Tag Archives: Internet Radio

Social music services are keen to have their own way of doing things in hope of attracting a particular set of fans.  If each service looked and did the same thing as their competitor, it would make choosing much more difficult for the users.  Take a look at the way Soundcloud is ran – they don’t fill the pages up with advertisements are large pictures, instead, the layout is music based.  The only thing that you will find filling your screen is waveforms from various artists directly linked to your feed.  They have also made it so that users can find out some information about their favorite artists without getting spammed with pictures or details.

Bandcamp is built with the same goal in mind as Soundcloud, but its focus tends to rest more on the social aspect of the service, rather than the hosting of music files.  There tends to …

It is very interesting to see what two competitors say about each other when they are fighting for the same thing.  In a personal setting I’m sure that they aren’t as polite or politically correct when speaking about their opponent, but in the public light they seem to try and be as civil as possible – offering them the best of luck in the future.  This is what the high road looks like; congratulating your opponent on their move, while also taking the time to toot your own horn in the process.  The latest argument comes from the competition between Pandora and iTunes Radio.  Pandora is not the happiest camper, getting to see Apple try and take a chunk of their pie, but Pandora has more going for itself.

Pandora has been around longer than Facebook itself, and has had time to perfect their system of music delivery.  Since …