tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010292891685799733.post6335478756566262784..comments2024-02-06T14:48:33.376-08:00Comments on Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog: 6 Reasons Why iTunes Ping Is So ImportantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010292891685799733.post-29685332011895900012010-09-02T14:34:31.800-07:002010-09-02T14:34:31.800-07:00I think Ping has potential to help dramatically, b...I think Ping has potential to help dramatically, but at launch it's lacking. I've been releasing my music independently for a while now and have had music for sale on iTunes since early 2005. My sales grew year over year until I was making a significant amount of money from iTunes alone, and then iTunes 9 came out, limited the number of "listeners also bought" recommendations that were displayed on album and artist pages, and sales dropped pretty dramatically (despite releasing new material over the last year, my monthly earnings are about 20% what they were in fall of 2008).<br /><br />Granted, there are many other factors that could be coming into play here, but I don't think there are fewer people shopping for music on iTunes now than there were in 2008. Sure, most people that use iTunes probably don't use the store, but I think they've always existed.<br /><br />If Ping can help bring back some of those deeper recommendations lists, and use data from both customers' buying habits and users' libraries and listening habits (ala Last.fm), then I believe it could really help independent musicians such as myself.Cameron Mizellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987462748395371502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010292891685799733.post-75293515579131240312010-09-01T21:46:57.428-07:002010-09-01T21:46:57.428-07:00Eh. I venture that less than 5% of iTunes users a...Eh. I venture that less than 5% of iTunes users are regular visitors to the iTunes store. I have 70,000 songs in my library, 17,000 of which are rated, but since I didn't buy them through the store (I still rip CDs) and since I didn't rate them at the store, Ping is useless to me. It thinks I'm a newb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com