FunkyHouseMusic.com Version 2.0
It’s been just over five years since we first launched FunkyHouseMusic.com and for a while it was becoming clear that it was time to upgrade from our original completely custom website format to a more standard, flexible, and extensible website architecture — one that would allow us to better connect with you our readers in this new age of social media. After hundreds of lines of code and many hours of hard work, we’ve managed to import all of our content from day one into our new site, which is founded on a WordPress back-end. It’s been a long time coming, but we are excited about all of the possibilities the future holds…
Here’s a short summary of some of the new features of FunkyHouseMusic 2.0:
Social Sharing
Want to share something with your social network? At the bottom of every post are links to share that post on many of the popular social networking and social bookmarking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Digg, Tumblr, StumbleUpon, Reddit, and Yahoo Buzz.
Content Feeds
Get the latest house music updates not only from our website, but via our Twitter, Facebook, and RSS feeds which are synced up with our main site. This allows you to easily stay abreast of what is going on without having to leave your reader of choice.
Search
The search box at top of the page allows you to search the full text of the entire site — no need for an external search engine to find what you are looking for.
Tagging
See a post with your favorite artist? Click on that artist’s tag to quickly find other items containing that artist. See who’s getting talked about the most by browsing the most popular tags using our tag cloud on the sidebar to the right.
Comments
Want to speak your mind about a particular news item or track review? No problem — you can now post comments about each and every item on our website.
And much more to come in the future…
We’re really excited about this new format. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please contact us and let us know what you think.
The fast rising German techno star, Boys Noize, dropped one of the best sets of the conference at the Beatport pool party and the FunkyHouseMusic.com WMC team was there to soak it up. More coverage coming so stay tuned, but for now, enjoy this plethora of techno porn!
Scion had some pretty killer lineups at the WMC this year and showcasing Fake Blood numerous times only made them better. Here is some exclusive footage of Fake Blood dropping some serious tunes by way of the FunkyHouseMusic.com WMC team! Stay tuned for more videos from this event…
Going to be in Miami next week for the Winter Music Conference? Playing a gig? Hosting a party?… Let us know! As per usual the FunkyHouseMusic.com staff will be running around to as many shows, pool parties, and the like taking as many pictures, videos, and interviews as we can. Contact us at…
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Beatportal puts their money where their mouth is and takes a stab at the top 10 sets not to miss in Miami next week…
These superstars had it all ‘ fame, money, drugs. But come the millennium, the party was over. Dom Phillips, former editor of Mixmag, tracks the boom and bust of the great mixmasters…
Cast your vote for you favorite artists for the 2009 Beatport Music Awards. Voting ends March 19th so get those votes in soon…
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Arguably, the most innovative and user friendly audio production package of the day, Ableton Live is just about to get its annual facelift. Live version 8 includes a wealth of new techniques, effects, and most-wanted workflow improvements. Meanwhile, Ableton Suite 8 adds an expanded sample library, two new instruments, and a major upgrade to the venerable synth, Operator…
Cr2 Records in association with DJ Download is launching another remix competition, this time for ‘Walking Away’ by The Egg…
Tinnitus, that annoying hum or ringing in the ears, affects about one in five people, making it one of the most common medical afflictions — especially for clubbers. One well-known tinnitus sufferer, Dr. Jerome Groopman, writes in this week’s New Yorker about his own efforts to learn about and treat his condition in the article “That Buzzing Sound: The Mystery of Tinnitus”…
Time Magazine tackles a subject that is very much prevalent in dance music regarding the use and abuse of the much-beloved Auto-Tune…
Get the info on the latest in hardware and software tools for house music production…
We caught up with Minneapolis’ steward of live bass guitar and quality dace music production, Jevne, to get his thoughts on this year’s WMC. 
