Blogging Ottinger (tim)Sources of Jazz For Computer Users
I started listening to DrHorner’s jazz internet radio station. Very tasty stuff. Between this one and Attention Span Radio I should never be short on tasty jazz listening.
I was also listening to Magnatune’s jazz radio mix and found much to like about it. There is more to magnatunes than their policy and business model. In addition to not being evil, they do have some good stuff to listen to.
It really is a good time to be alive. The whole digital music thing is very good. It brings music to the masses in a way that physical media cannot. Of course, it is intimidating to those recording companies who live on the old model, but I think that they have to adjust or die out. I hope they can adjust.
In the new world, it won’t be a business based purely on per-copy pricing, and the public will never tolerate per-listen pricing. The new model is probably going to be a low yearly fee or a free service to listen to all kinds of music (from many sources), plus a low price for purchasing non-DRMed downloads or a slightly higher price to get the songs + all the collateral (jacket, lyric sheet, pix, CD + Case or USB stick).
People will go for it, and it will be “lucrative enough” considering the very low costs involved in duplication.
Enjoy the new world now. Listen to Live365 free (or buy a premier membership for a nominal fee) and try out Magnatunes for free, and maybe buy the materials you like. It’s a cool thing.
