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 04/18/2011
“In the corresponding rush to give today’s music fans what they want when they want it, the lines between stakeholders have become increasingly blurred. Even with business models evolving though, effective tools for music discovery, distribution, promotion, and curation remain an absolute necessity.” –Greg Nisbet Canadian Music Week 2011′s Mediazoic Panel about “how different parts [...]
Posted in Music, Music Flux | Tagged access vs. ownership, Alan Cross, artist-fan relationship, business, business model, Canadian music, change, CMW (Canadian Music Week), CMW 2011, content, context, curating music, data, digital valets, Greg Nisbet, Jake Gold, Jeremy Fisher, legal vs. illegal, Mediazoic, micropayments, monetization, music discovery, music industry, music value, MusicBiz, radio, Spotify, streaming, Terry McBride, tribes, video |
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 07/27/2010
Mr. Owl, How many clicks does it take to get to the rock n’ roll center of a retail mp3? Let’s find out. A One… A two-HOO…too many! Mr. Owl just BitTorrented right in because it was easier than buying it on iTunes. It took less clicks. It took less clicks. Are you testing your fans’ user experience?
Posted in Design, Music, Music Flux | Tagged Ariel Hyatt, clicks to content, consumers, consumption, content, digital sharing, Disc Makers, Eric Garland, fans, free, Futurehit.DNA, Google, iTunes, Jay Frank, Mr. Owl, New Music Seminar, NMS NYC 2010, OneBox, P2P, package deals, ripping and burning, strategy, streaming, tips, Tom Silverman, Tony Van Veen, UX, What I Learned at NMS10 |
