eMusic To Add Cloud Music Streams & More
(UPDATED) In an interview with new eMusic CEO Adam Stein and Danny Klein who heads parent JDS/Dimensional, the pair revealed their plans for growing the music download subscription service. Their effort to broaden eMusic's reach will begin with a redesigned site launching in the last quarter
Stein and Klein also plan to let eMusic subscribers stream the music that they’ve bought there (and possibly bought elsewhere) to their computers and mobile handsets beginning sometime next year. They claim they won't have to pay an additional royalties to add this feature; though labels have sent mixed messages in the subject in recent weeks. It's also unclear if eMusic will charge subscribers more for the bandwidth heavy service.
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The Mobile Music trend has really kicked off what with apps like the Mobile Backstage social music tools now used by Dizzee Rascal and You Me At Six.
Rob,
Mobile Backstage looks good — but not as good as Adva Mobile, which not only allows bands to engage their fans through marketing — but also enables them to monetize through the selling of content, merch, and tickets.
This is the future – as soon as the Orchard, IODA, Sony, etc, do catch on and realize this, it will change the landscape of DIY and the majors’ revenue streams.
Sure, Verizon, AT&T, etc. offer digital downloads too — BUT – who wants to lose 60% of their profit?
Aren’t the carriers making enough dough? HELLO music industry, can we begin to get a clue here? Or, are we going to stand in the corner of the class room with the dunce cap on as we did with the traditional internet?