So recently I've discovered my new favorite music website. Here is the website check it out: thekollection.com. The Kollection is comprised of mash-ups of popular songs, remixes, and occasionally some original songs by little known artists. I like the kollection because it seems to be a nice break from other websites of the sort. For example datpiff.com, a mix-tape website, is covered from top to bottom with flashy ads and bright colors, distracting you from the music itself. The kollection and its somewhat minimal background is very refreshing. When you go to the collection you aren't required to log onto an account every time you want to download a song, nor is there a download limit. Listening is simple too, no pop up windows, all you have to do is press play.
I think more websites should follow this type of layout. These days we are overloaded with so much information on the internet and its nice to find simpler websites. They have a cleaner appearance, which in my opinion is more professional. I can understand that it may not be as profitable for websites to throw up fewer ads on their pages, but the improved appearance of the sight may attract more viewers canceling out any negative affects of removing a few ugly ads.
I have discovered a number of artists on the kollection that I would have otherwise never known about. A majority of the artists on the kollection have there own pages, and sometimes even interviews specifically for the website. For example here is The White Pandas page: the white panda. The Kollection features a lot of unique artists covering many genres. Every day they put around 2-10 songs up on theirs site giving you something new to listen to every day.
I like the look of this page. Very clean, nice white space. I'll have to check out some of the music some time when I'm in a place I can play it without disturbing anyone (or when I have earbuds with me).
ReplyDeleteOh, nice. Are you familiar with ComradeF? Another sleek free music site. I've downloaded most of their stuff myself.
ReplyDeleteThe Kollection is pretty damn great. One thing that I feel separates it from Datpiff and sites like that is that The Kollection is really more of a blog. It is comprised of articles mentioning artists and links you to their stuff, instead of the site generating its own content.
ReplyDeleteThe layout on that site is pretty nice. I haven't had a chance to check out the music (no headphones with me), but I'll do that later.
ReplyDeleteYou might try adblock (it's a firefox addon) to get rid of ads on other sites. I've found that it really makes ad laden pages easier to read (and they load faster).
http://adblockplus.org/en/firefox