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New Year's predictions: 52 things that will define 2010
MusicRadar puts its tarot cards on the table
The MusicRadar Team, Wed 30 Dec 2009, 3:50 pm UTC
This time last year, each member of the MusicRadar team revealed their predictions for 2009. Some we got spot on, some were kinda... well, a bit off, frankly. So we're going to have another stab at it - we present, for your reading pleasure: MusicRadar's 52 things that will define 2010.
As before, we've attributed each prediction to the contributing team member so they can revel in praise when their predictions come true. Or be publicly humiliated when the opposite happens, as the case may be...
Enjoy!
New Year's predictions: 52 things that will define 2010
1. Ableton and Cycling '74's Max For Live will be a smash success, finally taking Max/MSP to the music-making masses. Chris Wickett
2. Apple will add some kind of full-track streaming element to the iTunes Music Store. Ben Rogerson
3. The Libertines will reform this year. I know I said it last year too, but this time it will happen. Chris Vinnicombe
4. Now that Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck have already played concerts together, Jimmy Page will join them in a real Yardbirds reunion. Joe Bosso
5. Melodyne's DNA technology will spawn countless imitations and alternatives, making polyphonic pitch editing an everyday task. Chris Wickett
6. MySpace will become virtually obsolete. Chris WIckett
7. A large US-based instrument manufacturer will release a Michael Jackson signature guitar. Chris Wickett
8. The BitTorrent protocol will evolve to better function without the need for legally targetable torrent trackers. Chris Wickett
9. Governments worldwide will finally come to accept that copyright laws created before the rise of the internet do not work for IP online. Chris Wickett
10. Apple will release something beautiful, sleek and revolutionary that none of the MusicRadar team will be able to afford to buy. Again. Chris Vinnicombe
11. Noel Gallagher will release a solo record. He'll claim it's the best thing he's ever written before its release, only to immediately denounce it afterwards. Chris Wickett
12. There'll be more totally integrated hardware/software products. Native Instruments' Maschine has proved that they work and that there's a demand for them (and, of course, they can't be cracked), so expect other companies to follow this model. Ben Rogerson
13. Dubstep will simultaneously break through into the mainstream and be disowned by those who created it. Ben Rogerson
