Comments on: The apps have it: Goodbye CD, hello novelty spirit level http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/03/the-apps-have-it-goodbye-cd-hello-novelty-spirit-level/ Rock reviews, rock articles & rock interviews from the Ultimate Rock'n'Roll Library Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Simon Warner http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/03/the-apps-have-it-goodbye-cd-hello-novelty-spirit-level/#comment-6392 Simon Warner Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:27:09 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/03/the-apps-have-it-goodbye-cd-hello-novelty-spirit-level/#comment-6392 Probably right, Johnny. News of its death greatly exaggerated and all that. Obviously music will always be part of our lives but we will consume it in different ways: the majors model - large advances that had to be re-couped, so many young bands and singers signed and dropped and forgotten within a very short time - was hardly ideal for most artists, after all... Probably right, Johnny. News of its death greatly exaggerated and all that. Obviously music will always be part of our lives but we will consume it in different ways: the majors model – large advances that had to be re-couped, so many young bands and singers signed and dropped and forgotten within a very short time – was hardly ideal for most artists, after all…

]]> By: Johnny Black http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/03/the-apps-have-it-goodbye-cd-hello-novelty-spirit-level/#comment-6386 Johnny Black Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:21:41 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2010/03/the-apps-have-it-goodbye-cd-hello-novelty-spirit-level/#comment-6386 I hate to have to admit it, but I'm in the process of having what will hopefully be the first of a series of apps designed to link music lovers to my website, www.rocksourcearchive.com. The idea is that fans of any genre, even any specific artist, will be able to have an app that links them to an interactive calendar presenting the day by day history of that artist or style of music. On the upside, of course, it is about music, and the links on the various sites we create will (again hopefully) help spur sales of music by taking fans to sites where they can buy the music they're reading about. Also, I've heard the death-knell sounded for music so often that I simply no longer believe it. Music is part of the human condition. We live it, breathe it, dance to it, laugh and cry with it. It won't go away. The music business might, but music won't. I hate to have to admit it, but I’m in the process of having what will hopefully be the first of a series of apps designed to link music lovers to my website, http://www.rocksourcearchive.com.

The idea is that fans of any genre, even any specific artist, will be able to have an app that links them to an interactive calendar presenting the day by day history of that artist or style of music.

On the upside, of course, it is about music, and the links on the various sites we create will (again hopefully) help spur sales of music by taking fans to sites where they can buy the music they’re reading about.

Also, I’ve heard the death-knell sounded for music so often that I simply no longer believe it. Music is part of the human condition. We live it, breathe it, dance to it, laugh and cry with it. It won’t go away. The music business might, but music won’t.

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