FREEMIUM Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio… Features don’t matter, the barrier to entry was too high. This is EXACTLY like music. This is the power of free. Get people to listen first, charge them thereafter, once they’re hooked. Don’t play the rights holders game, don’t give people what they want, don’t play in their sandbox, but stretch […]

www.spotify.com/lefsetz WHAT TO DO Click on the above link, enter your e-mail address and wait for an invite in your inbox. I’ve got a ton, but I don’t have one for everybody. So I’d suggest signing up right now, telling your friends, telling your mother, because these are gonna evaporate. I’m gonna hold off for […]

THE DATA SoundScan revolutionized the music business. It not only said what was sold, but where it was sold, allowing targeted marketing campaigns and tours. Spotify is SoundScan on steroids: "Without Spotify, labels know only when an album is sold. If a CD is ripped for a friend or borrowed for a party, they know […]

You’re fucked. You’ve got nowhere else to go. Netflix killed Blockbuster. The music industry should be paying close attention to the Netflix brouhaha. Every analyst says the same thing, this is about killing the DVD rental business. Imagine if the music business killed the CD? But you can only do that if you have a […]