Month: July 2016

Soundcloud Loses In The Race To Youtube To MP3 Converters

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For several years SoundCloud has been the biggest and largest music website in the entire world. Now it has lost its coveted position in the race to a new group of ever growing sites that host “YouTube to MP3” converters.

You would have come across the popular music website SoundCloud, irrespective of your love or interest for music. It has been the most popular website in the world solely dedicated for music. Surprisingly it has lost its number one position to not another rival, but to variety of other sites, that offer to convert YouTube videos to mp3 files. On the basics of statistics found on the SimilarWeb site, it was found out the SoundCloud has lesser number of users when compared to YouTube-mp3.org.
SimilarWeb, a popular visitor traffic monitoring site, released the popularity of music sites based on the total number of visitors to those sites. Youtube-mp3.org occupies the first place, followed by SoundCloud. The third position is occupied thepiratebay.org while the popular Spotify is down by one position and is at the fourth place.

Two of the top ten positions are occupied by YouTube to mp3 converters. Convert2mp3.net is at the sixth position. Shockingly, the pirate bay is not only alive but currently ranks at the third position.

Stay tuned for more digital music news!

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Get Your Foot Into The Exciting World Of Radio

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There is a fear or rather reluctance among young people today for pursuing a career in the world of radio. Will I be assured of a sound career? Will I be able to earn enough for a cruise around the world? Is the future of radio dead? The questions are endless. What with the evolution of the internet and digital media, the mere thought of pursuing a career in radio, is compared to jumping into a sinking ship.

Put aside all your fears and worries. This is all nothing but yet another urban myth. Take a look into the statistics of traditionally broadcast radio.
· 74% of car owners say that they tune into FM stations during drives.
· 84% rate the radio as their first choice when it comes to entertainment in the car.
· 58% of respondents replied that they tune into their local FM/AM station, while only 11% said that they listen to internet radio.

So the traditional radio is far from dead and you can pursue a rewarding career in it. When we think of radio jobs, the first thing that springs to mind is the role of a radio jockey. However, there are plenty of other jobs in the radio industry like the Promotions Assistant, producer, operations manager, promotions manager, program director and brand manager.

Final Thoughts
The major driving factor for a successful career in radio like in any other industry is the passion for it. Radio isn’t just a job, it is more of a passion or rather love for the medium. If you have that passion, then you can jump in without further thoughts. Your career path will depend on your personality. You can opt for the creative path by signing up as an on-air talent or you can take the executive path by joining as a promotions assistant. Whatever, be your choice, the sky or rather the air waves are the limit.

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