By Ryan Van Etten on 01/10/2012
In NJ, summer 2011, I witnessed a violent conversation about what is the best mobile music app. It pretty much sums up the state of mobile music streaming in 2011: Brandon: Rdio is where it’s at in music right now. Kerry: I. Don’t. Care. I love Spotify. Brandon: Name anything. I’ll play it right now. [...]
Posted in Apps, Discussion, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux | Tagged consumption, debate, exfm, Grooveshark, last.fm, mobile, mobile music, MOG, music on demand, pandora, poll, Rdio, Spotify, streaming |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/30/2010
The end of the year is rolling in…the current most popular iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch apps in the iTunes App Store are below—one grid is the top free apps and one is the top paid apps. So…who’s using them? C’mon tell us which apps you just can’t live without! (Data is based on the iTunes App Store in the U.S. in late December, 2010.)
Posted in Apps, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, News, Visual | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, app stores, Apple, best of, best of 2010, Drum Kit, Glee Karaoke, I Am T-Pain, iheart radio, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, LaDiDa, list, mobile, mobile music, most popular apps, music apps, MusicID with Lyrics, Ocarina, pandora, PocketGuitar, radio apps, Rhapsody, ringtone apps, Ringtone Designer, ringtones, Shazam, soundhound, stats, top 10, top list, TuneIn Radio, Ultimate Guitar Tabs, Virtuoso Piano, year in review |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/23/2010
Anyone who’s already finished their Xmas shopping is an overachiever! Okay so I obviously “planned” to write this post a little earlier. I even planned to write it last year. ;) Giving gifts can be really hard, but if you really know someone, it’s much easier. Everyone is different. POLL. Extra: Get it on tape—not literally. Get it on bits.
Posted in Discussion, Editorial, iPhone Apps, Music, Randomness | Tagged alcohol, Apple, bandzoogle, bits, books, cloud, fun, get on bits, gift ideas, Grooveshark, holidays, humor, Indaba Music, iPad, iPhone, ipod, iPod Touch, iTunes, Kodak, last-minute, list, MOG, musicians, Next Big Sound, poll, products, promotion, Rework, Rhapsody, services, software, SoundCloud, streaming, xmas, xmas gifts for musicians, YouTube, Zi6, Zi8 |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/09/2010
UK startup BandApp is hell-bent on becoming the indie mobile replacement for MySpace and record labels. Similar in concept to Sound Around (now part of ReverbNation) or MobBase, BandApp’s monthly service gives musicians a platform to create and manage their own iPhone apps. But BandApp is taking a different approach in that they’re sidelining the [...]
Posted in Apps, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged A (band), Adam Perry (The Yin), app services, app stores, bandapp, Daniel Carter, DIY, indie, industry news, interaction, iPhone, iTunes, launch, mobile, mobile music, music startup, shareability, social media, social music, startup story, startups, The Blackout, The Bloodhound Gang, unsigned bands, video, We Are The Ocean, Zebrahead |
By Ryan Van Etten on 06/30/2010
Last week I told the story behind the new band apps-as-a-service startup, Sound Around, whose mantra is ‘iPhone apps for every band.’ Today they rock their full-on launch. Want to get in on this action and try Sound Around free for three months? Well, you’re in the right place because we have a couple promo codes to dish out to bands or musicians.
Posted in Apps, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged app services, bands, CMS, communication, demo, direct-to-fan, integration, iPhone, launch, mobile, mobile music, music apps, musicians, promo code, service, social media, Sound Around |
By Ryan Van Etten on 06/22/2010
The story of the new mobile music startup, Sound Around, starts in 2009, in a little place called Raleigh, North Carolina, where brothers Scott and Steve Klein had been brainstorming tech startup ideas. Both were students at NC State, but with opposite majors—nearly yin and yang. Add entrepreneurial DNA, and they’re Pinky and The Brain.
Posted in Apps, Editorial, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, Narrative, News, Popular | Tagged acquisition, app services, business, development, entrepreneurs, indie, interaction, iPhone, Lauchbox Digital, MobBase, mobile, mobile dev, mobile music, music apps, music startup, NC State, Pinky and The Brain, platform, resources, ReverbNation, service, smartphones, social music, Sound Around, startup story, startups, story-driven, TechStars |