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OK, it's the day after my official three year anniversary on the blog. I wasn't going to mention anything but I figure why not. As for this video. Someone just commented on how it was their favorite. I of course watched it again and realized how good it was. I also noticed that out of 34,470 hits on the video, only 35 came from this site. I usually get a heck of a lot more, but I realize this is because I put up this post back in August of 2006. The obvious observation is I have a heck of a lot more visitors today versus back then so people are missing a LOT of old content. My recommendation is to visit the archives every now and then, but... there was an article I read on the guy that is credited with starting blogs and he gave a few rules on what a blog should be. First, posts should be very short, two they should capture and send people to other sites, and three you should actually post the same content more than once! I used to have a rule that I only post things once. I'm not about to go crazy posting things I already put up, but considering what a "blog should be," I'll be putting stuff up that I might have put up in the past (like this video) should it strike me. If you've seen it already, just ignore it and appreciate that others are now enjoying it as well.
As for numbers, this is post #17,087, the site has had over 2,958,261 visits, 880,569 visitors and over 5,253,505 pageviews. We have not yet conquered the world. Click the world map image below. The green countries have visited MATRIXSYNTH. A bit crazy when you think of it, especially when you consider Iraq and Afghanistan. Anyone into synths there have my utmost respect. Thank you and of course thanks to everyone else that has visited. The white countries however, have not yet visited! I'm guessing either I'm banned in those countries or internet access is of course very sparse. Not sure what the North Koreans have against me though... they do have a kick ass website. Anyway... to those of you that appreciate the site and to those of you that have contributed, THANK YOU!!! I've mentioned it privately to a few people but my goal is to have somewhere for people to be able to reflect on what was coming through the synth waves in this day and age. The site is a repository of everything synth, every day from the inception of this site until I finally stop posting. I'm hoping this will be an interesting look back in time 30, 40, 60+ years from now. It's far from perfect, but IT IS a slice in "synth time." Whether you appreciate it or not, it exists and will continue to exist. To those that support the site: you get it, you know who you are, and THANK YOU.


Congratulations and thank you for those 3 years of great work with this excellent blog (that I need to visit everyday since I've discovered it!) ;-)
ReplyDeleteHappy 3 Years!!! Many congrats!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Keep the good times coming :)
ReplyDeleteHaha... The Korean site really kickarses! LOL
ReplyDeleteKnob our world on Matrixsynth!
Congrats and thanks for all the work you put into this blog. I come here everyday - often more than once.
ReplyDeleteHere's the another 3 years!
It's like "one stop shopping" to get an idea of what's upcoming, or how other people are putting things to use.
ReplyDeleteVery entertained and informative.
Props!
Congratulations on your anniversary and on maintaining one of the best synth-related resources on the Web!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Thanks for all the work, i love coming here!
ReplyDeletethanks, Matrix, I'm a happy visitor and supporter. to many more years of matrixsynth...
ReplyDeleteWow, the North Korea website has a forum! I wonder if it's moderated...
ReplyDeleteCongrats on three years of geekery.
congrats! u have tweaked the knobs in my synth world ;) i visit this page almost like 2 or 3times a day every day lol
ReplyDeleteIt is THE synth blog and the best synth resource as richard said.
Also, Im probably the only person in Mexico that visits here, but know u have a devoted viewer!
Congrats, Matrix!
ReplyDeleteAnd one of my favourite YMO videos, too! :)
We love you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the interesting stats too! ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY MATRIXSYNTH!!! : )
tara & analogsuicide.com
Happy anniversary Matrix!
ReplyDeleteYou're quite popular for those in the works here in Italy!
Keep it up!
Congrats Matrix...
ReplyDelete...and Happy Birthday Matrixsynth!!!
I'm a proud supporter! I love the blog (you already know about that) and I visit it everyday since I have discovered it.
Your posts are always interesting! Thanks for all the links. Recently, after spending time here for months, I bought a KORG MS-20,a portable PAIA bass synth (the one on ebay) a Micromoog and an Andromeda and I'm thinking of building my own synth now...
I had no synth when I first discovered the blog.
This is funny because yesterday I was thinking of how good the blog is and how visited it should be!
Once again, congratulations and keep up the VERY good work.
Baptiste
Congratulations Matrix!
ReplyDeleteKeep on keepin' on!
Congrats!
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised the UK and Germany aren't much higher. So many people on the AH list and VSE are European.
happy birthday matrixsynth
ReplyDeleteyou rule the superhighway!
Congrats and thanks for the best blog!
ReplyDeleteI have to get my daily dose of Matrixsynth. Your blog rocks! However MatrixSynth the blogger sucks it big time.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding, you both rock... I suppose.
Zam
P.S. Wondering what Matrix look like. Not sure I've seen the face behind it all yet, or have I?
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday matrixsynth blog !!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for THE great source of synth news.
A big thank you to Matrix for all his work.
I have been to a couple of the countries in Africa that haven't visited your website yet.
ReplyDeleteInternet connection at the horn of Africa ist unbelievably slow. It takes over 30 mins to actually check your damn email.
Needless to say that loading a blog page would probably take several hours.
Sad but true.