A scrapbook of thoughts on social web technologies as they pertain to the music industry.
Application Programming Interfaces are a fantastic way to spread a service. If you get developers hooked, then up pop thousands of spinoff apps and services, all using your content.
This isn’t a bad thing - look at last.fm and Twitter. Their API’s are used in loads of places. They are names you can trust because you see them everywhere.
The key though is to make it real easy for developers to access your content/service/whatever.
Having said that, Phil Nash Industries seems to be doing ok with spotify.
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Anyone else get the feeling Geoff missed the point? Again?
I love Simon Reynolds. In this article he discusses the proliferation and simultaneous demise of the counter-culture in the wake of a generation of uber connected youth.
Forget about the poor sap that won a talent show only to have his prize wrenched away from him. Forget too about the fact that at the end of the day, Sony was the only winner here.
Rage being Xmas number one means that a group of (arguably misguided) people can, with the aid of the internet, put a stop to what, in my opinion, can only be described as a blight on our TV and Radio.
I never wanted to buy an Xfactor single. I did buy the Rage song though. I bought the album 10 years ago too. I bought it both times because it’s good. It’s still good, and it being number one is a good thing.
QED.