David Byrne (Talking Heads) is getting a lot of media attention for his OpEd in The Guardian, in which he contributes the latest high-profile artist opinion about Spotify, and streaming music generally. Much of the commentary on the column attempts… Continue Reading
Eddy Cue, Apple’s head of Internet Software and Services, and chief of iTunes and iTunes Radio, indicated in a recent interview that streaming Justin Timberlake’s new album a week before its release won’t be the last promotion of its kind.… Continue Reading
Recording artist and producer Dave Stewart (best known for Eurythmics) has reversed his previous anti-Spotify stance, criticizing Radiohead’s Thom Yorke for “not getting it.” (Yorke famously conducted an angry public withdrawal from Spotify.) A year ago, surmising from Stewart’s public… Continue Reading
Media reviews tend to binary considerations — either/or judgments of new products. Accordingly, reviews of iTunes Radio are commonly framed in opposition to Pandora, as in SFGate’s review premise: “Now that iTunes Radio has shipped to millions of iPhone and… Continue Reading
Thanks, MusicMachinery.com (and we mean that both sincerely and facetiously) for turning us on to the mesmerizing Letsdance.to, made using The Echo Nest API. The site takes various dance videos (some hilariously dated) posted to YouTube and syncs them with… Continue Reading
Being a first-mover can be dangerous. No music service is more aware of the perils of pioneering than Rhapsody, the subscription listening platform that has been operating since 2001. CEO Jon Irwin, in his RAIN Summit West 2013 keynote, remarked:… Continue Reading
Great wisdom and insight often comes from your readers (we’re reminded of that almost daily). Today, a Digital Music News commenter very nicely summarized and aggregated seven advantages pundits believe the new Apple iTunes Radio service has over what will… Continue Reading