Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter: twitter.com TWiST #133: Joey Flores of Earbits Earbits CEO and Y Combinator grad Joey Flores stops by the TWiST studios to discuss how his new music platform could turn the recording industry on its ear. And, in a special Friday performance, Annemarie Cullen of the band Saucy Monky serenades Jason with a song written just for the show. 0:00-0:30 Today on This Week in Startups, we have in-studio guest Joey Flores of Earbits with musical guest Annemarie Cullen of the band Saucy Monky. 2:15-3:15 .CO ad. 3:15-4:00 Joey Flores is joining us today. Welcome. 4:00-4:45 Tell us about Earbits. 4:45-5:00 What was the inspiration for the site design? 5:00-6:00 How much of this experience is about the information around the band and how important is that? 6:00-6:30 You’ve created several channels, so it’s by genre for now? Tell the audience about the business model. (Watch the clip.) 6:30-7:30 Similar to the StumbleUpon model? 7:30-8:15 Annemarie, what do you think, as an artist, about the concept of buying radio time? (Watch the clip.) 8:15-8:45 How do you keep the quality in check? 8:45-9:30 As an artist, when you see something like Rebecca Black’s Friday get all that attention, what do you think? 9:30-10:45 How should people look at Earbits if it becomes successful in regards to the stigma of payola? 10:45-11:00 How do you maintain the quality of the stream? 11:00-11:45 What percentage do you think will be paid? Is …
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On the 21st episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers visits Robb McDaniels, founder and CEO of INgrooves at his offices in San Francisco, CA. The duo talk about INgrooves’ digital distribution and marketing services for artists, the evolution of INgrooves since it’s inception in 2001, as well as today’s current music streaming services and monetization strategies for them. 0:43 – What is INgrooves? 01:10 – What is the value of INgrooves to artists? 03:32 – Why did INgrooves focus on dance and electronic music when it started out? 06:15 – What is the business model for INgrooves? 08:15 – What services INgrooves offers beyond digital distribution. 17:05 – Why Ian Rogers used INgrooves himself when managing an artist (Get Busy Committee) 18:49 – Various tiers of INgrooves marketing 19:54 – Discussing the two major digital distribution spaces (Buying and locker content vs. renting content) 21:32 – The huge cash flow gap that exists in the music streaming service model 25:50 – Re-capturing the music listening experience from itunes by developing new services on top of streaming services. 28:30 – What music Robb is currently listening to
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