Music + tech a intertwined. A thread. Hear me out.
The artist (founder) creates their music (product/service) that impacts the listener (end user). In order for this to reach many ears (scale) they need record labels (VC funds). These labels often have scouts to find...
The artist (founder) creates their music (product/service) that impacts the listener (end user). In order for this to reach many ears (scale) they need record labels (VC funds). These labels often have scouts to find...
... find the new artists or they look to mainstream radio (@ycombinator @techstars ) which we love but sometimes plays the same artists (diversity or lack thereof?) So some smart labels go to the underground radio stations like KDAY (@LACIncubator maybe?)...
... jamming college radio stations (@GRID110 @Backstage_Cap ) to find the next new artist mainstream forgot. Sometimes the artist go independent (bootstrap) and make it on its own. At times a label (fund) looks like an independent - think Cash Money/No Limit (I see @indievc)...
... new musical genres emerge (think the lane @Casper & @bevel are in) and then the #GRAMMYs happen (@TechCrunch crunchies) to highlight the mainstream artists (founders) while many of us are listening to @GriseldaRecords (to me @KIGTInc ) and catching a whole new wave...
... music and tech are definitely intertwined. If you ever get a chance read @TrapitalMedia - it shows even more this theory I had in this thread. And like @SteveStoute said about the Tanning of America, it's happening in tech and VC too... (End)
