Preliminary thoughts on Twitter #music
Trending music chart and social media chatter aggregator We Are Hunted disappeared from the web a few weeks ago following a mysterious acquisition from Twitter. Now, we have the result of said acquisition – Twitter #music. Many celebrities (i.e., Ryan Seacrest) have added their endorsement to the new music discovery service, which premiered amid lots...
Editorial: Pandora still relevant (for now)
I read something this morning that was shocking, but then made more sense as I thought about it. Pandora is still growing. It grew 76% in the past year, actually. That percentage is in listening hours. The actual number of listeners has only grown 48%. What does this say? Spotify, Rdio, and like streaming services...
Don’t ignore: Grooveshark Beluga
In a nutshell, Grooveshark Beluga is a free artist analytics service. Simply type in the name of any artist, and asumming its one that Grooveshark users (20 million of them) actually listen to, you’ll have instant access to geographic data, demographics, user habits, and more. We don’t see specific numbers, but we do see levels...
Billboard becomes relevant again
The Billboard Hot 100, arguably the main music industry benchmark for the overall success of a music single, is finally factoring music streaming and subscriptions into its calculations – per this article on Hypebot. A bit late, perhaps, but its a sign of the times that this entity seems to finally be on board. A...
MSpot = not quite spot on?
This article on hypebot went up this morning, reporting on a service that “silos” every form of popular music service into one interface. Here’s the thing – this concept is needed, but are people really willing to switch to a new service yet again? I thought Spotify already had a goal similar to this. Plus,...
Newsflash: Digital sales surpass physical for the first time
CNN is reporting this morning that digital sales have surpassed physical record sales for the first time in history. Read the article here: http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/05/technology/digital_music_sales/index.htm Frankly, I’m surprised this took so long. While some might say this piece of news is doom and gloom, keep in mind the article (and many other sources) report that buying whole albums...
