How do you get your news? Do you read a newspaper? Maybe you flip through an occasional magazine (hopefully something more than just that style magazine, but I'm not here to judge). Perhaps you like using the Internet as your main source for up-to-date information. Every news station, newspaper, radio station, and other form of communication has a website at this point. Sometimes it is difficult to find the exact information we are looking for. For example, newspapers have the arts and entertainment sections, but what if we are only interested in reading about the opera? Or maybe you only like hardcore metal. No matter what genre you are interested in, the selection in usually limited.
After searching online, I have found what could potentially (keyword, potentially) be a great source for music lovers interested in reading about their music scenes. Idiomag.com is a relatively new online source that provides its' users with a free online magazine. There are numerous features to the website which make each person's experience personalized. The point of this tool is to create an online magazine with news articles, videos, mP3s, and more, that is all geared to the specifications of the reader. For example, when you first sign up for the tool, they ask you what your favorite styles of music are. They have a complete list of genres including opera and classical. Furthermore, they ask you who some of your favorite artists are so they can better match you to news articles.
There are several other features that all pertain to making sure you are getting the magazine you want. At the bottom of each page of the magazine, they ask you whether you "love" the article, or whether it should go in the "bin", meaning there was nothing about the article that interested you. Finally, there is a button to the right of your magazine that explains why this article came up in the first place. The idiomag.com team explains to you why certain tags for the article matched your specified interests. If you disagree with their decision, you have the option of saying that this article does not match my interests.
Idiomag allows its users to add their personal magazines to their blogs as well. Though I have opted not to use this option, it is one more way to generate communication amongst those interested in this subject. The information is all free, so if you feel comfortable with your blog readers seeing your music magazine, this would be a great way to connect and generate new conversations about the classical music field.
Overall, idiomag.com is relatively new and therefore appears to still be in development. It was started in 2006 by a few men and women in England. Their purpose was to create a multi-media experience for their readers, including text, audio, and visual components. As of right now, they have roughly 100 different sources which provide the website with all of their material. Each day, idiomag.com puts together six new articles for you to read. Though this is not a substantial amount, the website is still growing so it is likely they will expand the number of articles you will automatically receive each day.
Right now, their classical section is not quite as popular, but as I said before, they are still expanding. In the future they should have a larger quantity of articles just for us classical music geeks. If you are a non-classical music lover (myself included in that), this site is great for more popular music genres.
This site incorporates so many different features (multi-media, personal reviews on articles, share articles with friends) that it has the potential to become a great resource. Hopefully idiomag.com will continue to grow and provide their readers with an increasing source of new articles.
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