SpotDJ in the San Francisco Chronicle
SpotDJ got some press on Sunday, and we haven’t even launched yet! In the “Radio Waves” column in the San Francisco Chronicle, Ben Fong-Torres said:
“When I was a kid wanting to be on the radio, I got an album called “You Be a DJ” and pretended that I was on “WBDJ.” I’m certain that’s how I got to be on KFOG and KSAN. Now, a local Web 2.0 startup, SpotDJ.com, lets you record bits — opinions, news or gossip about artists and songs — and fellow SpotDJs will be able to hear them as part of their iTunes listening. It’s essentially short-form podcasting, in a musical environment. SpotDJ goes into beta mode in mid-October.”
For those who are unfamiliar, Ben is a legend in music journalism. He was senior editor of Rolling Stone magazine from almost the magazine’s inception and throughout the 1970s – a role in which he’s portrayed in the movie Almost Famous. He was also a rock DJ for San Francisco radio station KSAN during the 70s and has a book with The Doors (The Doors By The Doors) coming out later this year.
We are so excited to have had our first press mention, and there is no better person to have broken the story than Ben Fong-Torres.