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 01/27/2011
Get the app…Get on bits…Cover it…Check the remix. Cut the intro…Launch campaigns…Connect with fans…WTF is SoundExchange? These were the war cries of musicians in 2010. Get On Bits. Digital is the bomb. When I say ‘get on bits’ I mean get digital. Get on YouTube. Get on Facebook. Get indexed. Become bits. Bits outlive memories. [...]
Posted in Apps, Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Popular | Tagged 2010 year in review, 2010-2011 blizzard series, Aderra, Android, arts, Austin Powers, Bandsintown, brain, brain activity, Chris Anderson, cover songs, creativity, crowdsourcing, culture, Dance, dance moves, emotion, engagement, engaging the senses, exfm, Facebook, Facebook growth, fluorescent colors, free, free culture, get on bits, human nature, Ian Rogers, Indaba Music, industry news, influencers, innovation, internet, internet art, Internet Generation, iPhone, Jon Chu, Kyle Bylin, legacy, Live Music Machine, living it, Martin Atkins, mobile, mobile music, mobility, music APIs, music discovery, music industry, MusicBiz, Oli Sykes, Pablo Picasso, predictions, quote, quotes, radio, sensory overload, social media, social music, SoundCloud, SoundCloud API, Spotify, stats, Steve Klein, The Chemical Brothers, The Echo Nest, The Echo Nest API, touchscreens, trends, Vans Warped Tour 2010, Vevo, Vevo growth, viral promotion, Wired, year in review, YouTube |
By Ryan Van Etten on 02/10/2010
Paramore + Hulu = Awesomeness. A hi-fi artist channel that rocks. Paramore outperforms both on and off the stage. Why do I like Paramore? They are kick-ass live performers. But I’ve never seen them in person. Hulu delivered them to me last year and now again with the brand new Paramore channel at hulu.com/paramore
Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Reviews | Tagged access vs. ownership, Andrew Kendall, artist channels, artist-fan relationship, awesomeness, band, bands, brand new eyes, content, deals, EMI, energy, engagement, fans, generation, hulu, hulu channel, Internet Generation, live music, music review, MusicBiz, musicians, Paramore, partnerships, performers, performing, pop-punk, punk, rock/pop, social media, social music, storytelling, streaming, television, The Final Riot!, timeline, ustream, Vevo, video, WMG, youth, YouTube |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/31/2009
Pandora is blowing music consumption off the grid. Myriad digital choices are sending audio junkies into sensory overload—music wants to be everywhere. The stage is lit—music has always been social, and the web continues to make it even more so. Communication is on the rise.
Posted in Apps, Editorial, Gaming, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, Popular, Visual | Tagged Activision, Amie Street, analysis, AOL Music, Apps, blip.fm, ccMixter, chart, collaboration, comparison, consumption, Creative Commons, deezer, Delicious, Digidrummer, DJ Hero, DJing, EA Mobile, emusic, Facebook, friends, games, gigzee, Grooveshark, Guitar Rock Tour, Harmonix, Hip Hop All Star, Hype Machine, iheart radio, iLike, Imeem, Indaba Music, indie, influencers, iPhone, iTunes, jamble music mashups, jamendo, jamglue, Lala, last.fm, Looptastic, mashups, mobile, mobile music, mobility, MOG, music gaming, music industry, music sites, musicians, musicovery, MySpace, Napster, networks, NIN, NLog Synth, pandora, predictions, project playlist, PureVolume, recommendation engine, ReverbNation, Rhapsody, rhythm games, Rock Band Network, scratching, Second Life, seeqpod, sensory overload, Sirius, Slacker Radio, social intelligence, social media, social music, songza, SoundCloud, Spotify, stats, streaming, Tap Tap Revenge, Tapulous, The Beatles Rock Band, thesixtyone, tinysong, trends, twisten.fm, ustream, Vevo, video, Virtuoso Piano, visualization, we7, year in review, your friends are your filter, YouTube |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/08/2009
The major labels’ new video site Vevo is due to launch tonight. A potential upside is that Vevo’s backend is powered by Google and YouTube technology, which may make it easier to integrate social features. It might also fuse somehow with the Google music search. The potential downside is that it could be fueled by greed more than music.
Posted in Discussion, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged Abu Dhabi Media, advertising, CBS Radio, content, deals, EMI, entertainment, Fatboy Slim, Google, last.fm, launch, major labels, media, money, music industry, music sites, partnerships, Sony, streaming, Universal, veto or viva, Vevo, video, YouTube |
