Comments on: Music Industry Finally Gets It Right?

By: Gavroche

Gavroche — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:53:56 +0000

Great post! Last.fm is doing new things now by trying to pay unsigned artists royalties.

By: Art

Art — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:27:54 +0000

Lostmoya – thanks for the clarification (once again). I understood the three song limit as you described so perhaps I was the one who phrased it badly… And I suppose that last.fm is not a bad deal considering that it is free (at first). But I’m more willing to pay 99 cents for a track that I can do with what I want – I can play it three times or 3000 times and sans ads, restrictions und so weite… I really do agree with you that the medium is moving towards a streaming mentality but i still believe there is a great divide between what the industry bigwigs envision and what the consumer base desires. And that is the real problem as I see it. My business and most any business on earth is driven by consumer demand. If you don’t put out a product that your customer wants and finds accessable, you will fail without some kind of extreme measures. And I believe those extreme measures have manifested themselves in the way that the RIAA and the Major labels (as well as some top notch artists) have gone after the ones they really should be catering to: you and I – the average consumer of music products.

By: lostmoya

lostmoya — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:37:38 +0000

Hi Art. Thanks for the comment on my blog. I think I might have phrased it badly before – you get to play any and every full song three times, not just listen to three tracks total. Personally I don’t think that’s too bad a restriction, but I know what you mean about having your own music.

I think though with mobile internet access becoming more and more widely available, we’ll eventually move away from a “personal harddrive” mindset towards streaming and downloading everything from anywhere.

By: Art

Art — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:46:12 +0000

Thanks everyone… I didn’t know about the three song limit when I wrote this. Lostmoya clued me in to that. And that makes this a much less appealing service, imho… I don’t really look for Pandora or some similar sites to be around long-term unless there is a real paradigm shift in the industry’s thinking. And I’m not holding my breath!
In fact, last.Fm may go belly up too in a couple of years. I’ve thought about this all day and I realize now that streaming audio is not what I want. I want MY MP3’s on MY hard drive and on MY iPod that i can listen to any time and any place I like. And I’m more than willing to pay a reasonable price for that priveledge. The RIAA and the major labels don’t get this just yet. For now, I take back any implied or stated recommendation of last.fm…

By: Piercing the Veil

Piercing the Veil — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:16:45 +0000

hehehe and the lawyers where the ones who made the dough … cool music innovation though thnx for the info

night

By: Zhu

Zhu — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:49:50 +0000

I love Pandora! I discovered so many great bands thanks to it…

Yeah, the music industry has to find a solution and stop being so short-sighted. But do they really wanna find an agreement… I’m not even sure.

By: Jason D

Jason D — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:15:35 +0000

relevantmagazine.com has some really nice streamings at their site.

haven’t really checked out last.fm.”
and i’m (as you can guess by some posts within the last month or so, such as this one.),i i’m not necessarily the record conglomerates’ biggest fan.

By: susanasherself

susanasherself — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:34:45 +0000

Last.fm sounds VERY cool. Had not heard of it—thanks for the tip!!!

By: Jay Cam

Jay Cam — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:52:54 +0000

don’t tell the police, but i use limewire!
totally free baby!

By: Will Deuel

Will Deuel — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:15:18 +0000

I’ve been using Last.FM’s player for a while now, and I like it better than the essentially similar Pandora. I’m also an XM radio junkie.