Music Streaming | creative deconstruction

Mother of All Music and Tech Recaps – December 2009 Edition

Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

2

Another year has passed and we can only hope – and more importantly work – towards making the new year and new decade in the music business less tumultuous and one where the the disruptive forces of change are embraced for the sake of the artists and fans. Because it’s about the music, isn’t?
Now more [...]

Continue Reading

Music Technology Recap – November 2009 Edition

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by refe.

1

This is a guest post by Gabriel Nijmeh, a business analyst and music technology enthusiast.
Another month whips by since Refe first asked me to write the October music tech recap and I’ve really started feeling deja vu. You probably are feeling the same way but doesn’t it seem like we keep discussing the same issues and topics [...]

Continue Reading

The Problem With Music Streaming and Why It’s Only the Beginning

Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by refe.

13

There isn’t usually much to talk about when a product is perfect. People may rave for a while, but there’s little to discuss aside from the accusations of a few inevitable dissenters. A product or service that is truly newsworthy, however, is one that is almost perfect – but not quite. An excellent product that [...]

Continue Reading

Deconstructing the Week in Music August 17-23

Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by refe.

0

Here’s a recap of what went on in the music industry this week. Make sure to check out anything you might have missed and leave your comments. Know something we don’t? Submit a story.

Continue Reading

Last.fm Founders Hand Over Keys To CBS

Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 by refe.

1

The founders of music streaming service Last.fm announced this morning that they will be leaving the company they helped create. “This is the latest stage in a long journey for us founders, which began in a living room in East London in 2002, and took us to the headquarters of one of the biggest media [...]

Continue Reading

Why the Music Industry Still Needs Taste Makers

Posted on 26. May, 2009 by refe.

16

New tracks are pouring onto the Internet like auto workers into a state unemployment office. Except there’s no line, and nobody working behind the counter. Armed with a free copy of Garageband and the vague hope that someone, somewhere might listen, scores of nameless musicians are doing their best to take advantage of the new digital frontier. It’s largely the same situation for listeners. A music fan who logs onto MySpace looking for fresh tracks could spend endless hours scrolling through band profiles, probably finding more misses than hits. It might take weeks before they uncover something that really gets inside them.

Continue Reading

Imogen Heap Uses Twitter, ‘Heapstream’ To Connect with Fans

Posted on 05. May, 2009 by refe.

4

I have talked ad-nauseum about the opportunities that social media provides artists to get the word out and connect with their listeners. Sometimes I feel like I am beating a dead horse – surely everybody get’s it by now, right? But the more I talk with new artists and record labels the more I realize [...]

Continue Reading

Why Music Streaming Will Not Destroy Music

Posted on 26. Mar, 2009 by refe.

2

Business Week ran an article recently that talks about the “problem” of online music streaming services. The article claims that while online streaming was initially intended to promote music, and therefore promote the purchasing of music, it has actually had the opposite effect. The author describes a 23 year old man who has gone from spending [...]