DanceMix User Guide

Use this flow if you are new to DanceMix:

1. Open Home to see top artists, tracks, events, and latest updates.
2. Visit Trends to see what is rising now.
3. Use Search to jump to a specific artist, track, venue, or event.
4. Create an account, then rate artists/tracks and follow artists.
5. Check Recommendations for personalized discovery.

• Home: dashboard summary.
• Artists, Tracks, Events, Venues, News: primary browsing pages.
• More: Labels, Genres, Trends, Recommendations, Feature Requests, Search.
• Help: this guide (also available in footer).

Most list pages support paging, sorting, and search to quickly narrow results.

Use Search when you know what you are looking for.

• Enter a keyword (artist name, track title, venue, event name).
• Filter by entity type to reduce noise.
• Click a result to open details.

Tip: short, specific terms usually return the strongest matches.

Artist pages help you track performance and context.

• View profile basics, label/genre, and related tracks.
• See event participation and trend movement.
• If signed in: follow the artist, rate, and comment.

Track pages focus on DJ-friendly metadata.

• BPM, key, energy, danceability, and valence are shown where available.
• Open linked artists, labels, and genres to explore connected content.
• Rate tracks to improve recommendation quality.

• Events: upcoming/past shows, date windows, lineups, venue links.
• Venues: location and hosted events.

Sort event lists by date to prioritize what is next.

Trends show momentum by entity type (artist, track, venue, event, label).

• Use 7/30/90 day windows to compare short vs long movement.
• Trend badge indicates direction (surging, rising, stable, declining, falling).
• Confidence indicates signal strength.
• Why explains key drivers (momentum, mentions, sentiment, confidence).

Recommendations combine your behavior with platform-wide activity.

• Best results come after rating multiple tracks and artists.
• Recommendations include reasons so you know why an item was suggested.
• As you add more ratings, recommendations adapt automatically.

Sign-in is required.

• Rate artists/tracks from 1 to 5.
• You have one active rating per item (submitting again updates it).
• Comments are available on supported entity pages.
• You can remove your own comments and reactions.

• Register from the top-right menu.
• Profile shows your follows, ratings, and activity history.
• Use profile actions to manage your preferences over time.

• Open My Requests (top-right menu after login) to submit and track your own requests.
• Use simple titles and plain-language descriptions so your use case is clear.
• Check the status guide to understand where your request is in the process.
• Visit the Community Board to see and vote on popular requests from other users.

• Review Privacy Policy for data usage and controls.
• Review Terms of Use for acceptable use and provider attribution.
• Launch legal operations and review cadence are documented in docs\legal-compliance-playbook.md.

Why are some fields blank?
Some metadata depends on source availability and enrichment timing.

Why did rankings change?
Rankings are snapshot-based and update when new activity arrives.

How do I improve recommendations quickly?
Rate at least 10 tracks and 5 artists, then revisit recommendations.