Since I see myself buying more and more records (strictly speaking, vinyls) lately I discovered some nice web 2.0ish music startups from all over the planet.
POPULIZER
Populizer lets bands and artists upload their tracks and makes it easy to share them in (almost) any possible way. The idea isn’t new, yet the service does a pretty good job in serving several web based services (twitter, etc.) and non webbased distribution forms (sms, etc.). Although there aren’t a lot of bands up and running I am pretty sure stuff like this comes pretty near the future of the music industry. With struggling Majors and numerous evolving (and sometimes pretty pretty good) indie artists this is surely and efficient way of promoting their music. On a large scale Services like these need to be fully compatible with existing SNs and Services.
MOJO
Remember the good ol’ times of Napster or Audiogalaxy? Well, Mojo might be kicking in where those two died. It’s basically a Jabber based IM Client for sharing Music. It has a slick and easy to use iTunes integration, making it possible to share your entire library - from anywhere to anyone. I tried it out with my bro the other day (who is on Windows) and we experienced some issues with the .net Membership and a router firewall. Nevertheless I love the usability the app provides and hope this might bring back the old day of Napser & Co. Just wondering how long it would exist if it shows success. Other Services like TuneCore offer a similiar Service also by adding Support for itunes, amazonmp3 or Rhapsody.
SONGTEXTE
Thomas Gabriel from Internetszene recently re-launched Songtexte.com. With a database of 220.000 existing lyrics and an attached Social Net for finding similar minded Pals the service is an enjoyable rival of the tons of bulky-ad-flooded lyrics sites on the Net. Nice Add-ons such as aggregated and affiliated YouToube Vids, Band descriptions and the semantic link between people who have the same taste in music.
Besides, this is my first post written and published with Qumana - I hate the name but i like the app. Check it out…
