eMusic to fight iTunes with… Social?
What’s the key to fight the ultra-mega-super-giant iTunes? According to eMusic, social networks. eMusic will start adding links to their song pages where you can easily share your song of choice with the rest of the world, or just your friends. You’ll soon be able to share the song through del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, and Twitter. Also to be added is the band’s Wikipedia page, Flickr pictures, and YouTube videos relating to the band.
“The aim is to make eMusic relevant for an audience that would otherwise link to bootlegs on blogs and elsewhere to get the same material.” -David Pakman, eMusic’s chief executive
I’m not sure about some, but I’ve seen plenty of iTunes links being shared around Twitter, Digg, and del.icio.us. Also, will adding Web 2.0 content like Wikipedia and Flickr content to the band pages make eMusic a better buying experience? My money is on no. Last.fm easily beats eMusic in the social networking field because they have been on the scene for some time now and already lets you add your friends to networks and find other people with similar tastes. My money is on Last.fm.
Via [Electronista]
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I think it would be a great step forward for eMusic. I’m a subscriber and have long wished to be able to participate by adding relevant artist info, like missing artwork, correcting incorrect track-listings, etc. Last.fm is fine for what it is, but when it comes to buying music, I think it’s important for a business to offer discovery and purchasing tools. Last.fm basically covers the former, eMusic the latter.
I would love it if one of them steps up and consolidates both features. Emusic has a great catalog, and I think it’s high time they offer an army of music enthusiasts the opportunity to help out by adding information and, thus, meaningful content to an artist and their releases.
I love discogs, and tunesocial on facebook. I’m constantly adding artist data and artwork. I would actually be a happier subscriber with eMusic if I didn’t have to stare at artist pages with no artwork, no band photos, no biographies. Please, eMusic, let me help – I enjoy it.