James Miao (of thesixtyone) responds (about the redesign fiasco)

The other owner can't even navigate his own site? Maybe that's a sign...

i felt an obligation to continue to push the envelope for music discovery and was prepared to fail outright rather than sit comfortable with a subpar yet familiar music experience.

I don't know why he felt that the old site wasn't good for music discovery. It was clearly working for thousands of listeners and artists. People were even spending money on the old site.

James clearly can see the numbers of how people are using the site now, and I assume visitors are listening more,which is the goal of the site.

Kudos to James for making bold steps and taking changes, and (I assume) listening to the numbers, not the chatter.