How has the initial response to Fropper Music been like?
The response is pretty good. We have launched a basic service right now which has interesting features, our users can listen to eight or nine channels created across five languages with seven to eight genres each. We are not only offering them Hindi songs, but we also have Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, hip hop and rock. So, there is enough for a music lover to come and experience. We started with 15000 songs and we have a section which shows who are listening to music and these people can chat with each other. The users can also make their own channels of their music and recommend their channels to their friends. What was the idea that went behind bringing in music into a social networking site? The whole idea is to bring networking to an online music experience. In the US, online radio has surpassed terrestrial radio though that’s not the case in India. There are thousands of music stations online, but not so yet in India. People spend a lot of time on the Net in India, so all these facto
The response is pretty good. We have launched a basic service right now which has interesting features, our users can listen to eight or nine channels created across five languages with seven to eight genres each. We are not only offering them Hindi songs, but we also have Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, hip hop and rock. So, there is enough for a music lover to come and experience. We started with 15000 songs and we have a section which shows who are listening to music and these people can chat with each other. The users can also make their own channels of their music and recommend their channels to their friends. What was the idea that went behind bringing in music into a social networking site? The whole idea is to bring networking to an online music experience. In the US, online radio has surpassed terrestrial radio though that’s not the case in India. There are thousands of music stations online, but not so yet in India. People spend a lot of time on the Net in India, so all these facto
