Music Industry



  • ~$210 billion annual revenues

  • expected future: wireless networked music distribution

  • high bandwidth; e.g. DoCoMo

  • personalized "radio station"

  • agent based music programming

    • like early Baroque & late Romantic
    • bebop jazz in evenings
    • know some French
    • like aerobics at 84 bpm
    • challenge me with Danish contemporary music and west African pop

  • interactive (2-way)

    • "I like whatever this is ..."
    • "Find me more things similar to this ..."
    • "Enough already ..."
    • physiological monitoring: heart-rate, pace of walking, etc.