Radio from the cloud.

And why not radio from the cloud?  We've got to be reminded that mobile phones are really radios.  Yes they are!  So what's my point you ask?  Well look at Pandora as an example of some of what the potential of web radio or Internet radio.  It's like satellite radio without the special equipment and also very personalized. You can use a variety of smart phones such as the iPhone, Blackberry, Android and MS equipped phones and listen to your own music channel while you're on the go, or use your computer to play music that you like in the background.  

Why is this so cool? The keys to a successful business model today is that it has to be: 

1. Digital
2. Virtual,
3. Mobile
4. Personal
5. Integrated

Web radio gets this done.  There's still room for the integration bit, but it will shape up in time.  Maybe driven by your mood, your presence, your location, or one of the many attributes that emerge as "relevance" starts making its way into prioritizing all sorts of things. Our social networks will allow us to know what others that we interact with, are listening to, what they like about a tune and if they are listing to it now and where is it coming from so that we might be able to listen to it also. 


There are endless scenarios that will develop to bring music on demand to the forefront of our music experience as we apply the old rules of making music more available to the consumer.  Am I referring to convenience as an a key driving factor.  It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that is the 'killer app'.