Re:Spotify acquires The Echo Nest to build a better music di...
by saaaaaam on Thursday March 06, 2014 @10:45PM
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It's a nice demo. I struggle to see why anyone beyond you, the artist, and a few hardcore fans would care though.
Like I said above, streaming is boring, it's a commodity service. Recommendation and curation are part and parcel of it; that's all you're doing, with a twist. The Echonest drove that. Do something else in music. Something that actually matters. And ideally makes us all BETTER.
And quite apart from all of that, your $1600 headphones are about as good as the bargain basement DAC in your run-of-the-mill laptop, for the average punter. So don't give them away to someone who just doesn't care.
Like I said above, streaming is boring, it's a commodity service. Recommendation and curation are part and parcel of it; that's all you're doing, with a twist. The Echonest drove that. Do something else in music. Something that actually matters. And ideally makes us all BETTER.
And quite apart from all of that, your $1600 headphones are about as good as the bargain basement DAC in your run-of-the-mill laptop, for the average punter. So don't give them away to someone who just doesn't care.