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ex fmu'er douglas wolk chatting up audio blogging in the la times via tofu hut who happens to get a big mention
As recently as a year ago, there were perhaps two dozen music blogs. Now there are well over 50, with more appearing every day from all over the world, specializing in everything from hard-core punk to pre-World War II gospel.
Music blogging has developed into a subculture with its own unofficial leaders and unwritten rules, and it's becoming a significant force in the music industry, which mostly seems to be smiling on the phenomenon.
There's a relatively standard format for MP3 blogs that's unofficially evolved: one or two songs a day, each one accompanied by a paragraph or two about the song or the artist. Some bloggers also include photographs or links to places where their readers can buy the CD on which each song appears.
Most focus on little-known musicians or rare and out-of-print recordings; few will post something that's already a huge radio hit or by a very famous artist, and it's frowned upon to post more than a single song from a given album.