Beats Music: Changing The Game, Or More Of The Same?

Sunday night during the commercial breaks in the 2014 Grammy Awards telecast, Beats Music featured prominently, especially since it was co-founded by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. The new streaming music service launched last week, and for $10 a month, it promises a blend of algorithmic and human curation that will mean you'll never need another music source.

But in a market crowded by Spotify, Rdio, Pandora, iTunes Radio, and many other options, how does Beats compare? Eliot Van Buskirk, editor at Evolver.fm, gives his first impressions after using the service for the last week.