New DMPulse survey

Click Here to take the survey

Thanks to all who filled out the first Future of DMPulse survey. Based on your feedback, it is obvious you want DMPulse to continue to be an internet radio station in some form in 2010.

With that in mind, I have been working to pull together ideas on how to keep the station going. And I need your help. Would you take a moment to go to fill out the second survey.

The survey will ask you to share your thoughts about the station, and provide feedback on a few ideas on services I can provide that can help us continue going forward. Many have offered ideas that would improve your experience and generate revenue for the station. Please keep those ideas coming.

Thanks to everyone for helping us along the way. And please take a moment to fill out our new survey.

The survey is 9 questions, and should only take a couple of minutes to complete! Go here to take survey

Thanks for supporting great music, and DMPulse,
Jay Boeding
Founder
DMPulse.com
jay AT dmpulse.com

First survey results

The results from the first survey about the future of DMPulse are in. Check out the full details below...to summarize:
-Listeners want a radio station and not something else, like a twitter feed or podcast.
-60% of listeners would be willing to pay a subscription. 40% would not.

My takeaway is you want a radio station, so we need to find a way to be able to generate enough revenue to continue to do so. Doing a station outside of Live365 is probably too costly right now, but there may be ways to start building towards that goal. Look for another survey soon, taking a look at more specific ideas on generating revenue around this station. Thanks to all that participated in the 1st survey!

Jay

Here are the results:
How many hours do you listen to DMPulse per week?
10-20 hours = 28.6%
30+ hours = 25.7%
20-30 hours = 17.1%
6-10 hours = 17.1%
less than 5 hours = 11.4%

Currently, I access DMPulse through:
Live365.com = 94.3%
DMPulse.com = 2.9%
Other = 2.9%

How likely are you to access the station directly from DMPulse.com (bypassing Live365)?
Definitely = 45.7%
Probably = 28.6%
Not likely = 17.1%
Only once in a while = 8.6%

Would you pay a subscription fee to listen to DMPulse?
Yes = 60.0%
No = 40.0%

If you would pay a subscription, what would be the most you could see yourself paying each month?
$2-$4 = 34.4%
None, wouldn't pay = 31.3%
$5-$6 = 25.0%
$8+ = 6.3%
$7-$8 = 3.1%

Share your opinion on the following options for the future of DMPulse:
Live365 station with commercials 62.9% Positive; 22.9% Neutral; 14.3% Negative
Station with commercials (not on Live365) 51.5% Positive; 31.4% Neutral; 17.1% Negative
Non-profit station with fundraising drives 48.5% Positive; 42.9% Neutral; 8.6% Negative
Weekly Podcast 20.6% Positive; 41.2% Neutral; 38.2% Negative
Music recommendations via Facebook & Twitter 14.3% Positive; 34.3% Neutral; 51.4% Negative

Are you a member of the DMPulse Facebook Fan page?
Yes = 28.6%
No = 71.4%

Do you follow our "Hip New Music" Twitter feed ?
Yes = 14.3%
No = 85.7%

How many podcasts do you listen to each week? (Not just download, but actually listen to)
None = 85.7%
1 = 5.7%
2-3 = 5.7%
4 or more = 2.9%

The future of DMPulse?

Click Here to take survey

Thanks for visiting the the DMPulse website! As 2010 approaches, I need help deciding what DMPulse will become in the new year. If we are going to stay an internet radio station, we will have to look at other business models. Perhaps I can help you discover great new music another way, like through a blog, twitter feed or other social media. Whatever the new year brings, I'd like you to have a say in it.

The survey is 10 questions, and should only take a couple of minutes to complete! Go here:
Click Here to take survey

Thanks for supporting great music, and DMPulse,
Jay Boeding
Founder
DMPulse.com
jay AT dmpulse.com

What's next?

DMPulse will stay on the air though the end of the year, but what's next? Net radio may not be sustainable, so what are your ideas? How can we keep discovering new music together? A blog, twitter @hipnewmusic, a podcast?

Goodbye to Net Radio...for now!

DMPulse will be ceasing operation on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009.

As I said on the air today, this isn't "goodbye" so much as it is a "see you later".

Thanks to all who have sent such nice notes to me in the last week. I appreciate them!

While I will be stepping away from internet radio, I'll still do my best to introduce great new music to anyone who will listen. Keep an eye on the twitter feed for sure. Join others that liked DMPulse at the fan page one of our long-time listeners put up. Bookmark this page or sign up for notifications. Maybe I'll utilize this page down the road too.

If you'd like to stay in touch, here's a few ways to do it:

twitter.com/hipnewmusic

Facebook Group page for DMPulse

Thanks again and see you down the road!
Jay

Email: jay AT dmpulse.com

Bang Camaro in Des Moines

Bang Camaro brings their tour de force to the Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines tomorrow night (4/9/09). Three guitarists, a bass player and drummer hold it down while a choir of vocalists bounce and raise their fists to the almighty rock.

On Tour Tuesday - April 7, 2009

Bumbershoot '09 Lineup
Announced so far: Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow & World Party!

White Rabbits on tour May/June/July

New Music Monday - April 6, 2009

Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
From the album: Swoon

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Soft Shock -
From the album: It's Blitz!

Death Cab for Cutie - Little Bribes
From the Open Door EP

Vintage Video - Soup Dragons - Divine Thing

New Daytrotter Sessions

Daytrotter has new sessions from Bob Mould and Stephen Malkmus.

On Tour Tuesday - March 31, 2009

Cold War Kids currently on tour in the East.

Meat Puppets announce an album & tour

New Music Monday - March 30, 2009

The National - So Far Around the Bend


The Thermals - I Called Out Your Name

The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love IV

Rural Alberta Advantage - Don’t Haunt This Place

Meat Puppets - Sewn Together

New music from the Meat Puppets in May! JamBase has details.

Vintage Video - Guided By Voices - My Valuable Hunting Knife

Cold War Kids Record Store Day EP

Add Cold War Kids to the list of artists releasing music on Record Store Day (Apr. 18)

On Tour Tuesday - March 24, 2009

Stereogum has Death Cab for Cutie dates, plus a new song from their upcoming The Open Door EP.

M.I.A. takes Amy Winehouse's place at Coachella.

Fleet Foxes add dates in the U.K.

The Presets hit the road across the United States

St. Vincent has a new album and tour.

New Music Monday - March 23, 2009

Camera Obscura - You Told a Lie
Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader
Handsome Furs - Talking Hotel Arbat Blues
Phoenix - Girlfriend
The Dead Weather - Are Friends Electric?

The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love album reviews

Positive reviews for The Decemberists new album from:

Consequence of Sound

Snobs Music

War on Radio

Vintage Video - Pavement - Gold Soundz

Pete Yorn - Back and Fourth

New music from Pete Yorn announced...

On Tour Tuesday - March 17, 2009

The Pixies will play at the Isle of Wight Festival. Via Pollstar.

Neko Case adds a second leg to her U.S. tour. Shows are now scheduled in Seattle, Portland, Denver, San Francisco and L.A.

Eels new album - Hombre Lobo

Eels are set to release a new disc in June. Jambase has details.

New Music Monday - March 16, 2009

Bat For Lashes - Glass
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hysteric
M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You

The Depreciation Guild - Nautilus
The Boy Least Likely To - Whiskers
The Boy Least Likely To - Saddle Up

Vintage Video - Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

Staying busy: Jack White joins a new band

Jack White from White Stripes and Raconteurs fame has joined up with members of The Kills, Queens of the Stone Age and The Raconteurs to form The Dead Weather. He'll sit behind the drum kit for the new group.

Culture Bully and We All Want Someone To Shout For have details.

Record Store Day EPs from Oasis and My Morning Jacket

In honor of Record Store Day on April 18, Oasis and My Morning Jacket are releasing EPs. Jambase has the details on Oasis and MMJ.

The Boy Least Likely To Album Review

The Boy Least Likely To - The Law Of The Playground
Check out the album review for their new album

Posted using ShareThis

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Reviews

The reviews are in on Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album

Popsense gives it a 6 1/2

Snob's Music likes it

Culture Bully's review

On Tour Tuesday - March 10, 2009

Pitchfork Music Festival announces partial lineup, with bands including Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill, The National, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Grizzly Bear & The Walkmen.

U2 tour dates!

Neko Case tours throughout the USA.

U2 360 tour

Pollstar has U2 tour dates!

North American dates include September 12 in Chicago at Soldier Field; September 16 in Toronto at The Rogers Centre; September 20 in Foxboro, Mass., at Gillette Stadium and September 24 in E. Rutherford at Giants Stadium.

Something new from Silversun Pickups

Stereogum offers a listen to Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch

New Music Monday - March 9, 2009

Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink
Papercuts - Future Primitive
Moscow Olympics - The Farthest City
The Boy Least Likely To - I Box Up All the Butterflies
Say Hi - Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Bell X1 - The Great Defector

Vintage Video - Pixies - Debaser

Download a new song from CYHSY

Although they played what they say was their final show last month, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has posted a new song as a free download on their website. Get "Statues" by sharing your email address.

On Tour Tuesday - March 2, 2009

JamBase has the dates for the headliners of Bonnaroo

Vintage Video - Weezer - Say It Ain't So

New Music Monday - March 2, 2009

TV on the Radio - Family Tree


Bat For Lashes - Daniel

U2 - No Line on the Horizon

MGMT - Of Moons, Birds & Monsters

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

Pre-order The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

Pre-order the Decemberists new album, out March 24, 2009!

MGMT sues the president of France

Stereogum has the details

New album from Wilco due this summer

Jambase has the details on a June release from Wilco.

On Tour Tuesday - February 24, 2009

Dave Matthews Band summer tour dates here

Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band have a new album coming in May and tour dates as well.

JamBase has tour dates from M83

Conor Oberst album coming in May

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band have a new disc dropping May 5th titled Outer South. JamBase has more.

Pre-Order U2 - No Line On The Horizon

Pre order U2's new album - No Line on the Horizon. In stores 3/3/2009!

New Music Monday - February 23, 2009

New this week on DMPulse:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
From the upcoming album It's Blitz!


The Thermals - Now We Can See
From the album - Now We Can See


Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks
From the album - The Rhumb Line

Vintage Video - The Cure - Pictures of You

Yeah Yeah Yeahs new song

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a new album It's Blitz out in April. Pop Tarts Suck Toasted has the first single "Zero".

Sasquatch Festival Lineup

JamBase has the lineup for the 8th annual Sasquatch Festival in Washington state.

Acts include:
Jane's Addiction
Kings of Leon
Nine Inch Nails
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Decemberists
Fleet Foxes
TV on the Radio
Animal Collective
Silversun Pickups
Bon Iver
Santigold
Of Montreal
Peter Bjorn & John
M. Ward
Doves
Calexico
M83
Girl Talk
The Walkmen
Airborne Toxic Event
Blitzen Trapper
Shearwater
Bishop Allen
Ra Ra Riot
The Dodos
Beach House
The Submarines
School of Seven Bells

Vintage Video - Oasis - Wonderwall

On Tour Tuesday - February. 17, 2009

Lily Allen tours the U.S. in May.

Ra Ra Riot adds dates with Tokyo Police Club and Death Cab for Cutie this spring.

Red Cortez tour dates

M.I.A. is a M.O.M.

M.I.A. gave birth to a baby boy on February 11, three days after her Grammy performance. Spinner has more.



Watch M.I.A.'s recent interview with Tavis Smiley on PBS. Scroll down for M.I.A.

New Music Monday - February 16, 2009

New this week on DMPulse:

Lisa Hannigan - Lille
From the album: Sea Sew




Peter Bjorn & John - Nothing To Worry About
From the album: Living Thing
Video via Youtube



Bishop Allen - The Ancient Commonsense of Things
From the album: Grrr...

Vintage Video - Radiohead - Just

On Tour Tuesday - February. 10, 2009

The 2009 Noise Pop Festival features headliners Antony and the Johnson, Deerhunter, Stephen Malkmus plus Bob Mould, A.C. Newman, Matt Costa, Martha Wainwright, St. Vincent, Ra Ra Riot, N.A.S.A, No Age and Mountain Goats. Details at NoisePop.com

Peter Bjorn and John add more U.S. dates after performing at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

Kings of Leon start an arena tour in April. Tour dates via Pollstar.

New Music Monday - February 9, 2009

New this week on DMPulse:

Heartless Bastards - The Moutain
From the album: The Mountain



Bishop Allen - Dimmer
From the album: Grr...

Metric - Help I'm Alive
From the album: Fantasies
Listen via YouTube

Red Cortez - World At Rest
My Old Kentucky Blog shares the track.

Jeff Tweedy covers Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees

The $3.99 album - Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You

Lily's new album, It's Not Me, It's You will be available on the cheap from Myspace Music or Amazon. Released date is Tuesday, 2/10.

Sign o' the times?

Langerado Festival canceled due to poor ticket sales. Set to appear were Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Deerhunter and many others.

On Tour Tuesday - February. 3, 2009

Lineups for two of the biggest (and best) festivals of the year are just announced!

Stereogum has the 2009 Bonnaroo Lineup
Lineup highlights: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phish (2 Shows), Beastie Boys, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, David Byrne, Wilco, MGMT, The Decemberists


Coachella announced! via Pollstar
Highlights: Paul McCartney, The Killers, The Cure, Band of Horses, Franz Ferdinand

New Music Monday - February 2, 2009

New this week on DMPulse:

Animal Collective - My Girls
From the album: Merriweather Post Pavilion



Bon Iver - Blood Bank
From the EP: Blood Bank



The Yellow Stereo shares both of the above.

Doves - Jetstream
From the album:
Download the song at their website.
Listen via YouTube

Vintage Video - Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

Depeche Mode - New Music - More Music Videos

Vintage Video - Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Check Out: The Decemberists - The Rake Song

The Decemberists :: “The Rake Song” via The Yellow Stereo. New album is coming in March, hear the song on DMPulse or here.

On the Road - Neko Case

Neko Case

Neko Case is hitting dates in the south and east coast in April. Via Pollstar

Muzzle of Bees has tour dates from The Boss!

Core Artist - Radiohead

Radiohead

Website
Tour Dates
Entry @ AllMusic.com
Wikipedia


A few of the songs in the DMPulse playlist:
House of Cards, Videotape, Go to Sleep. (Little Man Being Erased), Sail To The Moon (Brush The Cobwebs Of The Sky), Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army?, Idiotque, Like Spinning Plates, True Love Waits, How to Disappear Completely, Karma Police, No Surprises, Black Star, Fake Plastic Trees, High and Dry, Anyone Can Play Guitar

Core Artist - The Shins

The Shins

Tour Dates
Entry @ AllMusic.com
Wikipedia
Phantom Limb fan forum

A few of the songs in the DMPulse playlist: Red Rabbits, Sea Legs, Turn on Me, Kissing the Lipless, Pink Bullets, New Slang, Caring Is Creepy, Know Your Onion

Core Artist - The Strokes

The Strokes

The Strokes' website
Tour Dates

A few of the songs in the DMPulse playlist:
15 Minutes of Pain, Heart In a Cage, Reptilia, Automatic Stop, What Ever Happened?, Is This It?, Last Nite

Core Artist - White Stripes

White Stripes

Website
Tour Dates


A few of the songs in the DMPulse playlist: Icky Thump, My Doorbell, The Hardest Button to Button, We're Going to Be Friends, Hotel Yorba

Core Artist - Wilco

Wilco

Wilco's website
Tour Dates
WilcoBase - an interactive setlist database


A few of the songs in the DMPulse playlist:
Walken, What Light, I'm a Wheel, Theologians, Ashes of American Flags, Heavy Metal Drummer, A Shot in the Arm, She's a Jar, Misunderstood, Passenger Side