May 6, 2015
No surprise here... young people.This is a graph put together from a study conducted via a partnership between musicbiz.org andAudiencenet and their Audiomonitor research platform.We've always advocated on-demand streaming (e.g. Spotify) over "radio platforms" that are being measured here (Pandora, iHeartRadio, iTunes Radio), but it's clear that teens either see "curated"...
May 5, 2015
Jukely, a new app that lets members attend an unlimited number of concerts for a monthly fee, appears to be growing quickly with help from outside investors.Though Jukely first appeared in 2013, the app received more than $8 million from investors in April, according to recent reports. The additional funding will allow the company to hire...
Nov 29, 2012
One of the most fascinating things to observe as a huge music fan and somewhat "technology forward" individual is the shifting landscape of music consumption. The vast physical musical collections that used to line my shelves were eventually digitized and stored locally, until finally much of the music I consume comes from the cloud.This...
Nov 13, 2012
I usually not a big fan of these types of "giant" infographics, usually created by shady Internet companies to generate link bait, but this one is actually informative and pretty well laid out. It brings me back to my very first iPod (3rd generation, 10GB... which I pronounced the greatest invention in the history of...
Oct 24, 2012
Webcomic The Oatmeal is extremely popular. So much so that Matthew Inman, its creator, was able to motivate tens of thousands of donations to charity (including the building of a goddamn Tesla museumte...not the Tesla you're thinking of music fans) entirely via mentioning it on his blog. So, while the site probably doesn't need...