YouTube Wants To Launch A Music Subscription Service

YouTube stepping up the game as a music provider. It’s probably one of the first places you hit up when you're looking to listen to a new track quickly.

The largest storehouse of streaming video, YouTube relies on selling banner ads on the site and running short clips before each video, giving a cut back to record companies.
YouTube plans to launch a music subscription service later this year, to allow people to listen to tracks online, and to possibly cut out the ads that precede each video for subscribers.

YouTube has released a statement that confirmed it was considering a subscription service, but noted that ads wouldn’t go away:

While we don’t comment on rumor or speculation, there are some content creators that think they would benefit from a subscription revenue stream in addition to ads, so we’re looking at that.Source

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Dieter Rams Style Music App: T3

Influenced by the braun radio designs of dieter rams, the 'T3 music app' for iPhone integrates simplified controls and navigation features to minimize clutter and chaos in the device's song library. the browsing interface uses styling from the 606 universal shelving system - where playlists can be organized alphabetically or by manual ranking - allowing users to sort and customize music based on preference. Source

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A wooden turntable - AudioWood

This is so cool. A turntable made out of a slice of solid wood. The 'audiowood barky turntable' by joel scilley merges two disparate materials in one coherent design for a classier vinyl experience. the slice of solid ash features a weighty glass platter, adjustable stainless steel spike legs and a polyurethane and paste wax finish. the design is handmade in the US and is outfitted with a premotech motor and a rega tonearm.

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