Reblogging elemental-consulting on how dedicated pages add value to single songs:
while I buy digital music on a regular basis, I still love the idea of CDs- something tangible that gives me more than just the music - liner notes, pictures, lyrics, all the writing/production credits etc. There’s no doubt in my mind that the advent [...]
This novelty page is an interesting form of music packaging. It has a full-page esthetic similar to Muxtape and (in a sense) goose. The layout is purely decorative. The object is a hybrid of graphics, music, and motion. The visual elements are HTML rather than Flash.
There’s something happening but I don’t [...]
The packaging for releases on the Inman Street Records netlabel is a blog post with links to individual MP3s and to a zip file containing all of the MP3s. The blog as a whole is the label and the post is the album.
For example, this is Shrinking Islands - “The Slow-Moving Aftermath EP”.
Over on Soup Greens I have posted a playlist of pre-1923 recordings by a banjo player named Vess Ossman.
The playlist is a standalone page of hand-coded HTML. The design is influenced by Muxtape. The blog post over there is a stub to enable comments and channel blog visitors into the playlist.
The blog post [...]
Check out the packaging for the new Portishead release. It feels a lot like an expensive hotel or a spa, and not at all like an MP3.
There’s no CD at all. Instead there is a big-ass 1GB USB key. This contains the music file collection formerly known as an “album” or “CD” [...]