April 29, 2004
COOL!
Moving in the opposite direction of the RIAA, some bands are using
technology to enable their fans to easily distribute their music
digitally. One of the latest developments in this trend harkens back to the
days when The Grateful Dead and its fans had a well-established network
to disseminate bootleg copies of live shows. The storied rock club
href=" http://www.maxwellsnj.com/index.html">Maxwell's in Hoboken
is the setting for the latest incarnation of this practice. Shows at
the club will now be digitally recorded in real time and afterwards,
fans will be able to plug key-chain-sized USB hard drives into a kiosk
and download the recording on the spot. The 128 MB USB drive will cost
$20 and will be reusable. It will cost $10 to download the recorded
live show. There will be no restrictions on the transferability of the
music once it's been purchased, meaning that fans will be able to burn
it on CDs, download it to their iPods, or e-mail tracks to friends. I
think this is brilliant. I own a 128 MB key-chain drive and find it
invaluably useful. Being able to download a live show I had just seen
is a great application and one I'd probably take advantage of. Special
shout out to Maxwell's for being the first to adopt this technology.
It's a great little club on the south-east corner of 11th and
Washington in Hoboken. Here are some upcoming shows there and . .
. what do you know . . .The
Bigger Lovers are going to be playing there Thursday May 6th!
They'll be appearing with The Push
Stars, who I happen to have seen a few times many years ago when
they'd play a bar on Main Street in Poughkeepsie during my summer
vacations. I'll be recording this show for sure.
Posted by Lexiphane at April 29, 2004 11:51 AM
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