Former USC student James Miao has started a new music sharing website, thesixtyone.com. The site was launched this past December and is designed to help users share and promote their favorite music. Musicians upload their music to the site, and listeners vote on the song’s popularity, awarding points to favored songs. Unlike other music websites, thesixtyone.com is set up as a game. Each time a listener votes for a song, it costs them points, which act as virtual currency. When others vote for the same song, points are earned, allowing further votes to be cast.

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