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I have been using this service for the last two days along with a number of other coworkers at the game studio I work at. We all find it to be a wonderful serv

I have been using this service for the last two days along with a number of other coworkers at the game studio I work at. We all find it to be a wonderful service. I can't help but notice how turntable is succeeding so well in the "social music" realm (at least initially) while myspace has failed going after what would seem to be a similar demographic. It is obviously to early to tell what the outcome will be for turntable, but if I were calling the shots at myspace, I would take heed.

pavel_lishin 15y ago
Myspace seems to be aiming to be the go-to place to learn about bands, hear their music, check out their tours, etc. Turntable is a place where I can batter my friends with awful music until they force a skip. Not really a whole lot of overlap there. Unless Myspace has changed a lot - I have no idea because it's always been a huge pain to use, and I haven't been back in months.
pstack 15y ago
Agreed on the social aspect. My response to anything relating to "social music" has always been "I listen to music for me - I don't want social anything. I don't care what you're listening to and I don't care if you think what I'm listening to is cool. I have zero social interest in music". And then they figured out a clever new/old way for music to be social in a very natural, obvious, useful way.
seanharper 15y ago
I agree, turntable is really fun in a way that pandora is not, and the music selection is better (pandora keeps playing repeats for me and blending songs from one channel into the other channels). I think it will be a hit. However, I was logged in last night at 11pm CT. There was plenty to listen to, plenty of rooms to hang out in, but if you counted up the number of users in each room and summed them, it was clear that not that many people were actually online listening. I wonder if that indicates the app is not that sticky.

pavel_lishin 15y ago

Myspace seems to be aiming to be the go-to place to learn about bands, hear their music, check out their tours, etc. Turntable is a place where I can batter my friends with awful music until they force a skip. Not really a whole lot of overlap there. Unless Myspace has changed a lot - I have no idea because it's always been a huge pain to use, and I haven't been back in months.

pstack 15y ago

Agreed on the social aspect. My response to anything relating to "social music" has always been "I listen to music for me - I don't want social anything. I don't care what you're listening to and I don't care if you think what I'm listening to is cool. I have zero social interest in music". And then they figured out a clever new/old way for music to be social in a very natural, obvious, useful way.

seanharper 15y ago

I agree, turntable is really fun in a way that pandora is not, and the music selection is better (pandora keeps playing repeats for me and blending songs from one channel into the other channels). I think it will be a hit. However, I was logged in last night at 11pm CT. There was plenty to listen to, plenty of rooms to hang out in, but if you counted up the number of users in each room and summed them, it was clear that not that many people were actually online listening. I wonder if that indicates the app is not that sticky.