Sounds of the Crowd
How Soundcloud brought together the long tail of musicians and a global audience to create a vibrant online community.
digital music
Tradiio – Experimenting with Crowds in the Music Industry
This is the story of Tradiio, a music startup that launched as a crowdsourced virtual stock market for emerging artists and later pivoted to become a direct-to-fan crowdfunding platform.
SoundCloud Tunes Up the Music Ecosystem
This post explores how SoundCloud built a successful digital music platform.
Music Unlimited – Sony Lost This One As Well
Sony had all the hard components needed for a streaming service and it launched one 4 years before Apple but lack of understanding in user expectations cost them to turn the service down.
musical.ly strikes the right chord – to the tune of 40M MAU
musica.ly was one of the hottest apps of 2015 and 2016 – and hasn't left the App Store Top 40 ever since. Are its 15-second videos a one-hit wonder, or are they here to stay?
Hype Machine: The Crowd-Sourced Music Blog
Founded in 2005, Hype Machine sources music through a hand-picked catalogue of music blogs from around the world.
Spotify: An Ecosystem Powered by Network Effects
Spotify's music streaming model leverages growing network effects to (hopefully) save the struggling music industry.