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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 02/03/2011
If you’re color blind then this is going to hurt. Based on estimated traffic data from Compete, this visualization depicts web-based music consumption in the U.S. in 2010. Included are sites where music is streamed or downloaded. YouTube, SoundCloud, OurStage, Bandcamp, Grooveshark, ReverbNation, and Vevo all saw notable change in 2010.
Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Popular, Visual | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, 8tracks, band websites, bandcamp, Beatport, big media, blip.fm, CDBaby, comparison, consumption, deezer, downloads, Eminem, emusic, Grooveshark, heat map, Hype Machine, iLike, Indaba Music, infographic, iTunes, jamendo, Justin Bieber, last.fm, MOG, most popular apps, music discovery, music industry, music on demand, Napster, NIN, NPR, ourstage, pandora, Pirate Bay, Pitchfork, project playlist, PureVolume, ReverbNation, Rhapsody, Rolling Stone, SHOUTcast, Slacker Radio, songza, SoundCloud, Spotify, stats, streaming, Sysomos, Taylor Swift, Thumbplay Music, trivia, Vevo, visualization, We Are Hunted, we7, YouTube |
By Ryan Van Etten on 01/17/2011
Mashup City: 10 miles. Modern music infrastructure is built on APIs. Developers are programming the future as we speak. We can bet they’re using some of these 30 music APIs to do it. view list »
Posted in Apps, Music, Music Flux, News, Visual | Tagged 2010-2011 blizzard series, 7digital, 7digital API, API, APIShark, bandcamp, Bandcamp API, Bandsintown, Bandsintown API, Billboard, Billboard API, blip.fm, blip.fm API, concert apps, concert listing APIs, development, Discogs, Discogs API, documentation, emusic, eMusic API, event APIs, Eventful, Eventful API, Grooveshark, Grooveshark API, iLike, iLike API, internet, Jambase, Jambase API, jamendo, Jamendo API, last.fm, last.fm API, list, location-based music, mashups, mobile dev, music APIs, music apps, music infrastructure, music mashup, Napster, Napster API, platform, programming, public APIs, radio, radio apps, RealRadios, RealRadios API, resources, RESTful, Rhapsody, Rhapsody API, services, SHOUTcast, social media, social music, Songkick, Songkick API, SoundCloud, SoundCloud API, Spotify, Spotify API, Stream Networks, streaming, Streampad, The Echo Nest, Ticketfly, Ticketfly API, ticketing, tinysong, Tinysong API, Topspin, Topspin API, touring, We Are Hunted, We Are Hunted API, Yahoo, Yahoo Music, Yahoo Music API, YouTube, YouTube API |
![Best Xmas Gifts For Musicians [Poll] Get On Bits](http://img.virtualmusic.tv/thumbs/kodak-zi8-mini.png)
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 04/30/2010
Apple caused a Twitter storm today with the abrupt announcement that their newly acquired cloud-based music service “Lala is shutting down.” I won’t speculate today on what this may mean for the future of iTunes and the music industry. Instead, here’s our top ten reactions to the news—reader discretion is advised.
Posted in Discussion, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged Amazon, Apple, cloud, Grooveshark, humor, iTunes, Lala, Music, music industry, piracy, reactions, Spotify, subscription model, top list |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/29/2010
Mac computers rock, but I’m no apple addict. When I talk on my iPhone 3G I feel like my head is melting, and even though iTunes launches every time I sync, I’ve never purchased music on iTunes. (I have downloaded apps.) The bottom line of this microwavable disclaimer is that I’m not your average music consumer. Apple continues to create a major dependence on iTunes through their mobile products, and I don’t think that anything is going to “kill” iTunes without a war. iTunes is the 7-Eleven of media—
Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux | Tagged 7-11, adaptation, affinity, Apple, behavior, business, change, cloud, consumers, consumption, convenience, generation, Grooveshark, integration, iPad, iPhone, ipod, iTunes, iTunes killer, Lala, last.fm, Mark Mulligan, mobility, Music, music industry, social music, Spotify, stats, streaming, youth |
