Orpheus Media Research Consumer Survey Reveals that Music Recommendation Tools are Opening… — NEW YORK, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/

57 percent of the respondents indicated that they most often relied on radio or word of mouth to learn about new music; 14 percent indicated that they relied on mainstream media
59 percent identify music as playing a key role in their social life
40 percent are interested in finding new ways to discover new music
40 percent have more than 1,000 songs (tracks) in their personal music library
44 percent listen to music at work
82 percent identified radio as the greatest single influence of their music listening
82 percent feel that the music industry is doing an average to poor job in their ability to identify good music
44 percent rate their friends as good or excellent at identifying good music