{"id":3745,"date":"2015-06-05T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T15:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2015-06-05T08:30:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T15:30:34","slug":"dash-radio-wants-to-get-back-to-radios-roots-with-new-dj-curated-music-service-via-venture-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mp3poolonline.com\/blog\/dash-radio-wants-to-get-back-to-radios-roots-with-new-dj-curated-music-service-via-venture-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash Radio wants to get back to radio\u2019s roots with new DJ-curated music service via Venture Beat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dash Radio<\/a>, a highly curated streaming music service that doesn\u2019t use algorithms or playlists, went live today.<\/p>\n

Dash has built a technology platform containing some 60 curated \u201cstations\u201d for listeners to choose from, all delivered through an app. It already has more than a million users from its beta period.<\/p>\n

Dash\u2019s streams are \u201cone to many\u201d broadcasts, just like the terrestrial radio of old. The content is chosen by a DJ, who the listeners trust to deliver good music. There\u2019s no skipping to the next song as in Spotify; listeners listen to what the DJ plays.<\/p>\n

\u201cDash Radio aims to rekindle radio\u2019s power by removing the corporate forces that ruined it and placing control back into the hands of those responsible for radio\u2019s early success \u2014 the DJ,\u201d said Dash CEO and founder DJ Skee<\/a>. Skee (aka Scott Keeney) is a well-known DJ and radio host in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

One of Dash\u2019s DJs is Snoop Dog, who Skee said plays anything he wants. Sometimes it\u2019s gospel. Sometimes it\u2019s old soul.<\/p>\n

Snoop can break into the stream anytime with live content \u2014 a set of music he wants to spin, or even his live DJ set from a club. When he isn\u2019t doing live programming, Dash\u2019s technology backend can play content from earlier broadcasts or just play music Snoop has selected in the past.<\/p>\n

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What you aren\u2019t likely to hear is Snoop\u2019s latest hit song, explains Skee.<\/p>\n

Skee says the idea behind Dash is injecting old-school radio formats and practices into web-based and app-based music streaming. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to save radio,\u201d Skee says. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make radio cool again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth corporate radio and Internet radio alike have made the mistake of replacing the element of human curation,\u201d the DJ said. \u201cTerrestrial radio did so with politics and money, Internet radio with algorithms and playlists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBroadcast radio is meant to be both curated and communal, where real humans dictate the music played for millions of listeners who experience it together, at the same time, in real time,\u201d Skee said.<\/p>\n

Skee wants the experience to be ad-free, too, at least for now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re funded enough to where we can just push through and create the best user experience,\u201d Skee said.<\/p>\n

The startup has taken $2 million in seed funding so far, and is planning on raising a series A round in the near future.<\/p>\n

Skee says Dash may one day have its DJs do quick mentions of sponsors between songs. It might also experiment with selling tickets to artist shows within the apps.<\/p>\n

You can find Dash Radio via the Web at www.dashradio.com<\/a>, within its iOS and Android apps, or on Apple CarPlay. Soon, Dash Radio will also become available via the Sonos in-home wireless audio speaker system and in cars using the AT&T Drive initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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