Critical measures:May saw Pandora shut it’s doors to any users sneakily accessing it’s radio service from outside the US; CDWOW being ordered to pay £41m to the British Phonographic Industry for breaching it’s 2004 agreement to stop importing CD’s from Hong Kong and Last.fm being snapped up by CBS for £141m.
The next wave of music applications have hit our PC’s, putting the user firmly in control of their entertainment escapades.
Gigs:
-last.fm launch their events service, recommending gigs according to the music you’ve ‘scrobbled’ and similar artists
- manually upload the artists you’d like to follow onto Tourfilter and receive an email of any upcoming gigs
- or search your music library automatically with Tourbus; Sonicliving or iconcertcal to track events from the bands you’re listening to
Too lazy to create your own playlists, let The Filter do it for you
In a market where reviews are still crucial at making or breaking a release, Critical measures aggregates album reviews from multiple sources and ranks according to their ratings to create the ultimate chart.. Add in a community based element and allow to sort by musical type and similar artists and consumers have the ultimate in exploratory tools.
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