Weekly Site Review: Humble Voice
Humble Voice, honest to goodness, focuses on music and art. When I logged on, the featured band was an excellent group called Afrofreque that couldn’t be catchier, some bad ass afro-electro. I had never heard of Afroreque until I visited Humble Voice, so that was already one major point in their favor. In fact, through further listening, I can honestly say that Humble Voice has phenomenal taste in music and art. Everything I heard was varied and just downright fantastic.
The site has excellent design and programming. The design is quick, classy, and stylish, and actually a design critic’s nightmare because there’s little to criticize. It’s so incredibly easy to use, and unlike MySpace and Facebook, Humble Voice actually has some personality. You can customize your profile easily without sacrificing all the bells and whistles of a normal social network. So what makes it so special? The ridiculous emphasis on independent culture! Humble Voice features lesser known bands and artists instead of the big names, making it my new little sanctuary from all that mp3 blog hype, and a chance to get to know some small but insanely talented artists. I had almost given up on social networking sites, but Humble Voice has convinced me not to.
To top it all off, the site is still in beta which has me über-stoked for the final version. The community seems to be really great as well, not withstanding the typical pretentious network socialites that are now unfortunately ubiquitous. Besides that, this is an excellent place to find new music and art and to show off some of your own. If you’re looking to cure the social networking blues and actually focus on art instead of relationship status, then check out Humble Voice.
