Comments on: Behold, An iPhone App That Brings You Something Resembling “Pop Radio,” With No Annoying DJs http://idolator.com/5098709/behold-an-iphone-app-that-brings-you-something-resembling-pop-radio-with-no-annoying-djs Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 20:42:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5098709/behold-an-iphone-app-that-brings-you-something-resembling-pop-radio-with-no-annoying-djs/comment-page-1#comment-778682 Maura Johnston Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:37 +0000 http://36d0dd455b00f84e609ee0bbbbbd4e18#comment-778682 <p>@<a href="#c9123828">LiquidHeaven</a>: royalties paid out to record labels by companies for what's considered 'on-demand'/'interactive' streaming -- i.e., users pick the songs they hear -- are higher than those that are programmed by another entity. to stretch the analogy, listening to a radio is less expensive than programming a jukebox. so nutsie is basically serving as a radio station, only with a playlist that one can scroll through.</p> <p>the app is pretty simple: you launch it and it goes into a shuffle of the playlist. unfortunately you can't put it in the background, a la the iphone's ipod app.</p> <p>@<a href="#c9120813">Audif Jackson Winters III</a>: i've only been charged $2.99 so far...</p> @LiquidHeaven: royalties paid out to record labels by companies for what’s considered ‘on-demand’/'interactive’ streaming — i.e., users pick the songs they hear — are higher than those that are programmed by another entity. to stretch the analogy, listening to a radio is less expensive than programming a jukebox. so nutsie is basically serving as a radio station, only with a playlist that one can scroll through.

the app is pretty simple: you launch it and it goes into a shuffle of the playlist. unfortunately you can’t put it in the background, a la the iphone’s ipod app.

@Audif Jackson Winters III: i’ve only been charged $2.99 so far…

]]> By: LiquidHeaven http://idolator.com/5098709/behold-an-iphone-app-that-brings-you-something-resembling-pop-radio-with-no-annoying-djs/comment-page-1#comment-778692 LiquidHeaven Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:04:13 +0000 http://36d0dd455b00f84e609ee0bbbbbd4e18#comment-778692 <P>I don't even understand how the service works. Why cant you arrange a playlist, how does that relate to royalties?</P> <P>How are the royalties arranged?</P> <P>I'd like to make an indie version of this. I'd still need deals with all the labels involved, no?</P> I don’t even understand how the service works. Why cant you arrange a playlist, how does that relate to royalties?

How are the royalties arranged?

I’d like to make an indie version of this. I’d still need deals with all the labels involved, no?

]]> By: Audif Jackson Winters III http://idolator.com/5098709/behold-an-iphone-app-that-brings-you-something-resembling-pop-radio-with-no-annoying-djs/comment-page-1#comment-778702 Audif Jackson Winters III Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:18:00 +0000 http://36d0dd455b00f84e609ee0bbbbbd4e18#comment-778702 <P>Is that $2.99 for a month, or one-time download fee? The blackberry version is like 20 bucks.</P> Is that $2.99 for a month, or one-time download fee? The blackberry version is like 20 bucks.

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5098709/behold-an-iphone-app-that-brings-you-something-resembling-pop-radio-with-no-annoying-djs/comment-page-1#comment-778712 Maura Johnston Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:21:58 +0000 http://36d0dd455b00f84e609ee0bbbbbd4e18#comment-778712 <p>@<a href="#c9116333">offthekolas</a>: Yeah, we've written about Kid Rock's (and Estelle's) soundalike tracks in the past. Unfortunately, my skipping around this weekend didn't reach "All Summer Long," but it's notable that the track is credited to Kid Rock, and not the Hit Masters.</p> <p>the old piece is here -- <br> <a href="http://idolator.com/400707/a-cover-band-rushes-in-to-where-kid-rock-refuses-to-tread">[idolator.com]</a></p> @offthekolas: Yeah, we’ve written about Kid Rock’s (and Estelle’s) soundalike tracks in the past. Unfortunately, my skipping around this weekend didn’t reach “All Summer Long,” but it’s notable that the track is credited to Kid Rock, and not the Hit Masters.

the old piece is here —
[idolator.com]

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5098709/behold-an-iphone-app-that-brings-you-something-resembling-pop-radio-with-no-annoying-djs/comment-page-1#comment-778722 Anonymous Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:44:24 +0000 http://36d0dd455b00f84e609ee0bbbbbd4e18#comment-778722 <p>There was an article in the latest Spin about sound-alike tracks on itunes. I'm wondering if you were hearing the real kid rock version or the sound-alike. (and I realize that by asking this question it requires you to differentiate between 2 versions of a song that are complete ripoffs of 2 other songs)</p> There was an article in the latest Spin about sound-alike tracks on itunes. I’m wondering if you were hearing the real kid rock version or the sound-alike. (and I realize that by asking this question it requires you to differentiate between 2 versions of a song that are complete ripoffs of 2 other songs)

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