DISQUS

israel_lheureux · 1 year ago

Isn't this Pandora's fault for not trying?

I'd pay 42 cents per month for pandora (i.e. what the licensing costs), and plenty of others would too. $5 of "license fees" gets you over 10,000 songs. Not exactly highway robbery.

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gregorylent · 1 year ago

protectionism is in every industry, in every country, in every ideology, in every religion .. it is so ubiquitous as to be considered normal. guarding the food. so.

does it work? seems to. is it effective over time? seems to be.

why would or should music be different? technology? heck, who is more protective than tech companies, with their intellectual property rights addictions, walled gardens, stifled innovation?

it is a noble cause, rebelling against the man, and all of that, but until an alternative comes that provides income on the same scale, protection will exist. and when that alternative does surface, you can bet it will be protected in turn.

Alex · 1 year ago

I met Tim Westergren when he came and spoke at Northwestern. He launched Pandora as a way to gain exposure for ALL artists, not just the top 40 that are promoted by the major labels. It would be a huge loss if the site got shut down.

As a former major label intern I have been around the industry for a long time. I have just launched a site with four friends called The Next Big Sound that lets anyone play the role of a music mogul and sign whatever bands they think are going to become famous to their own personal record label. Rather than fighting for the attention of the major labels artists, artists must now compete for the attention of the individual music fans.

I would love to hear thoughts on our model as we are trying to help artists identify and substantiate their following and empowering listeners to take an active role in the music discovery process.

Various · 1 year ago

Its a new site in Romania with all romanian music all time legaly! They made it so far and i hope they try to put some foreign music. www.eOk.ro

andrew_feinberg · 1 year ago

Talk to many artists who lived through the 80's underground scene and you'll find that the album sales are in fact just that, a loss leader for live shows. I certainly spend more to see the same artist a few times a year than I do for the one album every year and a half.

Ryan · 1 year ago

We recently launched an internet radio platform called Highnote. Listeners discover new music on highnoteradio.com, and independent artists have free distribution with paid promotion opportunities. At the core is the promotional platform we're building which is designed specifically for streaming music. Labels and independent artists get promotional exposure for their new music in the most natural way – played directly after artists that are similar. Ex: I am an artist that cites Coldplay and U2 as influences, I can get my track played into streams after users hear songs by Coldplay and U2. As an artist trying to build a fan base, I only pay for qualified traffic to my web site or MySpace page, where I sell music & merchandise directly.

The crucial thing here for listeners is relevancy -- we provide enough popular songs in streams to keep the listener engaged. And we quickly stop playing promoted music if people don't like it (though it happens less often than you'd think, because the promotions are so targeted).

feedback welcome, we're at http://www.highnoteradio.com

alik · 11 months ago

Some people just don't understand online audio piracy is a good thing for beginning artists...

rac breakdown cover uk · 10 months ago

i think it is digging its own online grave