As I usually do every Monday morning, I updated KMAG (my music stream) with at least six new songs to be rotated in its Top 30 for five to eight weeks, depending upon how busy my life becomes. According to the logs, the 700,000th song was played last week. I knew it was coming but 750,000 will be the bigger deal. Still, it’s a pretty cool measurement. Oddly, it didn’t choose any of the current tunes by Eisley, Rilo Kiley, Crowded House or Nick Lowe in the Top 30 circulation.
Drum roll please for song number 700,000…
“Walking on the Moon” by the Police.
Well, if it had to go with a Police song, I’m glad the stream randomly picked something good because I wince at every mention of their current reunion tour.
How long until it hits 750,000? At a pace of 15 songs an hour, that’s three to five more than commercial radio, at least 133 days.
Getting this out there for my friends at a more reliable speed might become a reality since I did see an ad for AT&T’s DSL Elite claiming download speeds of 6 Mbps. In theory, the upload speed could be closer to 1 Mbps which is what recipients would need.