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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Gorillaz Releases New Album, Written on the iPad

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)" @ 11:00 AM

http://www.cultofmac.com/gorillazs-...w+(Cult+of+Mac)

"Following through with their Yuletide threat, Gorillaz has released their new album, The Fall, over on their official website... an album notable for being both written and recorded almost entirely on the iPad, using downloaded App Store apps."

The gimmick, of course, is that they used an iPad to create this, but the other noteworthy item about the album is you can stream it or download it for free from their website. They used numerous apps from the iTunes app store to create this album, such as Xenon, Cleartune and the free Mugician, and while this isn't my taste in music, I have to give them kudos for experimentation.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Album Cabal aka Cocktail

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (OS X)" @ 08:00 AM

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/27/itun...dia-to-album-p/

"Digital music purchases have been dominating the market for some time now as physical CD purchases continue to fall. For Apple, a significant lead over the rest of the music proprietor world is not enough: according to the Financial Times, the company is now working together with the four largest record labels in the business to add new features to accompany digital music purchases through its iTunes Store in hopes of stimulating full album purchases."

This little project is code-named "Cocktail" and has Apple working with EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music. What they plan on doing is making the album buying experience more advantageous to the consumer, and in return getting more revenue since the profit margin for album sales is higher. What you will get are things such as lyrics, liner notes and interactive booklets. Some of the things (lyrics specifically) bring back memories of what I got when I used to buy albums (the vinyl kind for those of you not old enough to remember). I understand the profit motive, but it isn't enough of an advantage to get me to buy album versus a few songs that I want. How about you, will any of this sway your purchasing decision?


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