This is fantastic, but as someone who's playing around with making a music app, I'm still not really able to use it.
The unfortunate fact is if you don't have all the labels on board you're just going to irritate users- they have no idea who is on what label, and why should they?
That said, this is huge step forwards. Hopefully other labels will see the benefits and follow suit- it could make Echo Nest a huge player.
more on the sandboxes: http://blog.echonest.com/post/12273084434/emi-announcement
developer getting started guide: http://developer.echonest.com/sandbox/emi/guide.html
'Lion's share', how appropriate for a hunter turned gamekeeper... does it have a legal definition ?
I imagine this is at least part of the reason why echonest got rid of the "found audio" feeds in their API - http://blog.echonest.com/post/9371410835/deprecating-artist-...
For now I will stick with Soundcloud - the future going forward is to support artists who put their music out there without holding a gun to anyone's head.
how does this fit with the current change of ownership of emi? the company is in the process of being bought and, likely, split up. i guess this deal was done before all that - any idea how it will affect things? (my sympathies with the people behind this - must be frustrating to get a coup like this just as the company goes through such changes).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/28/emi-sold-russ...
The linked post refers to a "clear, pre-established revenue split with EMI" - but I can't find any details.
Is this information public?
Interesting: EMI ends up being the publisher if you use their licensed music.
See http://developer.echonest.com/sandbox/emi/emi_classics.html, end of section "Approval Process for Application Development".