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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 10/27/2009
Last Friday I got into a discussion with James Marshall (@) about issues facing musicians in the current state of the industry. I had tweeted two links and James replied stating, “The internet is destroyin’ industries we all love.” It sparked a bit of a debate at first—my stance is that the internet is changing the music business for the better—but we found some common ground along the way.
Posted in Discussion, Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged adaptation, bandcamp, business, change, debate, digital, endorsements, evolution, interview, issues, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, revenue, subscription model |
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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