By Ryan Van Etten on 12/15/2010
Go to Pirate Bay and search your band’s name. Zero search results = Basically you don’t exist. Torrent(s) with 50+ seeds = You’re definitely on the right track. Torrent(s) with 500+ seeds = You’re on the road to limousines and vodka. I’m sure by now I’ve already offended someone, but I assure you it’s an oh-so-effective indicator. On Pirate Bay, SE = seeds, LE = leechers, and both are sortable columns […]
Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged bands, BitTorrent, bittorrent lingo, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, global trends, Inception, Kanye West, list, making it, metrics, most popular albums, Mumford and Sons, music discovery, music industry, P2P, P2P metric, P2P trends, piracy, Pirate Bay, popularity, popxamples, Rihanna, screenshot, seeders vs. leechers, torrent swarm, torrents, trends, virality |
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 11/24/2009
Musicians (artists) are driven by a fundamental need to create. Music is their art and their expression. Even in a world without money there would be music, and arguably there would be even more music (and other art) than there is today. In his 2009 TED talk, Daniel Pink makes a strong case relating the science of motivation to creativity and business.
Posted in Editorial, Infoculture, Music, Music Flux, Popular | Tagged artwork, behavior, business, change, consumers, creativity, Daniel Ek, Daniel Pink, direct-to-fan, empowerment, engagement, entertainment, fans, human, idea, money, motivation, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, P2P, Pink Floyd, piracy, platform, positivity, psychology, purpose, research, revenue, science, social media, sociology, Spotify, streaming, TED |
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