Comments on: Future of the music industry http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Free ad supported music is on the way « The Equity Kicker http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1494 Free ad supported music is on the way « The Equity Kicker Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:28:38 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1494 [...] revert to a legal service once they find one that is cheap and convenient enough. As I’ve said before I think the winning model will be ad supported streaming, with the ads in the [...] [...] revert to a legal service once they find one that is cheap and convenient enough. As I’ve said before I think the winning model will be ad supported streaming, with the ads in the [...]

]]> By: Robert Gordon http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1379 Robert Gordon Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:41:03 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1379 Last.fm's announcement is only big news if you've never used imeem.com - they've been doing the 'free, on demand, high quality, major label streaming' for over six months Furthermore a scientific comparison finds that imeem has a catalog twice the size. http://youngstv.imeem.com/blogs/2008/01/31/_v6jwLC7/a_comparison_of_lastfm_vs_imeem_vs_deezer Last.fm’s announcement is only big news if you’ve never used imeem.com – they’ve been doing the ‘free, on demand, high quality, major label streaming’ for over six months

Furthermore a scientific comparison finds that imeem has a catalog twice the size.

http://youngstv.imeem.com/blogs/2008/01/31/_v6jwLC7/a_comparison_of_lastfm_vs_imeem_vs_deezer

]]> By: Robert Gordon http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-11106 Robert Gordon Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:41:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-11106 Last.fm's announcement is only big news if you've never used imeem.com - they've been doing the 'free, on demand, high quality, major label streaming' for over six months Furthermore a scientific comparison finds that imeem has a catalog twice the size. http://youngstv.imeem.com/blogs/2008/01/31/_v6jwLC7/a_comparison_of_lastfm_vs_imeem_vs_deezer Last.fm’s announcement is only big news if you’ve never used imeem.com – they’ve been doing the ‘free, on demand, high quality, major label streaming’ for over six months

Furthermore a scientific comparison finds that imeem has a catalog twice the size.

http://youngstv.imeem.com/blogs/2008/01/31/_v6jwLC7/a_comparison_of_lastfm_vs_imeem_vs_deezer

]]> By: Joe T. http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1377 Joe T. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:10:45 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1377 Good post, Nic. I think there's something else going on with the music industry, and it's very sad. It's the passing of a very long era that has existed since the beginning of recorded music. Whether we continue with the present "file-based" system, or evolve to a system where "music is like water" pouring endlessly out of the pipes of the internet -- universal access to every track ever recorded -- something much more fundamental is happening. It used to be that the music industry "found" the best music and "pushed" it out to the public. Promoters would actually find the most talented and interesting artists and labels would promote those artists. Think of all the cool artists Malcolm McLaren found in the 70s and 80s, for example. Who would have known about them if it weren't for someone like Malcolm? Today, by contrast, all the work of finding great new artists is on the individual listener. True, it's a much more "libertarian" and "decentralized" system, but it's also much harder for the average music consumer these days to sift through millions of tracks and new artists, and locate the best. The only artists who have any real promotional money spent on them these days are the ones who don't need it -- like Britney Spears. The truly talented gems get little or no promotional investments now, and are never heard from. Good post, Nic. I think there’s something else going on with the music industry, and it’s very sad. It’s the passing of a very long era that has existed since the beginning of recorded music. Whether we continue with the present “file-based” system, or evolve to a system where “music is like water” pouring endlessly out of the pipes of the internet — universal access to every track ever recorded — something much more fundamental is happening. It used to be that the music industry “found” the best music and “pushed” it out to the public. Promoters would actually find the most talented and interesting artists and labels would promote those artists. Think of all the cool artists Malcolm McLaren found in the 70s and 80s, for example. Who would have known about them if it weren’t for someone like Malcolm?

Today, by contrast, all the work of finding great new artists is on the individual listener. True, it’s a much more “libertarian” and “decentralized” system, but it’s also much harder for the average music consumer these days to sift through millions of tracks and new artists, and locate the best.

The only artists who have any real promotional money spent on them these days are the ones who don’t need it — like Britney Spears. The truly talented gems get little or no promotional investments now, and are never heard from.

]]> By: Joe T. http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-11105 Joe T. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:10:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-11105 Good post, Nic. I think there's something else going on with the music industry, and it's very sad. It's the passing of a very long era that has existed since the beginning of recorded music. Whether we continue with the present "file-based" system, or evolve to a system where "music is like water" pouring endlessly out of the pipes of the internet -- universal access to every track ever recorded -- something much more fundamental is happening. It used to be that the music industry "found" the best music and "pushed" it out to the public. Promoters would actually find the most talented and interesting artists and labels would promote those artists. Think of all the cool artists Malcolm McLaren found in the 70s and 80s, for example. Who would have known about them if it weren't for someone like Malcolm? Today, by contrast, all the work of finding great new artists is on the individual listener. True, it's a much more "libertarian" and "decentralized" system, but it's also much harder for the average music consumer these days to sift through millions of tracks and new artists, and locate the best. The only artists who have any real promotional money spent on them these days are the ones who don't need it -- like Britney Spears. The truly talented gems get little or no promotional investments now, and are never heard from. Good post, Nic. I think there’s something else going on with the music industry, and it’s very sad. It’s the passing of a very long era that has existed since the beginning of recorded music. Whether we continue with the present “file-based” system, or evolve to a system where “music is like water” pouring endlessly out of the pipes of the internet — universal access to every track ever recorded — something much more fundamental is happening. It used to be that the music industry “found” the best music and “pushed” it out to the public. Promoters would actually find the most talented and interesting artists and labels would promote those artists. Think of all the cool artists Malcolm McLaren found in the 70s and 80s, for example. Who would have known about them if it weren’t for someone like Malcolm?

Today, by contrast, all the work of finding great new artists is on the individual listener. True, it’s a much more “libertarian” and “decentralized” system, but it’s also much harder for the average music consumer these days to sift through millions of tracks and new artists, and locate the best.

The only artists who have any real promotional money spent on them these days are the ones who don’t need it — like Britney Spears. The truly talented gems get little or no promotional investments now, and are never heard from.

]]> By: Henry http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1375 Henry Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:02:39 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1375 Interesting post on a potential new model http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/a_rare_post_abo.html Interesting post on a potential new model http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/a_rare_post_abo.html

]]> By: henryyates http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-11104 henryyates Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:02:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-11104 Interesting post on a potential new model http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/a_rare_post_abo.html Interesting post on a potential new model http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/a_rare_post_abo.html

]]> By: Fred Destin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1374 Fred Destin Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:18:23 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1374 Nice one re Martin, funny. Paul McG is surely a success given U2 (by the way besides U2 I can think of PJ Harvey, but no one else), but go to the Music Managers Forum if you really want to see to what extent these guys have no clue... This is a dumb comment from a great man that is in may ways "back to the future" (reminds me of early days of the RIAA -- let's focus on device based protection huh ?). So dumb, so predictable, so much more for our startups to do ! Nice one re Martin, funny. Paul McG is surely a success given U2 (by the way besides U2 I can think of PJ Harvey, but no one else), but go to the Music Managers Forum if you really want to see to what extent these guys have no clue… This is a dumb comment from a great man that is in may ways “back to the future” (reminds me of early days of the RIAA — let’s focus on device based protection huh ?). So dumb, so predictable, so much more for our startups to do !

]]> By: Fred Destin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-11103 Fred Destin Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-11103 Nice one re Martin, funny. Paul McG is surely a success given U2 (by the way besides U2 I can think of PJ Harvey, but no one else), but go to the Music Managers Forum if you really want to see to what extent these guys have no clue... This is a dumb comment from a great man that is in may ways "back to the future" (reminds me of early days of the RIAA -- let's focus on device based protection huh ?). So dumb, so predictable, so much more for our startups to do ! Nice one re Martin, funny. Paul McG is surely a success given U2 (by the way besides U2 I can think of PJ Harvey, but no one else), but go to the Music Managers Forum if you really want to see to what extent these guys have no clue… This is a dumb comment from a great man that is in may ways “back to the future” (reminds me of early days of the RIAA — let’s focus on device based protection huh ?). So dumb, so predictable, so much more for our startups to do !

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1373 Robin Blandford Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:33:27 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/29/future-of-the-music-industry/#comment-1373 It's "Paul McGuinness" Martin McGuinness is a totally different kettle of fish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_McGuinness It’s “Paul McGuinness”

Martin McGuinness is a totally different kettle of fish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_McGuinness

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