Comments on: The rise, fall, and rebirth of Muxtape http://us.music-jobs.com/blog/index.php/lee-jarvis/the-rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-muxtape/ News, reviews, gigs and gossip for the US music scene Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Charlie Dunlop http://us.music-jobs.com/blog/index.php/lee-jarvis/the-rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-muxtape/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Charlie Dunlop Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:22:25 +0000 http://us.music-jobs.com/blog/?p=20#comment-7 I loved the old one, and I know I'll use this one. However the original was unique in its publication of what people were 'listening to', not what they were self promoting. It's now similar to a DJ mix with 8 out of 12 tracks produced by the DJ doing the mix - a little narcissistic (sorry Jafar!) If that's the point (self-promo), how does this format differ from Myspace music? In a Muxtape I want to hear music that inspired a person to get to the point at which they are at now, not what they make themselves. Of course I want to hear that too, but there are hundreds of web based services providing that already. I don't mean to be down on Muxtape 2.0 - I loved it for what it was. I just don't see the point of 'relaunching' a different service with very similar (yet greatly diminished) functionality to Myspace music. But then again, rather than change a very successful business model and resource, why don't we just disband the collection of obstinate Neanderthals masquerading as the RIAA, and replace with an organisation familiar with 21st Century commerce and digital innovation? I loved the old one, and I know I’ll use this one. However the original was unique in its publication of what people were ‘listening to’, not what they were self promoting. It’s now similar to a DJ mix with 8 out of 12 tracks produced by the DJ doing the mix – a little narcissistic (sorry Jafar!) If that’s the point (self-promo), how does this format differ from Myspace music?

In a Muxtape I want to hear music that inspired a person to get to the point at which they are at now, not what they make themselves. Of course I want to hear that too, but there are hundreds of web based services providing that already.

I don’t mean to be down on Muxtape 2.0 – I loved it for what it was. I just don’t see the point of ‘relaunching’ a different service with very similar (yet greatly diminished) functionality to Myspace music.

But then again, rather than change a very successful business model and resource, why don’t we just disband the collection of obstinate Neanderthals masquerading as the RIAA, and replace with an organisation familiar with 21st Century commerce and digital innovation?

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