Vickie Nauman, founder of music consultancy CrossBorderWorks, argues that the $9.99/month all-you-can-eat paradigm is not allowing superfans to support artists as much as they could – and that web3 technology will invigorate the music industry by creating many more opportunities for fans to interact with artists – at a whole new series of price points.
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The perfect music recommendation service? Maybe it’s not possible…
The latest piece of research on music recommendations comes from University of Gloucestershire academic Joel Stamp, with a study called Music Taste and Web 2.0. One of the key conclusions may make several music tech startups sit up and blink..
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Pitchfork to launch Altered Zones superblog
We’re coining that phrase as the Web 2.0 equivalent of a supergroup. Music site Pitchfork has gathered a bunch of underground music bloggers together for a new venture called Altered Zones.
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Next-gen search: real-time and social
Several more announcements around the Web 2.0 Summit focused on search yesterday, in ways that will be relevant to the music industry.
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Mobile web is exploding, says Morgan Stanley MD
Morgan Stanley managing director Mary Meeker is something of a celebrity in tech circles, partly because of her famously fact-packed presentations on trends in the market.
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Report claims DanceJam about to be acquired
Is boasting MC Hammer as your co-founder enough for Web 2.0 success?
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Pearl Jam take over Rock Band AND MySpace Music for new album
Old grunge stars can certainly teach you new tricks. Pearl Jam is kicking off a Web 2.0 push for new album Backspacer.
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Gary Go releases Twitter-fuelled charity single
UK artist Gary Go certainly isn’t slow to jump onto a Web 2.0 bandwagon.
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Why Naked Thursdays might help your startup
No, sorry, it’s not about people spending a day a week draping their jiggly bits over their keyboards. Naked Thursdays are an idea from Web 2.0 startup Virgance, where all the company’s employees gather to ask CEO Steve Newcomb any questions they like – and he promises to answer them honestly.
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March of the real-time search engines
The big thing in the Web 2.0 world this week is real-time search engines, which return up-to-the-minute results based mainly on what Twitter users are tweeting about.
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YouTube introduces real-time notifications
Live friend-streams are all the rage in the Web 2.0 world at the moment, from Twitter to Facebook to FriendFeed.
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“There’s always been a meme element to our music”
Start the week with some Web 2.0 jargon courtesy of blog Digipendent, which has a piece on how to make your band successful online.