyd is now a growing community of 50 000 music lovers finding the best of the newest music everyday in 100+ countries around the world.

Paris is the starting point of our action. World, we want to hear your music.

Never stop jamming

Whyd Inc. The Next Chapter Begins

After being selected to head to SxSW by Ubifrance a few weeks ago, our two co-founders continued their westward trajectory, making it all the way to the graceful Pacific ocean and the hippy sounds of San Francisco. 

It is here that the Whyd story divides and conquers, and we are very excited to announce that Whyd Inc. has been officially created in the United States! 

Part of the dream of any international tech entrepreneur is to end up rubbing soldiers with the Silicon elite — bumping into icons and sharing enthusiastic midnight conversations with the other people who are trying to change the world — and we look forward to meeting everyone we can as our journey continues forward.

It is an honor that we are able to represent you, our wonderful community, not just from our humble Paris incubator but from sea to shining sea. Thank you as always to everyone who supports us, contributes to our jamming, and gives us a reason to keep doing what we do. 

Always jamming, now across the world. 

Whyd Bookmarklet adds Deezer and DailyMotion Functionality

A little news on the development front! We’re full steam ahead on the mobile app development, avoiding all icebergs and premature demises, but Grand Master Adrien still managed to pull a little trick out of his sleeve: 

The bookmarklet now supports DailyMotion videos and embeds and it works on Deezer too. For the moment, it will only recognize the Deezer track that you are playing, and not other tracks on the page you are viewing. 

Much, much more to come! Never stop jamming

The Very First In-Page Whyd Button: Check Out Museekly

Some of you might know Thomas Vimare from the heavy beats that he drops on the Whyd community. Others might know him from the slick design he uses on his Whyd page. But you might not yet know about his project Museekly, which just launched this week, as a new way to bring forward the art and design of music, while sharing the cool favorites that he finds across the web. Take one look and you will be hooked. 

But the coolest part (for us definitely) is the sharing options that he has programmed into the site. Alongside each track is the Facebook, Twitter, and now Whyd button for people to share the music from Museekly directly to their Whyd page. 

It is an amazing development that we are very excited about and look forward to seeing more in the future!

Make sure you follow Museekly on Twitter, Like it on Facebook, and of course subscribe to Museekly on Whyd