Sharing is Not Curating

An interesting interview was posted on Evolver.FM last week between Evolver's Eliot Van Buskirk and music blogger/creator of Drowned in Sound, Sean Adams. The article discusses how streaming services are slowly destroying the art of MP3 blogging. The idea is that these blogs are no longer the source of music recommendations in the era of Spotify, YouTube, and Pandora, who "turn every listener into a 'channel'." I understand the sentiment. Why use a blog when you can see what your friends are listening to without leaving your music player or social network of choice? But the article misses some key differences between blogs and friends, as well as the benefits of streaming services to music and bloggers.