The song pages at Bandcamp are very good. For an example, see the page for the song “Mercury Vapor.”
They give the song a full page worth of real estate, which lets them elevate the song title to the page title and give the album art enough emphasis; that’s a great use of plain old [...]
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 [...]
I have set up a dedicated page for my version of the song “Frog in the Well.” It is an experiment in packaging for internet music, since a bare MP3 lacks all the chrome that makes a CD an entertaining thing to open up. Design notes –
To draw you into the page and [...]
Leftsetz, who blogs compulsively, says Singles Only:
Don’t make an album. And whatever you do, don’t send it to me! I don’t have time.
Heritage acts. Classic acts. Cut one great single! That you can do your best to work. Shit, give it away for free… As an inspiration to buy a concert ticket, where the true [...]
One followup to my post on portable identifiers for songs using XSPF’s content resolution abilities happened on J. Herskowitz’ blog. I asked whether the problem in developing interoperability between music services is technical or economic. J’s answer was:
I think it is both. Since there appears to be a need for ongoing resolver work [...]