Comments on: Digital FINALLY Killed the Radio Star http://www.lastdropshop.com/news/digital-finally-killed-the-radio-star Reviews and Clues on Music That Matters (to me) Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:46:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: samir http://www.lastdropshop.com/news/digital-finally-killed-the-radio-star/comment-page-1#comment-20 samir Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.lastdropshop.com/?p=118#comment-20 I don't think that we can really call this the death of music labels. I'd agree that it's an ominous death knell, but let's hope that somehow there will be a music label that surpasses the current mess to figure out a solid value proposition for the 21st century.<br/><br/>I'm not an avant-garde music enthusiast, and I love my friends (and you) for sharing great music tips with me, but I can't imagine that I wouldn't want to go and explore music for myself and that the music labels aren't going to be able to speak directly to me, somehow. I mean, I love playing with <a HREF="http://hypem.com/" REL="nofollow">Hype Machine</a>, but I still want a way to find music "on my own," for some reason.<br/><br/>I'm not sure that I'll still be able to walk into a music store and browse through the albums/CD racks 20 years from now (extrapolate the WSJ's "<a HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122833913230576869.html" REL="nofollow">The Way We'll Watch</a>" to "The Way We'll Listen", at least as far as the store experience is concerned), and that makes me sad. But I had an analogous experience when I was browsing through music on AmazonMP3 (see <a HREF="http://www.samirluther.com/2007/11/amazon-mp3-success.html" REL="nofollow">my post</a> if you haven't already started using Amazon instead of iTunes!) -- rifling through "cover art" and sampling tracks... <br/><br/>I wonder what LiveNation's plans are -- what has come of all of those major record/concert deals? How is music promotion changing for them, beyond social media? Will there be a new way of listening to and interacting with music? (ref: <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/magazine/07wwln-medium-t.htm?_r=1" REL="nofollow">Content and its Discontents, NYTimes</a>)....<br/><br/>// That's all I've got, for now. I don’t think that we can really call this the death of music labels. I’d agree that it’s an ominous death knell, but let’s hope that somehow there will be a music label that surpasses the current mess to figure out a solid value proposition for the 21st century.

I’m not an avant-garde music enthusiast, and I love my friends (and you) for sharing great music tips with me, but I can’t imagine that I wouldn’t want to go and explore music for myself and that the music labels aren’t going to be able to speak directly to me, somehow. I mean, I love playing with Hype Machine, but I still want a way to find music “on my own,” for some reason.

I’m not sure that I’ll still be able to walk into a music store and browse through the albums/CD racks 20 years from now (extrapolate the WSJ’s “The Way We’ll Watch” to “The Way We’ll Listen”, at least as far as the store experience is concerned), and that makes me sad. But I had an analogous experience when I was browsing through music on AmazonMP3 (see my post if you haven’t already started using Amazon instead of iTunes!) — rifling through “cover art” and sampling tracks…

I wonder what LiveNation’s plans are — what has come of all of those major record/concert deals? How is music promotion changing for them, beyond social media? Will there be a new way of listening to and interacting with music? (ref: Content and its Discontents, NYTimes)….

// That’s all I’ve got, for now.

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