Future of Music…

I just watched a marvelously balanced panel discussion (complete with Q & A) on what the future of music business could look like in the face of changing technology and social dynamics. I’d highly recommend it. The founder of Pandora and the Music Genome Project is one of the panelists.

This is also interesting because of Radiohead’s upcoming album release.

For those who missed it, Radiohead is releasing their new album through their website without the help of a music label. But the unusual part is that YOU choose the price you pay for the download. No strings attached. I’m curious to see how it goes. As a web programmer, I’ll be very impressed if their web server doesn’t drop to it’s knees begging for mercy on the 10th when the downloads will begin. I hope they have a load balancing setup! I guess we’ll see what we get when we mess with them…

In the meantime, I’d recommend checking out the entire library of videos over at Fora TV (where the video is hosted). It’s kind of like NPR but with video and discussion boards. Two of my other favorites I’ve seen so far are here and here.

For a minute there, I lost myself. I lost myseeeeelf…