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Hey SoundTrackers!

We've been hard at work creating an even better SoundTracking app for iOS. What's new you ask? Well, keep reading!

In our awesome latest update, SoundTracking users with an iPhone or iPad will be able to...

Because who doesn't want more great ways to listen to music? 

 Remember that one time you loved a post and can't remember for the life of you what it was? Have no fear! "Save to Playlist" is here once you connect your Rhapsody Premier account! 

So there you have it, in our new SoundTracking 4.4 update for iOS you'll be able to...

Connect a Rhapsody or Napster account We wanted to give you ALL the options for full song playback when using SoundTracking, so get listening!

Rotatable web views We cant forget YouTube! Now you can watch your favorite music videos found on the SmartPlay button or our favorite Friday RhapsodyTV videos in a rotated view for a fuller experience

Save now & play later Save your new favorite songs from SoundTracking posts to a Rhapsody or Napster playlist. No more digging for that one post you loved way back when, save now and jam out later!

Bug Fixes You know how it is, always improving

So what are you waiting for?!

Update your app here & keep the music playing!

Happy SoundTracking!

Hey SoundTrackers!

For those of you using an iOS device, we're happy to release SoundTracking 4.3! 

In our new SoundTracking 4.3 update you'll be able to...

View notifications in a whole new light. We have separate tabs to view your likes/ loves, follows, song requests and dedications. Who doesn't love a little more organization?

Hashtag without even thinking about it! We now feature hashtag suggestions when you're commenting or creating a new post. Can't think of what to hashtag? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

Forget about bugs! We've fixed 'em. 

Click here to update your app.

We'd also like to express how excited we are to join Rhapsody! While this great company has acquired us, they understand that the SoundTracking community loves variety! There will be no immediate changes to your linked streaming accounts, which means you're welcome to continue listening & linking to your Spotify and Rdio accounts.

Happy SoundTracking!

We’re very excited to announce the Schematic Labs team, creators of fun entertainment apps for the real world, including our popular social music app SoundTracking, is joining Rhapsody! Rhapsody is the premier subscription music service in the U.S. and beyond.  

We started SoundTracking with the simple goal of allowing people to express themselves through music. We’ve accomplished that and more, and now as part of Rhapsody, we are in an even better position to scale and innovate to a broader global audience.   

Rest assured we will continue to offer the ability to share the soundtrack to your life. Meanwhile, we’re already busy cooking up exciting new features to take advantage of Rhapsody’s 30-million track global streaming catalog, so stay tuned for future exciting integration opportunities of SoundTracking within Rhapsody!

Finally, thanks to our team and our passionate users who have poured so much energy into making SoundTracking such a thriving social music community these past four years. We are excited for this next step and look forward to sharing more with you in the future.

#rockon!

We are not surprise to see a fierce fight for the top most shared song this week. Last week, Pharrell's "Happy" was the reigning champ but John Legend's "All of Me" came out swinging this week and regain the top spot. And for a second consecutive week, Coldplay is our top most shared artist of the week. See who else made the list below.

Top 25 Most Shared Songs On SoundTracking

1. John Legend - All of Me

2. Pharrell Williams - Happy

3. Coldplay - Magic

4. Calvin Harris - Summer

5. Lana Del Rey - West Coast

6. Justin Timberlake - Not a Bad Thing

7. Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)

8. Passenger - Let Her Go

9. Imagine Dragons - Demons

10. Iggy Azalea - Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)

11. Lorde - Team

12. OneRepublic - Counting Stars

13. American Authors - Best Day of My Life

14. Bastille - Pompeii

15. Aloe Blacc - The Man

16. DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What

17. Ed Sheeran - Sing

18. The Chainsmokers - #SELFIE

19. Sam Smith - Stay With Me

20. Eminem - The Monster (feat. Rihanna)

21. Ellie Goulding - Burn

22. Disclosure - Latch (feat. Sam Smith)

23. Avicii - Wake Me Up

24. Paramore - Ain't It Fun

25. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

Top 25 Most Shared Artists On SoundTracking

1. Coldplay

2. The Beatles

3. Lana Del Rey

4. Madonna

5. Katy Perry

6. Eminem

7. U2

8. John Legend

9. Justin Timberlake

10. Beyoncé

11. Pharrell Williams

12. Iggy Azalea

13. Metallica

14. Rihanna

15. The Rolling Stones

16. Michael Jackson

17. Oasis

18. The Cure

19. Bruno Mars

20. Arctic Monkeys

21. Depeche Mode

22. Pearl Jam

23. Imagine Dragons

24. Led Zeppelin

Sticking with his G I R L theme, Pharrell's new music almost literally features every single girl ever. Skateboard P is seen dreaming about being in a fantasy land filled with "different" girls. 

Could this be the best festival lineup of the year? We're talking about Eminem, Pearl Jam, and Outkast as headliners! Supporting the superstar headliners are Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Lana Del Rey, Lorde (WKD 2 only), Foster the People, The Replacements, Zedd, and Major Lazer. Talk about having a stacked line-up. 

The music festival will take place in Austin's Zilker Park through October 3-5 and October 10-12 with pretty much the same line-up on both weekends. Check out their website for more information. Also, make sure to snatch up those tickets ASAP! They are on sale now!

Here's the full line-up! Tell us who you are excited to see:

Before the iPod there was the Walkman! For anyone who knows what's a Walkman is, you'd know that it revolutionize the way we listen to music. Most kids these days have no idea what a Walkman or a cassette player is. This video by the TheFineBros show exactly how ancient the Walkman has become. The reactions by the kids are priceless and is sure to make you feel just a tad old. Check it out above and let us know what you think!

This picture pretty much sums it all up:

You love folk music? Than Nevada might be the place for you. How about bluegrass? Oregon is a hotbed for that genre. Movoto, an online real estate broker created a map of the United States that show all of the "hot zones" for particular genres. According to Movoto, they gathered all the statistics from "the National Endowment of the Arts, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (via the Martin Prosperity Institute) and state level music preferences from Wikipedia."

Coachella 2014 weekend one went off without a hitch! Like every year, Coachella is known for having a ton of surprised musical guest appearances. This year was no different! For everyone who went and survived, keep the festival memories alive and check out our team mixtape. For the folks going to weekend two, don't be afraid to start the party early with some great tunes!

Check out the full SoundTracking Team mixtape for Coachella 2014 on Spotify or Rdio.

Just like that, after eight consecutive weeks of reigning as our most shared song, Pharrell Williams' "Happy" is dethroned by the surging single "All of Me" by John Legend. And with the announcement of The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein being inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Beatles jumped to the top of our most shared artist list. See who else made our list below.

Top 25 Most Shared Songs On SoundTracking

1. John Legend - All of Me

2. Coldplay - Magic

3. Pharrell Williams - Happy 

4. Justin Timberlake - Not a Bad Thing

5. Passenger - Let Her Go

6. OneRepublic - Counting Stars

7. Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)

8. American Authors - Best Day of My Life

9. Aloe Blacc - The Man

10. Lorde - Team

11. Bastille - Pompeii

12. Imagine Dragons - Demons

13. Ellie Goulding - Burn

14. Lorde - Royals

15. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound

16. Jhene Aiko - The Worst

17. A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - Say Something

18. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

19. Paramore - Ain't It Fun

20. Martin Garrix - Animals

21. Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

22. Calvin Harris - Summer

23. Avicii - Wake Me Up

24. Daft Punk - Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas)

25. The Black Keys - Fever

Top 25 Most Shared Artists On SoundTracking

1.The Beatles

2. Coldplay

3. Madonna

4. Eminem

5. Michael Jackson

6. Beyoncé

7. Nirvana

8. Justin Timberlake

9. Pharrell Williams

10. Katy Perry

11. John Legend

12. Rihanna

13. Drake

14. U2

15. Led Zeppelin

16. Arctic Monkeys

17. Metallica

18. Radiohead

19. Pearl Jam

20. Bruno Mars

21. Lorde

22. Kylie Minogue

23. Guns N' Roses

24. Imagine Dragons

You guys sure know how to pick them! There are so many great #tbt posts this week. We really enjoy looking through all of them so keep it coming guys! If you haven't already, join the conversation and hash-tag #tbt or #throwbackthursday and post a classic track!

Check out our favorites of the day and discover a throwback gem!

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What?! A band has a video game? Yep, listen to Tokyo Police Club's new album Forcefield while playing their old school style video game. The game does not take too long to beat which means you can't just fully stream the album. However if you try hard enough not to beat the game but just stay alive; you can definitely hear a few songs. Click here or click on the picture above for the video game link! Let us know what's your highest score!

San Francisco's 2014 Outside Lands Music Festival's line-up is officially announced! The music, art, and food festival takes place in Golden Gate Park on August 8th through 10th. 

Kanye West, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and The Killers are set to headline the festival. Who are you most excited to see?

Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 10th at 10 AM. Festival tickets have been selling out in record time so get em' fast! Also, check out the hilarious announcement trailer below.

Love, magic tricks, and nostalgia! Coldplay's new music video for their hit single, "Magic" has it all! Oh ya, did we mention that actress Zhang Ziyi from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon stars with lead singer, Chris Martin as his love interest! Chris Martin also plays the villain in the music video. We don't want to spoil anything more so, GO WATCH IT NOW!

Can you guess our top most shared song? If you guess "Happy" by Pharrell Williams then you're right! For a whopping EIGHTH consecutive week, “Happy” is the most shared song on SoundTracking. And for a third consecutive week, Coldplay is our top most shared artist of the week. See who else made our charts below!

Top 25 Most Shared Songs On SoundTracking

1. Pharrell Williams - Happy

2. John Legend - All of Me

3. Coldplay - Magic

4. Passenger - Let Her Go

5. American Authors - Best Day of My Life

6. Lorde - Team

7. Justin Timberlake - Not a Bad Thing

8. OneRepublic - Counting Stars

9. Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)

10. Imagine Dragons - Demons

11. Bastille - Pompeii

12. Lorde - Royals

13. Aloe Blacc - The Man

14. Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

15. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

16. Avicii - Hey Brother

17. The Chainsmokers - #SELFIE

18. Daft Punk - Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas)

19. Christina Perri - Human

20. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

21. Ellie Goulding - Burn

22. Disclosure - Latch (feat. Sam Smith)

23. Martin Garrix - Animals

24. Avicii - Wake Me Up

25. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound

Top 25 Most Shared Artists On SoundTracking

1. Coldplay

2. The Beatles

3. John Legend

4. Madonna

5. Pharrell Williams

6. Beyoncé

7. U2

8. Justin Timberlake

9. Metallica

10. Lorde

11. Michael Jackson

12. Katy Perry

13. Shakira

14. Rihanna

15. Eminem

16. Queen

17. Led Zeppelin

18. R. Kelly

19. Marvin Gaye

20. Bruno Mars

21. Pink Floyd

22. Pearl Jam

23. Nirvana

24. Radiohead