Comments on: Context & The Music Business http://senses.thirdi.com/posts/2941-context-the-music-business/ Welcome to Senses: a place for Thirdi Software to explore what's seen, heard, and felt about technology, software development, and life experiences. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: neekolas http://senses.thirdi.com/posts/2941-context-the-music-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 neekolas Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:15:06 +0000 http://senses.thirdi.com/?p=2941#comment-1059 I love Grooveshark. I don't know how I forgot to mention them too. They are getting a lot of things right in terms of product. Their problem, however, is that they still have major legal risks ahead of them. <a href="http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/28/grooveshark-amazing-illegal/" rel="nofollow">http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/28/groov...</a><br><br>If they can get around that hurdle, and actually get a reasonable set of terms from all of the labels other than EMI, then they may have a shot competing with Spotify. They are doing very interesting work adding a social core to music. I love twisten.fm, which lets you listen to all of the music shared by the people you follow on Twitter. I get some great jams that way. I love Grooveshark. I don't know how I forgot to mention them too. They are getting a lot of things right in terms of product. Their problem, however, is that they still have major legal risks ahead of them. http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/28/groov...

If they can get around that hurdle, and actually get a reasonable set of terms from all of the labels other than EMI, then they may have a shot competing with Spotify. They are doing very interesting work adding a social core to music. I love twisten.fm, which lets you listen to all of the music shared by the people you follow on Twitter. I get some great jams that way.

]]> By: Justin Ritchie http://senses.thirdi.com/posts/2941-context-the-music-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Justin Ritchie Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:18:14 +0000 http://senses.thirdi.com/?p=2941#comment-1057 Great post! Was surprised that Shaun didn't mention Grooveshark<br><br><a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/" rel="nofollow">http://listen.grooveshark.com/</a><br><br>It is the North American version of the Spotify model! And awesome as well. Just as Shaun mentioned, using Grooveshark makes downloading music seem ridiculous because it makes finding the music I want much less of a mess. Great post! Was surprised that Shaun didn't mention Grooveshark

http://listen.grooveshark.com/

It is the North American version of the Spotify model! And awesome as well. Just as Shaun mentioned, using Grooveshark makes downloading music seem ridiculous because it makes finding the music I want much less of a mess.

]]> By: wesleyR http://senses.thirdi.com/posts/2941-context-the-music-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 wesleyR Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:43:23 +0000 http://senses.thirdi.com/?p=2941#comment-1058 Awesome post Nick, wish I was able to be there to hear Terry speak, sounds like it was a great weekend. Awesome post Nick, wish I was able to be there to hear Terry speak, sounds like it was a great weekend.

]]> By: neekolas http://senses.thirdi.com/posts/2941-context-the-music-business/comment-page-1/#comment-828 neekolas Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:15:06 +0000 http://senses.thirdi.com/?p=2941#comment-828 I love Grooveshark. I don't know how I forgot to mention them too. They are getting a lot of things right in terms of product. Their problem, however, is that they still have major legal risks ahead of them. <a href="http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/28/grooveshark-amazing-illegal/" rel="nofollow">http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/28/groov...</a><br><br>If they can get around that hurdle, and actually get a reasonable set of terms from all of the labels other than EMI, then they may have a shot competing with Spotify. They are doing very interesting work adding a social core to music. I love twisten.fm, which lets you listen to all of the music shared by the people you follow on Twitter. I get some great jams that way. I love Grooveshark. I don't know how I forgot to mention them too. They are getting a lot of things right in terms of product. Their problem, however, is that they still have major legal risks ahead of them. http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/28/groov...

If they can get around that hurdle, and actually get a reasonable set of terms from all of the labels other than EMI, then they may have a shot competing with Spotify. They are doing very interesting work adding a social core to music. I love twisten.fm, which lets you listen to all of the music shared by the people you follow on Twitter. I get some great jams that way.

]]> By: Justin Ritchie http://senses.thirdi.com/posts/2941-context-the-music-business/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Justin Ritchie Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:18:14 +0000 http://senses.thirdi.com/?p=2941#comment-827 Great post! Was surprised that Shaun didn't mention Grooveshark<br><br><a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/" rel="nofollow">http://listen.grooveshark.com/</a><br><br>It is the North American version of the Spotify model! And awesome as well. Just as Shaun mentioned, using Grooveshark makes downloading music seem ridiculous because it makes finding the music I want much less of a mess. Great post! Was surprised that Shaun didn't mention Grooveshark

http://listen.grooveshark.com/

It is the North American version of the Spotify model! And awesome as well. Just as Shaun mentioned, using Grooveshark makes downloading music seem ridiculous because it makes finding the music I want much less of a mess.

]]> By: wesleyR http://senses.thirdi.com/posts/2941-context-the-music-business/comment-page-1/#comment-825 wesleyR Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:43:23 +0000 http://senses.thirdi.com/?p=2941#comment-825 Awesome post Nick, wish I was able to be there to hear Terry speak, sounds like it was a great weekend. Awesome post Nick, wish I was able to be there to hear Terry speak, sounds like it was a great weekend.

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