What Music Companies Have Become Verbs?
Technology writer Nick Bilton argued in a recent post that start-ups today have the ultimate goal of becoming a verb. Such as "I'll Facebook you later." Or "Let's Google that and see if you're right."
In thinking about this, I noticed that there are very few companies turned into verbs – that I know of – that apply to music. Well, that's not entirely true. "I'll BitTorrent those albums later." That's a common expression. But, I don't think "I'm going to Ping that song!" will catch on anytime soon. "I'm going to iTunes that song." That's used.
Are there any others? Want to MOG with me later?
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Let’s “AutoTune” that vocal (actually a product, not a company, but similar vein).
One that comes to mind is Blip.fm. DJs blip tracks to their listeners. http://blip.fm
“I need to Shazam that” – which is more about info than music itself.
A couple of years from now we’ll talk about spotifying a new release to see if we want to purchase.
How about, I need to Music Xray this song to see if there are any commercial opportunities for it. ? .
“I’ll Pandora that.” Actual quote from my roommate.
Cases of bad audio editing and digital overproduction are known as ProToolery. Reading business news of Edgar Bronfman, Jr.’s doings make some people want to bronf.