Big Use Last Year

Last year the use of apps to distribute music made big headlines thanks to a few big name artists. Shawn Corey Carter better known by his stage name Jay-z or other aliases scored big last year signing a deal with Samsung and getting an app dedicated to him and his project that was scheduled to release. The Magna Carta Holy Grail app was used to give out one million free copies of the album before it even was officially released. To get the app it was required that you had on of the newer galaxy mobile devices which left a lot of people out of luck.

           This power move showed just what apps are capable of as far as music distribution goes. His app “broke” in his own words from the over request of people hitting download in a frantic trying to get a copy. Another great example from the previous year would also be the queen, the mother of all little monsters Lady Gaga.  She released her app in promotion of her project Artpop that released on November 6. The Artpop app allowed for the uses to create their own art and buy her album through a feature.

           In both cases the project that was released hit number one on the billboard charts. Because of this I’m sure in the next upcoming years it will become more and more common for artist to get their own dedicated apps for their albums. The first step of course would be to come up with an idea to prevent the situation that Jay-z ran into.

First Post

Greetings my tech and music fans this is the first of many post to come. Today is a great wonderful day for this is the start of world domination! Ok maybe not but it is the start of a great blog designed to take up all of your free time when your not making music, looking at the newest artist coming out of you local area, eating and/or playing with your smart phone instead of building your career.

 I’m sure I can speak for many serious artists when I say distribution and promotion are important but not always fun. For a lot of artist that are always on the run sitting at a computer all day isn't always possible, so here’s a great idea use mobile apps. Apps aren't the next big thing they are the big thing. There are hundreds of thousands of apps out on the market today so why not make use the ones designed to do what you need and distribute your music. I know that sounds like a radical new idea to some but many are already doing it so why be behind the curve?
If you don’t know where to start than today you're in luck! You have journeyed to the right spot on the interwebs. I will be doing reviews of apps and talks about some of the biggest uses of apps for distribution at least 2 times a week. If you’re as excited as I am and are wondering how to get updates on the regular about my post then I will tell you. Subscribe! Yes it’s that easy; I look forward to your comments and opinions thanks.