Hi Jeff. That was an interesting article. Thanks for that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff - The Ultra Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pc-audio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:39 PM Subject: Fw: New Device Allows Recording at Concerts
> New Device Allows Recording at Concerts > Updated: Thursday, Apr. 29, 2004 - 7:42 AM > > By LUKAS I. ALPERT > Associated Press Writer > > NEW YORK (AP) - Oh, how far we've come from the 78, the 45, even the > CD. > Now, minutes after your favorite band sounds its last note on stage, > you can > load a live recording of the concert onto a cigarette-lighter-sized > hard > drive hanging off your keychain. > > Take it home, toss the digital files onto your computer and then > e-mail it > to all your friends with the message, "Dude! These guys are awesome!" > > On May 21, new digital kiosks offering the tiny drives will be > installed at > Maxwell's, a small indie-rock club in Hoboken, N.J. At $10 a pop for > the > recording, and $20 for the reusable, keychain drive, let the > downloading > begin. > > "This is a tool that allows fans to take home and share some of the > best > independent music from small live venues around the country," said > Daniel > Stein, CEO of Dimensional Associates, a private equity firm that owns > eMusic > Live, which created the machines, as well as eMusic, a music > file-sharing > Web site, and The Orchard, a marketing firm for independent labels. > > For Scott Ambrose Reilly, president of eMusic Live, the idea is to let > fans > have a legal copy of a live show, which gives smaller artists and > their > labels creative control over the quality of the recording and a > commercial > stake in its distribution. > > The understanding is also that it is not a one-time recording. Fans > can > share the files with their friends, providing free word-of-mouth > publicity > for smaller bands. > > For eMusic Live, the devices are just the next step for a service that > it > and other competitors already provide: burning CDs of live > performances > right after a show ends. > > "What we were seeing is that a large number of people were taking > their CDs > home and ripping them to MP3s, so we thought it would benefit music > fans to > eliminate that middle step," Reilly said. > > The technology is quite simple: The music fan goes up to the > touch-screen > kiosk after the show and buys the keychain drive with a credit card > from a > dispenser alongside the screen. Once that's done, the miniature drive > is > inserted into a slot in the kiosk, and the recording _ stored as MP3 > files _ > is loaded onto the device's 128-megabyte hard drive. That is enough > space > for 110 minutes of music. > > A receipt for the transaction is sent to the concertgoer's e-mail > address. > > "I can remember when I started the debate was whether the 45 or 33 > would be > more successful," said Richard Gottehrer, author of hits like "My > Boyfriend's Back," and "I Want Candy," and chairman of The Orchard. > "Now the > Napsters of the world are yesterday's news and this is the newer, > legal, > next step." > > Whether the technology will take off remains to be seen. But its > creators > are optimistic and hope to roll the machines into venues around the > country > soon. > > "Admittedly this won't be for everyone," Reilly said. "But since the > direction of music is increasingly going digital, I don't see why this > wouldn't find its niche." > > At a demo for the device at a sound studio in Manhattan on Tuesday, a > New > York-based band, Elysian Fields, performed three songs, which were > quickly > loaded onto the "pen drives" afterward. > > Later, at home, the device was inserted into the USB port of a laptop > computer and voila! singer Jennifer Charles' smoky, lilting lyrics and > Oren > Bloedow's reverbed-out, brooding guitar lines filled the living room. > > Charles called the new technology "a beautiful thing." > > "I'm very excited to be a part of this incredible and sexy > technology," she > said between songs. "It makes us feel very James Bond. You can have > your > little pens _ wow, beam me up Scotty." > > ___ > > On the net: > > eMusic Live: > http://www.emusiclive.com > > eMusic: > http://www.emusic.com > > The Orchard: > http://www.theorchard.com > > Elysian Fields: > http://www.elysianmusic.com > > Maxwell's: > http://www.maxwellsnj.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
