Thank You Napster It was 15 years ago, almost to the date, that a start-up digital music service completely ruined my life. Two teenage punks named Shawn/Sean, who, over the years I’ve come to admire and respect, created a piece of free software that any other teenager could download. Many did. How many? Well in
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Facebook Music Identification vs. Shazam Facebook is now taking on Shazam. You probably have Shazam installed on your Android or iOS smartphone and if you don’t, I’m sure you know someone who does. Just in case you don’t know, Shazam is a way cool mobile app that recognizes music and TV around you. The creators
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Time For a New Prince Lawsuit! Prince is at it again. He’s raging against the Internet for what seems to be like the gazzillionth time on his “copyright warpath”. This time, the Prince lawsuit targets 22 individual Facebook users for $1 million each! It’s quite possible that these 22 people could pretty much be some
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The YouTube Music Awards – The First Ever This sounded like an awesome idea from the beginning. To me anyway. I mean first off this has never been done before. The YouTube Music Awards? Secondly, wow is the world’s second largest search engine and probably #1 music streaming and discover service, host, produce and live
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YouTube Music Streaming Services Music streaming is freaking awesome. If you’re a fan of music and you haven’t experimented with any major music streaming services you’re really missing out on a an amazing music consumption and discovery experience. I’ve been enjoying and testing streaming music since the days of Last.fm which, back in the day,
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Facebook Photo Comments Announced Are you a visual type person? Do you appreciate a point being illustrated or supported with a photograph or image of some sort? Well then I have some great news for you. The world’s largets social network has launched a new feature called Facebook Photo Comments. Earlier this week Facebook announced
Continue reading »After working in the entertainment industry for well over a decade, specifically in the music business, I’ve been witness to insane release schedule practices that blew my mind way before illegal downloading of mp3’s (read: Napster). At first I could understand that delaying a CD release could build demand for the product (i.e the record). A single
Continue reading »Ok, I’m excited for the New MySpace (or Myspace I think). I really am. Maybe it’s because I want to see the underdog, the former market leader (albeit there was no competition during their peak), return to glory with a kick ass, brand new design, next level, forward thinking, high-tech social network! I think I ‘m working myself up
Continue reading »Have you moved into the world of music streaming and music subscription services as your go-to as opposed to your default iTunes or even YouTube for that matter? There are a few major players with some unique offerings: Pandora, Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio, The Vault (HMV), Grooveshark, LastFM, Slacker, Songza, Spotify, and many others I haven’t mentioned. There’s even
Continue reading »What does social media have to do with record sales? As it turns out, a lot! This may seem obvious to you, as it certainly does for me, but research has shown that “social media has a concrete and measurable impact on sales, certain metrics more so than others, and can serve as an aid
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