The Web is increasingly becoming a place for new music to be discovered. We're only at the beginning.

This is groundbreaking, ... We applaud Clear Channel for creating national exposure for unsigned artists chosen by music fans. The idea that a musician can submit music online for the chance to have it promoted to a nationwide audience is the American dream come true, and a major step toward democratizing how music is discovered.

Ali Partovi

Over the last five years, musicians outside the major label system have created three times as much music (as held by the major record companies). And I think that's just the start.

Ali Partovi

We think a big part of what's wrong with the music industry is while the trends over the last 10 years have reduced the cost of music production, the music industry has not figured out how to change their model, Invest first, test later.

Ali Partovi