But it hasn't been easy – he says he definitely learned the lesson that every startup founder has to discover. Zigelbaum built and launched JQBX as a passion project, and he says he's been supported by the user community as he continues to grow and build the product. Ultimately I think this is the difference in what will make us successful. This allows us to keep our costs much lower while at the same time letting us focus on building the best product. JQBX utilizes Spotify's music library so we skip all of the legal noise and can focus purely on making an awesome product that extends an already awesome music streaming service.
I don't know for sure, but I suspect one of the main issues plaguing turntable was getting the law on their side. Getting legal rights to stream music is extremely complex and expensive. Jason: Music rights are a tough business and its players have deep roots. What happened to turntable.fm, and why is there still a space for JQBX to thrive?
This works the same if you are in an office with multiple people and tired of having to use headphones to listen to tunes. For example, taking a car ride with a few folks? No need to pass the aux, use JQBX. I used to be a big fan of turntable.fm before it shut down because it helped me discover new music as well as provide a high quality stream of songs without any intervention needed on my end.Īnd, it makes more sense to use JQBX when you're with or near your friends. I listen to music to keep focused, but when you have to constantly pick it or make a new playlist it becomes a distraction. Jason: I built JQBX because it was proving near impossible to pick 8 hours of quality music during my typical work day. I talked with Zigelbaum about JQBX and how that steady feed of music can be the key to productivity for a lot of us. Just like with turntable.fm, you can step up to DJ in order to share tracks with friends, join different rooms, vote on tracks, or simply listen to a dynamic stream of music all day. JQBX (pronounced “jukebox”) is a social music app for Web, Mac, and iOS. That's why NYC entrepreneur Jason Zigelbaum built JQBX. We might get by with Pandora's free, personalized radio and we might try to follow each other's Spotify finds, but we really miss turntable.fm. The truth is that we audiophiles still trust our peers over a fancy algorithm. Yes, there are other apps that do something similar, but none that scratches the Turntable.fm itch quite like this one.You'd think that with the variety of options available for streaming music today, music discovery would be better than ever. Once you’ve created a room, you can share a URL that will allow anyone who wants to listen along, provided they also have a Spotify Premium account.Īll in all, JQBX makes for an easy way to do what Spotify’s Group Sessions feature doesn’t: listen to music with friends remotely in real time. And yes, there’s a chat window.īeyond joining an existing music room in JQBX, you can create your own, which you can make either public or private. If you’re feeling inspired, you can drop the needle on tracks in your own JQBX music queue by becoming a DJ yourself. If you join a room, you’ll instantly hear the synced music that’s playing for everyone else, and you can give the current track a thumbs up or down, with your votes nudging an approval needle one way or the other (a feature that should sound familiar to Turntable.fm users). Dozens will be available at any given time (“Chill Vibes,” “Pizza & Beer,” “Sea of Metal,” “The Bat Cave,” and “Isolation Station” were among the rooms I found on a given morning), complete with album art for the song that’s currently playing, along with the genre of the room and how many listeners and DJs are inside. Once you sign in with Spotify (thankfully you don’t need to create a separate JQBX account), you’ll jump to a list of the most popular listening rooms.
#JQBX WITH SPOTIFY FREE#
JQBX, which first launched about three years ago, is a free app for iOS, Android, and the web, but you will need a Spotify Premium account to use it. Once you enter a JQBX room, you can vote on the currently playing track, chat with other listeners in the room, or even become a DJ.
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