DMT 161: Free Spotify for All, Music Gift Guide, Beatport, Pandora's Alarm
Channel: Digital Music Trends
Date: 12/12/2013

This week on Digital Music Trends from Andrea Leonelli, Duncan Geere (duncangeere.com) Dave Allen (north.com) and Virginie Berger (dbth.fr)  chat about Spotify's NYC announcement revealing free access to both tablet and mobile users and its potential impact as well as the company's exclusive deal with Led Zeppelin, we also chat about our music tech wish lists for Christmas, Beatport's layoffs, Pandora's alarm (and the little things that make a difference), multi-platform music services and much more.

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Andrea Leonelli
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Show Timeline

00:00 Intro

02:15 Spotify becomes free for desktop and mobile users, what are the implications?

23:10 What will happen in Europe in terms of music streaming consolidation since we probably won't get any new services at least in the 1st quarter of next year?

27:50 On a lighter note we recommend cool holiday gift ideas for musicians...

38:20 Beatport is being restructured with a number of layoffs and a focus on the store, is SFX taking it in the right direction?

44:20 Pandora has added an alarm clock feature to its service, a simple but cool addition. Can other services look at simple additions to make an impact other than music discovery features?  

50:54 We touch on cross platform services such as SoundWave and Bop.fm, will they take off next year?

01:06:50 Plugs from our guests