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.

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.