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You can now buy museradio.fm playlists and CDs that we recommend through Amazon.

Most people have their card details in Amazon, which makes it super easy to use.

We also like the fact that you can buy CDs, not just MP3 because sometimes there are albums that are great from start to finish.

As always, we will only recommend a CD when we think its really worth being part of your collection, never for just one good song.

Let us know if you think or new Amazon store is useful.

We have been racking our brains of late, trying to figure out how to make museradio.fm financially sustainable!!!

No easy feat. But maybe you have an idea that we don’t?!

We might start with asking our listeners to help us out and donate what they can, to keep us floating (ie keep putting out great playlists for free) while we figure out a more long-term business plan.

Ideas, ideas?!!! Please do comment, if anyone out there is indeed reading this…

Olivia and I are in the process of creating our museradio.fm Christmas playlist! And just in case you were interested, we thought we’d write a bit about how that process works. First we need to get inspired. A few glasses of wine later… Just kidding.


First we come up with a rough concept. In this case, we imagined what we’d like to listen to in front of the fireplace around Christmas time. Warm, nostalgic tunes that go with the sense of carrying on tradition, but not necessarily the same versions of them that youve heard a million times before. Then we brainstorm and do a lot of listening, create a huge playlist with our favorites and start to pluck out the ones we arent in love with.


In this case, we’ve found some great gospel tracks, blues, gypsy jazz as well as tunes by classic Christmas balladeers such as Bing Crosby. This process is cyclical, as new tracks keep coming in and we get inspired and make associations. Then its about finding the right order. We love the Fats Waller version of Jingle Bells, which has become track number one. I think we’ve got a great list now. It will need some more fine tuning, as every playlists (or indeed every work) does.But it should be ready later next week, so stay tuned for some jolly Christmas fun!

Sorry guys, I know we are week behind posting a new playlist but we will get one up this week, promise!

For those who may be wondering… We are having some trouble making our playlists available on the US itunes store, but hope to have it working this week!

More countries in Europe to follow.

We are brainstorming ideas about how to make museradio.fm financially sustainable. As you can imagine, we don’t get much commission at all from reselling itunes tracks so we need to figure out a way to keep bringing you great music without going broke!

Some of the things we are thinking about:

• Freemium: giving our users a great user experience for free but an even better one for a small fee. This would be either via micorpayments for streaming or some sort of subscription model.
• Full micropayment or subscription model
• Generate revenue via partnerships with other brands
• Set up a service where our commissions for selling music are higher.

If you have any great ideas, let us know!!