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The purpose of this memo is to better understand how the cloud has changed the music industry for both artists and users. This is an evaluation of 5 of the most popular cloud-based music streaming applications. These applications allow people to have access to more music than ever before, wherever they are. Each app has different features that may make them appealing to different people, so it is important to evaluate them to see strengths and weaknesses.

Social media has had a profound effect on the likability of certain genres and the artists that create music in those genres. The way in which we discover music today has drastically changed. Prior to the existence and popularity of social media, listeners listened to and discovered new music through the radio, album purchases, or from word of mouth. Music lovers today are discovering their music through social media, from small music blogs to online streaming sites. Various entertainment companies around the world have begun to rely on social media marketing; a marketing style in which companies use various social media

In the music industry, there are several methods of sharing content. Between playing live shows, producing physical records, and now, streaming over music streaming services, artists and musicians from around the world contribute to the entertainment industry each day; however, in light of today’s technological age, more and more content is being shared and consumed through the later. In 2015, music streaming services grew to 317 billion streams, doubling the record amount of streams from the year prior—a figure that is only projected to grow in the years to come (“Nielsen: Music Streams”, 2016). Any consumer with an Internet connection can access these services’ content with

We’re far from done and you can contribute too! Converge Records offers the ability to catalog your music collection. Now you could already save into your playlist any song you want to continuously listen to it anytime you want. You could also share your ratings, and reviews at the end of any song.

The song I have chosen was very popular on social media for most of the

Because music is an unpredictable and highly human construct, it is better contextually understood by humans than by computer programs whose algorithms are not yet so quick. For example: Aucouturier and Pampalk (2008) reference an unpublished study called “Scanning the dial,” which found that humans can identify the genre of a song from with 54 percent accuracy from 250 ms of music (less than a note in some cases), and with 70 percent accuracy from three seconds of a song. Humans truly do appear to have a knack for classifying music. This is why a truly human understanding of music ought to be analyzed: to, as Lamere (2008) says, “expand the pool of contextual knowledge about music,” and potentially solve some of these complex MIR problems. The most obvious and hopeful way to do this is to make use of the social tagging

Sarcasm produces an ironic remark in order to express ridicule. Furthermore, the effect can be more closely analyzed by the type of sarcasm produced. The following study examines the perception of four types of sarcasm, including: obnoxious, manic, self-deprecating, and raging sarcasm. These types of ironic remarks are differentiated by the context and prosody for which it is used. To investigate the phenomena of sarcasm, ten Marymount Manhattan College students were selected to listen to four audio clips of the different types of sarcasm (note: the order for each question is randomized). Furthermore, the participants will fill out a questionnaire labelled “sentence one, sentence two, sentence three, and sentence four.” The role of the participants

Ordered lists of songs are as old as radio itself, but the idea of the playlist has gained particular currency in the past few years. As on-demand streaming services such as Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody, Deezer,Google Play Music, YouTube Music Key, SoundCloud, Amazon Prime Music, Tidal, and now Apple Music have proliferated, each with vast and roughly similar music libraries, they’re now working to differentiate themselves by how well they help listeners sift through all that choice.

In the 21st century a battle over how music is delivered has begun. No longer is terrestrial radio the only way in which listeners can discover new music, revisit nostalgic favorites and connect with their respective age groups. Online digital radio outlets have become obvious replacements for men and women between the ages of 18-34. In this day and age individuals have a surplus of options when it comes to accessing music. However, many have moved away from physical products and the technologies/outlets of times past. There are two prominent companies waging this war: Spotify and Pandora. "Competition between the two programs seemed inevitable. And now, Spotify has announced a new radio station option, in effect, co-opting Pandora's

No one can deny that technology is actively changing the music industry. Production, distribution and sales of music have been affected dramatically within the last 10 years along with artists, composers, and technicians. Most of the changes have been great for consumers, but vastly negative for professionals in the music industry, however a few artists have found ways to adapt to the changing atmosphere of digitally downloaded music and use it to their advantage. We’ve seen music change form from physical, tangible products like records and CD’s to electronic single tracks stored in an invisible cloud. Two major factors in this sudden revolution are online music stores (specifically iTunes) and file sharing websites that allow music to be downloaded illegally.

My music app of choice is called Spotify. As of January 2016, Spotify has over 100 million monthly users over the

In the 1999 blockbuster movie, The Matrix, everyone thinks the same way and is controlled by the machines. The machines tell them who they are, what they like and what to like. What if the music industry did the same? Despite whether you are a Spotifyier, Apple Music Lover, Pandora Head, Soundcloud troll, etc. you are always recommended music based on your preferences or told what “to check out” based on your likings. If you like Nirvana, you like Foo Fighters right? Well not quite, I like the Foo Fighters, but not everyone will like the Foo Fighters. Although it may come in handy and is

Spotify was started to provide commercial music streaming services with facilities to search and browse music as well as download. Spotify has various opportunities in increasing the size of the company to a wide area. There are also opportunities in creating interactive websites and providing the customers with extra games and offers. However, there are various challenges to meet these opportunities which may include investments and customer issues. There are two recommendations for Spotify, first is to develop a mobile application for smart phones and second is to create new offers along with online gaming. This will foster growth in the Spotify’s reputation in the market.

This paper aims to improve Spotify’s strategies in order to make its business more profitable.

There are no other forms of technology that predict the successfulness of songs in the music industry. The current method used is producer’s gut feelings.