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dompon Anyone from Boston interested in being a part of a music startup?

My co-founder and I have been working on a new music industry model. If you're around the Boston area and interested in collaborating than send me an email: dom@bandshee.com

dompon The wait is over! Download Joost!

I wasn't really a fan of joost. It was very choppy for me. All I wanted to do was see some Stella episodes but it kept completely stopping and starting the next one. A friend of mine said it was much smoother in the earlier releases so I'd assume that it'll run nice at some point. I'll give it another chance in a few months.

dompon Last.fm rolls out a $3/month subscription service

http://gigaom.com/2007/04/09/lastfm-launches-subscriptions/

There's another little thing on this. I guess they're now 'pushing' the ad-free radio more since the royalty rates increased.

dompon ShowClix takes on TicketMaster

I think there's going to be a lot more of these sites popping up in the near future. Someone's got to take down that monster.

dompon Where Company Names Come From

I love this stuff! What a coincidence with the LEGO name. I can't believe they didn't plan that out. The Six Apart name is interesting too.

dompon What books have you found to be helpful in starting your business?

There was a good thread about this a couple weeks ago. People recommended a lot of great books.

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=5572

dompon Why Y Combinator is a waste of time

I took it that he meant that the artist wasn't willing to work at his music enough to gain traction and wanted a quick track to success by signing to a big record label. With that being said, I think that the majority of YC submissions aren't looking towards this as an only alternative but one of many routes that could be taken.

dompon Why Y Combinator is a waste of time

(took out the first paragraph I had here. I should have read the full article!)

People that are applying for YC definitely are just seeing this as another possibility and not an end all to their idea. I'm sure that a very small amount of people are going to give up their business if rejected.

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http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=9161

Oops.

dompon Is YCombinator News the new DIGG? (i think so)

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=8301

This is on the same sort of topic. PG isn't looking to make it a DIGG but to stick to the startup crowd.

dompon 20 most interesting wireless startups, Iminlikewithyou makes the list

I thought so too but I wasn't sure all of the features that were involved with iminlikewithyou.

dompon Lefsetz Letter - Apple/EMI/DRM - "Why the fuck should they cost more?"

The reason is because there was no other outlet that had the ability to make them rich and famous overnight. The major labels controlled all of the media outlets until the internet came along.

Nowadays hardly any band would choose a major label over a large independent. There is no benefits anymore. Anyone can reach that critical mass of users without having to use Rolling Stone or MTV.

The people that sign to major labels, for the most part, want to be rich and famous. They aren't trying to make a career out of their music but more a career out of themselves. If not then they would be playing a local club in New Hampshire on the weekends.

So, in my opinion, it's more about the artists being retards. They see that major labels are a fast track to millions of records being sold. They don't want to spend years in clubs to gain traction. They don't want to sell CDs out of their cars. They don't want to save up to produce their own record. They want to take the easy way out and have someone else do the work. It is their own fault for signing a major label contract that takes advantage of them. If they are incapable of seeing better outlets for their music then they deserve to deal with the horrible circumstances of being on a big label.

Sorry this is so long.

dompon justin.tv on the Today Show

Wow thats pretty amazing.

dompon Lefsetz Letter - Apple/EMI/DRM - "Why the fuck should they cost more?"

Once they start giving the artist's a bigger cut of the prices then I'll start to care. Right now 35% is going towards Apple, and I'm sure EMI is seeing about 70% of each sale. I couldn't care less if EMI and Apple make more money off of their artists and consumers. The whole DRM thing was bound to fail anyways.

dompon Y Combinator News: Better than Digg and Reddit? (video also included)

don't worry about it. It's not my website. This is the only video I've seen by them. I think it's cool that they're adding video reviews though.

dompon Y Combinator News: Better than Digg and Reddit? (video also included)

This is a very positive review of what's going on here. The video is pretty interesting too.

dompon Get a Tapefailure beta invite

I noticed a lot of people were digging this startup. Center Networks just posted that they have some invites to give out.

dompon TapeFailure - Watch your users use your site

Center Networks got some invites for this company so if you want to try it out go to the link and ask for one.

http://www.centernetworks.com/we-have-tapefailure-invites-to-the-private-beta

dompon Jajah buys Vonage

Yeah sorry about the Jajah/Vonage hoax. It's all in good fun though. No need for smacks.

dompon Being the Ben Folds of your Niche

HA! this is funny cause my co-founder made up a phrase like this but used Nirvana as the band. Create something that makes the industry readjust to you while I guess trying to avoid early death. I dunno he has some whole manifesto.

Nice thoughts though and Ben Folds is great.

dompon Xcerion: A YouOS Competitor startup

I agree. The name doesn't really give you a sense of what the service will be. I hold a strong belief that a company name is crucial. It should be simple and memorable.

dompon April Fools? TechCrunch acquires FuckedCompany - what's next?

Read/WriteWeb wrote an article about this April Fools joke. Check it out:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_end_of_an_era_1april07.php

dompon How Napster changed the world - A look back 7 years later from the VP of Product Development

This article gives a great view of how the record labels were reacting to this innovative approach to music. It also has some helpful tips on starting a startup.

dompon April Fools? TechCrunch acquires FuckedCompany - what's next?

"Entrepreneurs with new ideas will always have a way to reach potential users and customers. They just won't be able to do it here any more."

Are they trying to just become a regular news outlet then? It seems like a bad move on their part to abandon the entrepreneurs and startups that made them what they are today.

Is this an April fools joke?

dompon Magnify is bringing a new approach to video sites

This Magnify video site looks great. I see a lot of promise with websites being able to create their own video page for their niche market.

dompon Charge your cell phone by air?! Entrepreneur figures out how to do it

If tons of more things are running off of radio waves how bad would that impact our health? Any ideas?

dompon Pairwise and Y Combinator: Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

Yeah I can see that. I found that I had no preference in many of the image comparisons so I just clicked one. Did they simply take the average result from the past YComb people or was there more to it? (btw sorry for posting this topic before you!)

dompon Pairwise and Y Combinator: Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

I didn't find this to be accurate at all in telling me what kind of a person I am. Anyone else take the quiz?

dompon Amazon's War on Statsaholic - Be Careful If Your Business Model Relies Entirely on an API from One Company

Our submission focuses on this sort of data, but just not for all websites. We're looking to provide tracking and statistics for our target market.

dompon SellABand Music Model Gaining Traction

This is an interesting idea. Although $50,000 is a high price to get an album recorded with a producer. It seems more like a contest then a new music model.