Q: My crate cannot be shared because "it is not diverse enough". Why do you have so many rules and how do you determine diversity anyway?

A: At BlueBeat, it's all about the listening experience. When we first launched Be The DJ, tons of crates were made that met the minimum 3-hour requirement...but would stop playing after ten or fifteen minutes! When we looked at their contents, we saw crates with albums by only a few artists, or with one artist as a live collection plus select random songs. For crates like those, the BlueBeat player, try as it might, stops playing after a few songs in order not to violate the DMCA Complement...unfortunately, not very listener-friendly!

So we're determined to raise the bar for all DJ crates. If a crate can play for roughly three hours without repetition or breaking the Complement, it's good to go (we've put our own programs to this test as well). We envision a world where a random internet denizen can walk off the beaten path, discover BlueBeat, click a random crate and be rewarded with fantastic music for hours on end with no interruptions. We hope you agree. (If you don't, you can always sound off in the Open Mic forums!)