Wow.  Popcuts began life in California, and after a stellar three months in Cambridge, MA for YCombinator, we’re happy to be back in the Bay Area.  

In the past three months, we’ve packed up and moved twice, met dozens of artists and fans, flown crazy miles, and written a ton of code.  In Boston, we caught some great live shows. !!! brought the house down in Boston, and Tim Gearan Band is a Monday night legend over at Somerville’s Toad.  Those Fourth of July fireworks ain’t bad either.  

And in the meanwhile, lots of you guys may’ve seen us in the paper, on the blogosphere, or even out on the street (thanks to all the Popcuts fans who’ve met up with us in the Bay Area, Boston, NYC… even in Berlin!).

The blog’s been quiet, but we’ve been working on lots of things that you’ll see coming down the pipeline soon!  We are about to roll out some big features, for artists and fans alike.  We’re doing deals which will bring TONS of music to our store, and expand the “playground” just for you and your fellow music lovers.  We’ve been talking to some cool people, like the geniuses over at last.fm, Reddit, and some other people who are interested in helping Popcuts grow.  Users like you are streaming us feedback and encouragement every day, so keep it coming!  

In the meantime, check out this awesome video, by an amazing California artist, Jack Conte:

Recently, Popcuts heard some wise words from Pandora founder Tim Westergren.  It was really cool to hear some motivational words from tim, because a few years ago, Pandora kick-started a music revival in my life.

Tim managed to talk about some classic issues in the online music space, without resorting to the same old arguments.

Tim talked about finding a “win-win model” for the music business, and the need to “end the adversarial relationship between music rights-owners and listeners.” It’s been something Popcuts has noticed from day one: why aren’t artists and fans on the same team?

Tim went on to slam DRM for a new reason: people just “don’t get it.”  The user experience of DRM is just strange and counterintuitive.  Instead of inventing confusing technologies to fix complicated and shifting problems, he set a simpler goal for the music tech geek: “make simple and easy ways to be a fan.”

Here we are, in the crowd at Stanford, attending Startup School.

See if you can find us!