Read This: Shazam's Music Gurus and Their Predictive Powers

The hunt keeps Mr. Slomovitz on his toes. Every morning, he skims dozens of music blogs, checking for new releases he might have missed, as well as the iTunes, Amazon.com and Billboard charts, and blog aggregators like the Hype Machine. Most weeks he also goes to local record stores to see if there is something in stock he has not heard of, or if older albums are being remastered or reissued. And he listens to local radio stations, especially near universities.

The New York Times explores the new "tastemakers" of music, who assist the music-locating software Shazam by making sure that no new music goes unidentified.

Read This: Shazam's Music Gurus and Their Predictive Powers originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.switched.com/2011/02/14/read-this-shazaams-music-gurus-and-their-predictive-powers/

BHARTI AIRTEL BT GROUP CANON MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS MICROSOFT