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Maybe nobody cares yet because nobody has made a sufficiently compelling alternative. Almost everyone I know has at least some bands they like that aren't one
by mbrock 11y ago
Maybe nobody cares yet because nobody has made a sufficiently compelling alternative.
Almost everyone I know has at least some bands they like that aren't one of the few acts at the top. Local bands, side projects, anti-establishment punk bands, whatever.
My little working class town is a miniature hotbed for small bands. They don't all make weird punk or whatever, tons of them make music that would be really nice for café ambience.
But from visiting cafés around here, it does seem like the only music that exists is the repeating top 20. I don't think anyone actually likes this, though. I certainly don't.
Somebody could make it fun and easy for cafés and friends and whoever to play that music. That would have a very real value.
- slouch 11y agoReverbNation would need a lot of curation on top their rewards-for-uploads model to make it listenable. Unlimited skips wouldn't be enough for the early adopters to enjoy the stream.
- 6stringmerc 11y agoI was thinking about this a little more and realized that ReverbNation already has a "pay-for-listens" model where artists/bands have to fork over cash to have 'a community' review tracks and give a rating on a 0-10 scale. If a song hits higher than 8, it's allowed to submit to big name outlets (CBS Radio, etc) through their platform. So, I think it's kind of a flipped model - the people who listen to ReverbNation as a curation function are, more than likely, paid to sit there and go through the submissions.