I was tipped off to a interesting site that is using new technology to track spins of songs on the big ol' InterWebs: www.streamserf.com.
Here's a cut/paste from the site:
What we do:
We listen to the radio... Lots and lots of radio. Then we take all that data we get from listening and package it up into meaningful reports.
Our patent-pending technology allows us to listen to literally thousands of radio stations at the same time: Satellite, Internet and Terrestrial stations! As a matter of fact, we are currently listening to over 30 MILLION HOURS of radio per year in 65 countries across the planet. If there's a song being played on the radio, there's a good chance we hear it.
Why we do it:
Simply put, it had to be done. As an independent artist or label, you have more than enough work to do just creating great music and getting the recognition you deserve. Having all of the data about radio airplay controlled by a couple of large companies and nearly inaccessible to you is just not right. We believe that you should have access to this data without having to pay some obscene fee for a radio airplay report on your own songs.
StreamSerf. com is independent. We are not owned or controlled by anyone inside the music or media industry. We report the data as it is... no embellishments, no extrapolations, no favoritism, no funny stuff... just the real numbers.
About the ..
We know just about everything there is to know about radio play... songs, artists, time of day, station details, genre, city, country, playlist neighbors, station ownership, contacts, tower locations, etc. More importantly, we take all of this massive data and slice and dice it into meaningful information that you can use.
There are Summary Reports inside for every band we've heard on earth over the last 30 days...FREE.
CJ
ThePenthouse.FM
"There's Always A Party on The Penthouse!"(tm)
Here's a cut/paste from the site:
What we do:
We listen to the radio... Lots and lots of radio. Then we take all that data we get from listening and package it up into meaningful reports.
Our patent-pending technology allows us to listen to literally thousands of radio stations at the same time: Satellite, Internet and Terrestrial stations! As a matter of fact, we are currently listening to over 30 MILLION HOURS of radio per year in 65 countries across the planet. If there's a song being played on the radio, there's a good chance we hear it.
Why we do it:
Simply put, it had to be done. As an independent artist or label, you have more than enough work to do just creating great music and getting the recognition you deserve. Having all of the data about radio airplay controlled by a couple of large companies and nearly inaccessible to you is just not right. We believe that you should have access to this data without having to pay some obscene fee for a radio airplay report on your own songs.
StreamSerf. com is independent. We are not owned or controlled by anyone inside the music or media industry. We report the data as it is... no embellishments, no extrapolations, no favoritism, no funny stuff... just the real numbers.
About the ..
We know just about everything there is to know about radio play... songs, artists, time of day, station details, genre, city, country, playlist neighbors, station ownership, contacts, tower locations, etc. More importantly, we take all of this massive data and slice and dice it into meaningful information that you can use.
There are Summary Reports inside for every band we've heard on earth over the last 30 days...FREE.
CJ
ThePenthouse.FM
"There's Always A Party on The Penthouse!"(tm)