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Tyler@tylerh · Writer
One of these music-focused social networks has got to stick, and gain mainstream exposure, right?
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Tim Welch@timwelch_ · Co-founder / developer at Noted
@tylerh – 100% agree! We spent the last year at Nusiki working on streamlining online music sharing and worked with with tens of thousands of users, artists, labels etc to find the deeper issues. We found that who introduces you to a song is important. The human elements are key in shaping how you feel about a new song… but with every song in the world ava… See more
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Ethan Kaplan@ethank · GM/CPO - Fender Digital
@tylerh no. Because most people don't care enough about music. Solve that problem and the other issues get solved.
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Ben Hewitt@ben_hewitt_ · Co-founder @notedfm
@ethank @tylerh Some people care deeply about music and some listen to whatever is there... both groups are more likely to listen if a friend recommends... making it simpler to find songs catered to your taste from people you trust (social + algorithms) seems to be the natural progression
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Ethan Kaplan@ethank · GM/CPO - Fender Digital
@ben_hewitt_ @tylerh yes, but I've been seeing the same product for 15 years now. All failed, none were self sustaining business, most sold for pennies to acquirers. What makes this different? If you get 5 music execs from various places in a room (label, startup, management, artist), and ask them "what would they tell startups interested in music?" all of … See more
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Tyler@tylerh · Writer
@ethank you're right, I don't think people care, in the same way most people don't care about photography. People care a lot about making memories and taking pictures, but as cameras become more point and shoot than ever before, the technical enthusiasts dwindle. People might not care about music discovery per se but a lot of people in the world like music. … See more
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Tim Welch@timwelch_ · Co-founder / developer at Noted
@ethank @ben_hewitt_ @tylerh appreciate the candid feedback and I agree that others have attempted to solve the same problem in the past. what makes it different this time around is the availability of content (in a large part due to the dramatic decline in costs associated with creating and distributing quality music). the Internet gives listeners a nearly … See more
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Ethan Kaplan@ethank · GM/CPO - Fender Digital
@timwelch_ @ben_hewitt_ @tylerh but I've heard this hypothesis for as long as I've already said. The democratization of content doesn't really have a directly proportional impact on the necessity to curate it. I've written/spoken enough about this (as have others) so don't want to rehash here. My point is that there is 0% precedent for music discovery being … See more
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Ben Hewitt@ben_hewitt_ · Co-founder @notedfm
@ethank @timwelch_ @tylerh @fender - we willingly chose to tackle social music discovery once and for all... so you know we have thick skins. Thank you! I'll shoot you a note because I'd love to chat further!
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Tim Welch@timwelch_ · Co-founder / developer at Noted
@ethank @ben_hewitt_ @tylerh @fender Thanks!
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