JPEGs vs album covers

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Are JPEGs the New Album Covers? Black to Comm “Levitation/Astoria.” 7” Lathe-Cut Picture Disc, design by Marc Richter and Renate Nikolaus. Dekorder Records. Over the past few months I’ve been researching a book about current record cover art. Besides hunting down examples of stimulating music graphics, I’ve also been looking for digital alternatives to the traditional album cover.

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5 Responses to “JPEGs vs album covers”

  1. Marco Raaphorst
    April 13th, 2007 at 8:08 pm

    very interesting article.

    one idea I have, also a way to make money for musicians: put your songs freely on the web but create an booklet about the recording proces, all sorts of interesting information, special links etc. and sell the booklet. I still think people like to read and watch artwork. I might try it myself someday :)
  2. lucasgonze
    April 14th, 2007 at 4:52 am

    I like that idea a lot. At the least I think it’s a practical way to increase the price of a music file.

    I had a conversation with a major label guy about digital packaging. His first comment after he grokked the idea: how do you DRM the packaging? Feh!
  3. Marco Raaphorst
    April 14th, 2007 at 10:47 am

    I think for physical things people want to pay. On the internet not really, only for services. But on the internet 1/2 means 1*2. Copying age :)
  4. lucasgonze
    April 20th, 2007 at 4:40 pm

    I promise to reuse “on the internet 1/2 means 1*2″ as if it were my very own witticism. Nicely said, man.
  5. Marco Raaphorst
    April 21st, 2007 at 8:16 pm

    :)

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