From Muxtape.The streaming music site Muxtape has returned as a free platform for musicians to promote their music.
Emerging in a time when cassette tapes had long been an anachronism, Muxtape became a go-to site for music fans to string together their favorite songs and share the virtual mix tapes with friends and internet passers-by. Founded in early 2008, the site quickly became ensnared in licensing disputes and was shut down last August.
In its new life, Muxtape still lets users create their own mix tapes. Only now, the tracks users select from will be legally licensed for streaming — and not for download.
Will more visitors use the site as a substitute for buying music or as a way to sample music they will later buy?
One recent study found that free, sanctioned streaming of TV shows actually increased the number of hours people spent watching network programming, combining traditional TV viewing and streams from official network sites.
Downloading, both legal and illegal, has long been the focus of the debate over digital music. But what impact will streaming sites like Muxtape have on the future of the music industry?
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Spotify is the future of music. Launched in the UK last week it’s taking over Europe and is totally amazing. All the major record labels are on board so it’s totally legal.
Actually streaming is just a way to create the sense of safety to the Music Industry. Both video and audio streams can be stored for further local playback on user PCs. This is another useless attempt to maintain music sales. The bottom line is that the industry need to accept that once the rules of the game change you cant win playing the way you used to play.
A decade has passed since Napster changed the rules, we now have “open source” music, independent labels every where and I know young people that has obscenely large collections of music without having purchased even one single disc. This people has also access to a secure, fast and legal distribution means.
I’m not endorsing illegal music distribution, but facts are facts… We all love music, but most of people don’t want to pay for it and we live in a time where it is easier and faster (and sometimes more reliable ) to download illegal mp3s than to buy them.