Monday Music Musings from Around the Web
Monday, Monday… Here are some blogs that had interesting posts the past few days. From Hypebot: Indie label launches new music subscription model. Interesting idea from Stones Throw Records, you pay $10 per month and get all their music, from all their signed artists. Details from the label here. From GuitarNoize: Gibson unveils metal [...]
Continue ReadingPaste mPlayer digital mag integrates music with reviews
Very interesting. Surfing the music blogs today, I came across and an ad for something called Paste Magazine, unbeknownst to me a leading print mag, award-winning, that went all digital after eight years of publication. Clicking took me to a subscription form, and since I’m in an exploratory mood, I pop for $2.99 per month. Here’s [...]
Continue ReadingBlogging the Blogs »» January 20, 2012
Two helpful posts from blogger @hishamdahoud on Hypebot, the first an overview of the 2011 State of Online Music from NextBigSound: … the numbers are quite staggering: 64 billion new plays, 16 billion profile views, and 3.5 billion new fan connections. Metrics include data taken from SoundCloud, Twitter, Vevo, Facebook, YouTube, [...]
Continue ReadingMyxer Social Radio gets press (guess it launched already)
Myxer is a mobile content and technology startup mostly known for free mobile downloads such as ringtones. A few months ago, they launched a free music radio player with tight Facebook integration called Myxer Social Radio. Got some press today from Billboard.biz. I’d heard of it through friends who know the founder, but did not [...]
Continue ReadingSharing Music Services Emerging on Mobile Platform
Met some entrepreneurs the other week, they were looking to launch a sharing and music player app based on a successful Android app they launched that is garnering users and downloads. We were talking about how it might be hard to grab the play list from someone’s mobile iTunes. This article from Hypebot leads me to believe this has [...]
Continue ReadingColdplay’s New Record: 500,000 iTunes Downloads
Billboard breaks news on Coldplay’s digital strategy paying off for them with a new iTunes record, 500,000 downloads in one week. Sweet. Their strategy, according to this reporter is stage-managed to drive physical and digital sales: “Coldplay’s decision to bypass subscription services appears to be part of a purpose-driven [...]
Continue ReadingPete Townshend: iTunes is a Digital Vampire
Here’s an interesting read. Legendary Who bassist Pete Townshend gave the inaugural BBC 6 Music John Peel Lecture just the other day and called iTunes a “digital vampire.” It’s an interesting lecture to read (The Guardian kindly posted it here), and Mr. Townshend has distinct opinions: “Now is there really any [...]
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