# Raygum - Discover Music, Create Playlists & Rate Albums

> Markdown mirror of DialtoneApp's public top-site detail page for `raygum.com`.

URL: https://dialtoneapp.com/top-sites/raygum.com/index.md
Canonical HTML: https://dialtoneapp.com/top-sites/raygum.com

## Summary

- Domain: `raygum.com`
- Website: https://raygum.com
- Description: ai readable | score 16 | purchase read only
- Label: ai_readable
- Payment surface: Not available
- Purchase boundary: read_only
- Control boundary: unknown
- Rank: 710776

## robots

~~~text
# Block aggressive SEO crawler bots entirely (no SEO value, just cost)
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MegaIndex
Disallow: /

# Allow good bots (Google, Bing) with reasonable crawl delays
User-agent: Googlebot
Crawl-delay: 2
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Crawl-delay: 2
Allow: /

# Default for other bots
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Disallow API routes and admin pages
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /auth/

# Allow crawling of artists and releases
Allow: /artists/
Allow: /releases/

# BLOCK individual track pages (50M pages) - prevents massive crawl costs
# Tracks are accessible to users but not crawled by bots
Disallow: /releases/*/tracks/

# Disallow video pages
Disallow: /videos/

# Disallow private user content
Disallow: /*/edit
Disallow: /*/settings
Disallow: /create-username/
Disallow: /*/queue
Disallow: /*/playlists/*/edit

# Main crawl delay to prevent excessive load
Crawl-delay: 5

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://raygum.com/sitemap.xml
~~~

## llms

~~~text
# Raygum

> Raygum is a music discovery platform for browsing artists, albums, and tracks, rating music, creating playlists, and connecting with other music fans.

## Help Center

- [How do I create a Raygum account?](https://raygum.com/help/getting-started/how-do-i-create-an-account)
- [How do I set up my username and profile?](https://raygum.com/help/getting-started/how-do-i-set-up-my-profile)
- [What can I do on Raygum?](https://raygum.com/help/getting-started/what-can-i-do-on-raygum)
- [How do I connect my Spotify, Apple Music, or Tidal account?](https://raygum.com/help/getting-started/how-do-i-connect-my-music-services)
- [How do I rate an album on Raygum?](https://raygum.com/help/ratings-reviews/how-do-i-rate-an-album)
- [How does the Raygum rating system work?](https://raygum.com/help/ratings-reviews/how-does-the-rating-system-work)
- [Can I write a review as well as give a star rating?](https://raygum.com/help/ratings-reviews/can-i-write-a-review)
- [How do I see my past ratings?](https://raygum.com/help/ratings-reviews/how-do-i-see-my-past-ratings)
- [How do I create a playlist?](https://raygum.com/help/playlists/how-do-i-create-a-playlist)
- [How do I export a playlist to Spotify?](https://raygum.com/help/playlists/how-do-i-export-to-spotify)
- [How do I export a playlist to Apple Music?](https://raygum.com/help/playlists/how-do-i-export-to-apple-music)
- [Can I share my playlist with others?](https://raygum.com/help/playlists/can-i-share-my-playlist)
- [How do I transfer a playlist between Spotify and Apple Music?](https://raygum.com/help/playlists/how-do-i-transfer-between-services)
- [What is the Listen List?](https://raygum.com/help/listen-list/what-is-the-listen-list)
- [How do I add albums to my Listen List?](https://raygum.com/help/listen-list/how-do-i-add-to-my-listen-list)
- [How do I search for artists, albums, and tracks?](https://raygum.com/help/search-discovery/how-do-i-search)
- [How do I browse music by decade?](https://raygum.com/help/search-discovery/how-do-i-browse-by-decade)
- [How do I browse music by genre?](https://raygum.com/help/search-discovery/how-do-i-browse-by-genre)
- [What is the 1001 Albums list on Raygum?](https://raygum.com/help/search-discovery/what-is-the-1001-albums-list)
- [What information is on an artist page?](https://raygum.com/help/artist-release-pages/what-is-on-an-artist-page)
- [What information is on a release page?](https://raygum.com/help/artist-release-pages/what-is-on-a-release-page)
- [Where do Raygum's artist biographies come from?](https://raygum.com/help/artist-release-pages/where-do-artist-biographies-come-from)
- [How do AI-generated release summaries work?](https://raygum.com/help/artist-release-pages/how-do-ai-release-summaries-work)
- [How do I follow other users on Raygum?](https://raygum.com/help/social-features/how-do-i-follow-other-users)
- [Can other people see my ratings and playlists?](https://raygum.com/help/social-features/can-others-see-my-ratings-and-playlists)
- [How do I view what my friends are rating?](https://raygum.com/help/social-features/how-do-i-see-what-friends-are-rating)
- [What music services does Raygum support?](https://raygum.com/help/integrations-services/what-services-does-raygum-support)
- [How do I use the Raygum embed player on my website?](https://raygum.com/help/integrations-services/how-do-i-use-the-embed-player)
- [How do I connect Claude AI to Raygum with MCP?](https://raygum.com/help/integrations-services/how-do-i-connect-claude-ai-with-mcp)
- [Is there a Raygum mobile app?](https://raygum.com/help/mobile-app/is-there-a-mobile-app)
- [What can I do in the Raygum Android app?](https://raygum.com/help/mobile-app/what-can-i-do-in-the-android-app)
- [How do I change my email or password?](https://raygum.com/help/account-settings/how-do-i-change-my-email-or-password)
- [How do I delete my Raygum account?](https://raygum.com/help/account-settings/how-do-i-delete-my-account)
- [Where does Raygum's music data come from?](https://raygum.com/help/data-privacy/where-does-raygum-music-data-come-from)
- [What data does Raygum collect about me?](https://raygum.com/help/data-privacy/what-data-does-raygum-collect)

## Music Equipment & Instruments

Raygum maintains a database of music equipment with cultural provenance data - showing which instruments and gear were used on specific recordings, their cultural significance, and their impact on music history.

### URL Patterns

- Instruments (synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, grooveboxes, keyboards, modular): `https://raygum.com/instruments/{rgid}/{slug}`
- Effects (effects, mixers, recorders): `https://raygum.com/effects/{rgid}/{slug}`
- Other equipment (guitars, basses, controllers, microphones, monitors): `https://raygum.com/equipment/{rgid}/{slug}`
- Manufacturers: `https://raygum.com/manufacturers/{rgid}/{slug}`

### Data Available

Each equipment page includes:
- Cultural description explaining the instrument's significance in music history
- "Used on" section linking to specific releases/albums that featured the equipment
- Manufacturer information, production years, and category
- JSON-LD structured data (schema.org Product type with culturalSignificance properties)

### Categories

synthesizer, drum_machine, sampler, sequencer, effects, mixer, recorder, guitar_bass, keyboard, controller, monitor, microphone, groovebox, modular, accessory

### Example Equipment Pages

- [Roland TR-808](https://raygum.com/instruments/K0Nsvc3UnzyO/roland-tr-808) - The drum machine that defined hip-hop, pop, and electronic music
- [Fender Stratocaster](https://raygum.com/equipment/4q0hEHYhqAK0/fender-stratocaster) - The most iconic electric guitar ever made
- [Moog Minimoog Model D](https://raygum.com/instruments/xHSxQOmrDxck/moog-minimoog-model-d) - The first portable synthesizer
- [Technics SL-1200](https://raygum.com/equipment/wXI4AYgg2GHT/technics-sl-1200) - The turntable that defined DJ culture

## Key Pages

- [Home](https://raygum.com)
- [Artists](https://raygum.com/artists)
- [Releases](https://raygum.com/releases)
- [Instruments](https://raygum.com/instruments)
- [Playlists](https://raygum.com/playlists)
- [1001 Albums](https://raygum.com/1001-albums)
- [About](https://raygum.com/about)
- [Privacy Policy](https://raygum.com/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://raygum.com/terms)
~~~

## llms-full

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