By Ryan Van Etten on 12/01/2009
The interviews below featuring Terry McBride—CEO of Nettwerk—offer terrific insight to the digital era of music. Terry points out that the ways in which we consume music are changing rapidly—largely due to smartphones—and that the “emotional glue” between fans and musicians is the essence of music business.
Posted in Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged access vs. ownership, app stores, Apps, artist labels, behavior, brands, business, cloud, cloud computing, consumers, consumption, content, context, copyright law, culture, digital, direct-to-fan, DIY, entertainment, fans, future, interview, iPhone, kids, marketplace, media, mobile, mobility, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, Nettwerk, P2P, partnerships, positivity, service, smartphones, social music, streaming, TED, Terry McBride, trends, video, virtuality |
By Ryan Van Etten on 10/15/2009
Moral values—are they learned or are they built into our genetic makeup? Are our brains hard-wired to draw a line between right and wrong? Different cultures might vary on specific issues—there are social activities you can do freely in Amsterdam that you would be arrested for doing in New York for example—but generally most current cultures make similar separations between right and wrong. In essence morals transcend culture, right? But why exactly do we feel the need to separate right and wrong—what is it that makes our moral clock tick?
Posted in Discussion, Editorial, Education, Gaming | Tagged behavior, culture, evolution, future, gaming culture, human, influencers, interaction, modern, moral values, psychology, right vs wrong, sociology |
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/25/2009
Entertainment and transportation will likely mesh in the future. Transportation—our movement from one location to another—has always had a massive influence on our culture, lifestyle, and architecture. We ride. We fly. We travel. We move.
Posted in Design, Editorial, Transit | Tagged airport, arts, concept, Design, entertainment, future, hoax, idea, ideas, innovation, issues, modern, NYC, transportation, urban, venue |
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/03/2009
We are on the brink of an online music collaboration explosion in the years to come. Eric Steuer at Wired Magazine wrote an important article, Group Effort: Solo Musicians Band Together on Collaboration Web Sites, covering 10 of today’s top virtual jam session sites. The possibilities are infinite—it’s only 2009, and virtual technology is developing at warp speed.
Posted in Editorial, Gaming, Music, Music Flux | Tagged 3-D, adaptation, business, change, collaboration, endorsements, engagement, evolution, fans, future, Gary Vaynerchuk, imagination, internet, mobility, music gaming, music industry, MusicBiz, new media, revenue, social music, subscription model, virtuality |
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