ReadWriteWeb on Band Metrics

Many thanks to Richard MacManus, Founder and Editor of ReadWriteWeb for his great write-up of Band Metrics - very much appreciated!

5 Things StumbleAudio is Doing Right

While another music recommendation app may not be interesting, StumbleAudio is doing at least 5 things right that their competitors should take note of:

• StumbleAudio does not require you to register and/or login to listen to music. With so many sites to test, this is a huge plus.
• There is no limit as to how many songs you can skip when listening to music.
• If you find an artist you like, you can listen to every song available from that artist
• The site is simple and fast, enough said.
• They're focused on indie music, and they're apparently paying indie artists when their music is played on StumbleAudio - how much, I do not know. Maybe someone from StumbleAudio will respond to this post and provide us with some details.

As an added bonus, their site is ad free, at least for now. StumbleAudio has plenty of product/technical challenges ahead, not to mention the music recommendation space is already crowded, so it will be interesting to see how they differentiate themselves and monetize their offering.

Dumpstaphunk

Recently, Greg Hester turned me onto Dumpstaphunk. If you love the Meters, than you gotta check these guys out. Led by Ivan Neville (piano/organ) and Ian Neville (guitar), sons of Aaron Neville and Art Neville, and rounded out by Nick Daniels (guitar), Raymond Weber (drums) and Tony Hall (bass), Dumpstaphunk pushes the envelope of exploratory funk jams to a new level with tunes like Stinky, Meanwhile and Livin in a World Gone Mad. These players are simply fantastic! Having played with musicians like Trey Anastasio, Robert Randolph and Etta James, these guys are living up to their disclaimer: "the nastiest, most serial crushin funk to ever come out of New Orleans and beyond." They're playing NYE if you're heading to Fish City; I don't think you'll be disappointed.

These guys are just too good not to get the word out.