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Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by kintamanimatt »

This pivot is probably as a result of not sufficiently and consistently marketing the site. Why did they stop? They were white hot when they began, but as they toned down the promotion they were just forgotten. This is a horrible shame because there's still so much potential in this service, especially as they have a community of engaged users that could probably be encouraged to pay for additional stuff and features. It feels like they're so close to having a winner in what they already have going, not what they're planning to go to.

I loved them and have only known about them for about a year. Pip pip cheerio.

Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by mikeruby »

I've really enjoyed turntable and had some great memories jamming with the original turntable at a few hackathons. For me the element of listening to music with people physically around me was the key.

The pivot is interesting and definitely an opportunity there.. but no doubt there is nothing like experiencing music live in person. At least to me the format of the new pivot is too similar to just a listening to a live album.

All the best guys and thanks for some awesome memories!

Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by Ryanmf »

Obligatory http://boilerroom.tv shoutout.

No salivating VCs, no cutesy avatars, the redesigned site is nice but nothing exceptional, and for some reason I doubt they even consider themselves a "technology company"—but they nail all the important bits. Great acts, frequent events, live audiences provide effective WoM and a sense of exclusivity for those who attend, and perhaps most importantly, everything's available on YouTube[0] and Soundcloud[1] in perpetuity.

Wake me up when anyone else is doing anything half as compelling.

[0] http://www.youtube.com/user/brtvofficial [1] http://soundcloud.com/platform

Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by [deleted] »

tks2103 wrote: post #30
livejamie wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you familiar with Songza?

yeah good service to point out. the playlists on turntable were an organic composition of the community in the channel. the user was directly involved in the creation process. the playlist changed to reflect the people in the channel. it was an entirely social gathering (when it started anyway), as if you got 50 music heads into a room and asked them to rock out. songza is purely curated. for that reason, it misses t…

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Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by troymc »

rb2e wrote: post #12

Actually believe this would be a good plan. I listen to live music in Second Life (Don't laugh) and I've found live music works well when streamed live both audio only and video. For musicians, its great to perform live for people but having to tour and go from gig to gig, lugging equipment around, and most of the time only being paid beer money and travel expenses. Being able to perform for an audience but not havin…

I've also enjoyed many a live music performance in Second Life. It's wonderful to be able to text chat with friends, and even with the musician, during shows. (The musician can ignore the text chat if they want, so it's only distracting for them if they want it to be.)

You're right that most SL live musicians broadcast from home studios, which is great because it keeps their costs down. Turntable Live currently says musicians have to come to their NYC studio, which I suppose is better than travelling all over the country, but I'm sure musicians would much prefer performing in a home studio or a studio in their area. Maybe in the future?

Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by gee_totes »

taybin wrote: post #2

Alas, tt.fm. You will be missed. I've been in the same room every day for two years, meeting friends and listening to new music.

Yes, I agree. I would just hang out in rooms all day; tt.fm was like a rush of nostalgia from my IRC days.

Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by wanderr »

tks2103 wrote: post #25

Turntable dunked all other music streaming sites in playlist quality for the simple reason that the intelligence behind song selection resided in humans rather than an algorithm. It was a specific application of the general idea that social recommendations are more powerful than algorithmic recommendations. I don't know how valid the general idea is, but when it came to Turntable, it worked. People search the space o…

FWIW, Grooveshark has a feature called Broadcast that, while not the same thing as Turntable, has the human curated music selection part of the experience. We're also about to release functionality that lets you view past broadcasts, hopefully addressing your main complaint. :) http://grooveshark.com/#!/broadcasts Full disclosure: I work there!

Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by makomk »

wanderr wrote: post #38
tks2103 wrote: post #25

Turntable dunked all other music streaming sites in playlist quality for the simple reason that the intelligence behind song selection resided in humans rather than an algorithm. It was a specific application of the general idea that social recommendations are more powerful than algorithmic recommendations. I don't know how valid the general idea is, but when it came to Turntable, it worked. People search the space o…

FWIW, Grooveshark has a feature called Broadcast that, while not the same thing as Turntable, has the human curated music selection part of the experience. We're also about to release functionality that lets you view past broadcasts, hopefully addressing your main complaint. :) http://grooveshark.com/#!/broadcasts Full disclosure: I work there!

Yeah, Grooveshark broadcasts are neat, I just wish they worked on the HTML5/mobile version of the site...

Re: Turntable.fm shutting down - new "Turntable Live" introduced

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Post by dreamling »

I am seriously disappointed by this move. I've been hanging out in a great electro swing room called Boomswing Cabaret, and the music and the people have been awesome.

They only recently set up subscriptions, pay what you want, and made a lot of changes to the service, ie adding music only through soundcloud, which saved them tons on licensing fees.

I'm fairly certain that most of the user base has no intention of moving into the live events.

So, they spent all this time building a brand, gaining users who would be happy to pay a bit each month, and then just let them all go? Isn't the # users part of the product when getting funding and advertising their new live TT?

I guess the move goes on to plug.dj, but it's a pain to try to add all the songs built up in the tt playlists, I can't seem to find a way to import the csv to plug. or soundcloud for that matter.

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