One of the things we neglected to start up was a proper #DADsquad room on Turntable.fm. You're up on Turntable.fm, right? It was a social media platform that allowed people to stream music in chatrooms. It was U.S.-based, and had a nice sum of money when it properly launched (which included funds from Kanye West and Lady Gaga). A key was tha tit did everything legit; it was America-only because it rocked with the DMCA, and secured deals with ASCAP the "big four" major labels, so everything was legit; you could even be directed to copping the tracks you were hearing via the service. There were a number of EDM-related avatars featuring deadmau5, Daft Punk, and others, and acts like Knife Party and Diplo would grace their own chatrooms to drop new music or just interact with their fans.
With all of that nostalgia out of the way, we have the bad news: Turntable.fm is calling it quits. In September, Techcrunch detailed a new plan that Turntable.fm had, focusing on the live performance aspect that felt similar to a Just Jam or Mixify session, only users would pay $5 a piece. It looks like that shift in focus will result in shutting down Turntable.fm. “It was a tough decision to make because we love this community so much, but the cost of running a music service has been too expensive and we can’t outpace it with our efforts to monetize it and cut costs. If we also want to give Turntable Live a real shot, we need to fully focus on it.”
Word is that there will be a live stream on December 2, and the Turntable.fm URL will be deaded. Maybe sites like Mixify killed Turntable.fm. We'll see what happens with this new "live" incarnation, but RIP to Turntable.fm; get your rooms sorted out NOW.
