Comments on: A digital music revolution is happening right now, and it’s called Spotify http://blog.thesoundalliance.net/2009/09/10/a-digital-music-revolution-is-happening-right-now-and-it%e2%80%99s-called-spotify/ Just another Sound Alliance Blogs weblog Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:31:33 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Spotify ‘back of napkin’ revenue forecast « Sound Alliance Blog http://blog.thesoundalliance.net/2009/09/10/a-digital-music-revolution-is-happening-right-now-and-it%e2%80%99s-called-spotify/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Spotify ‘back of napkin’ revenue forecast « Sound Alliance Blog Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:12:32 +0000 http://blog.thesoundalliance.net/?p=77#comment-88 [...] recently wrote a post about the Spotify music revolution. Everyone I talk to loves the product for its pure simplicity, [...] [...] recently wrote a post about the Spotify music revolution. Everyone I talk to loves the product for its pure simplicity, [...]

]]> By: Stig http://blog.thesoundalliance.net/2009/09/10/a-digital-music-revolution-is-happening-right-now-and-it%e2%80%99s-called-spotify/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Stig Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:45:02 +0000 http://blog.thesoundalliance.net/?p=77#comment-29 In current phase they are offering both music and ease of use (as well as a nice looking interface). I think the functionality is well done, the community angle is starting to work with share playlists. But my concern, hinted by Ben, is that the business model needs to work. All very well to say the labels have a stake and therefore an interest in making it work, but they ultimately need enough revenue to pay the artists share. God knows what happens next, I'm just glad the current playing field features two players with nice looking interfaces and MySpace has become irrelevant and so stopped crashing my computer. In current phase they are offering both music and ease of use (as well as a nice looking interface). I think the functionality is well done, the community angle is starting to work with share playlists. But my concern, hinted by Ben, is that the business model needs to work.

All very well to say the labels have a stake and therefore an interest in making it work, but they ultimately need enough revenue to pay the artists share.

God knows what happens next, I’m just glad the current playing field features two players with nice looking interfaces and MySpace has become irrelevant and so stopped crashing my computer.

]]> By: ben http://blog.thesoundalliance.net/2009/09/10/a-digital-music-revolution-is-happening-right-now-and-it%e2%80%99s-called-spotify/comment-page-1/#comment-28 ben Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:08:54 +0000 http://blog.thesoundalliance.net/?p=77#comment-28 it's interesting isn't it? It's going to take another 15 years until the majority of music users get over the idea of owning music; and by pushig advertisers out, by pushing people into premium, spotify is locking themselves into one revenue stream. They're also locking themselves into an expense stream that grows linearly with use and is controlled by the copyright holders. Historically it's not a good model when theres no advertising revenue or subsidy..and they can't sell sponsorship. Also, what happens when they go bust? "what do you mean I have no music now?" Many to one radio is not dissimilar to subscription DRM when you can't get at 'your' music anymore. Lets face it; all apple have to do is treat the once only download into a license to download or broadcast (and they don't have to call it broadcast. your just storing the music you bought in the cloud instead of locally) and spotify is over.....but they don't have to do that until spotify is successful or not....they can just do what they always do and wait until someone else makes all the mistakes. it’s interesting isn’t it? It’s going to take another 15 years until the majority of music users get over the idea of owning music; and by pushig advertisers out, by pushing people into premium, spotify is locking themselves into one revenue stream. They’re also locking themselves into an expense stream that grows linearly with use and is controlled by the copyright holders. Historically it’s not a good model when theres no advertising revenue or subsidy..and they can’t sell sponsorship. Also, what happens when they go bust? “what do you mean I have no music now?” Many to one radio is not dissimilar to subscription DRM when you can’t get at ‘your’ music anymore.

Lets face it; all apple have to do is treat the once only download into a license to download or broadcast (and they don’t have to call it broadcast. your just storing the music you bought in the cloud instead of locally) and spotify is over…..but they don’t have to do that until spotify is successful or not….they can just do what they always do and wait until someone else makes all the mistakes.

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