Comments on: Rethinking Album Artwork http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/rethinking-album-artwork.html Ideas & Trends Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:14:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: shawn http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/rethinking-album-artwork.html/comment-page-1#comment-10987 shawn Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:07:52 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/rethinking-album-artwork.html#comment-10987 The thing is, why invest in album art when people are barely buying the music to begin with. This is an added value that goes beyond the music that costs a significant amount of money to create. Also, digital retailers are not setup right now to include digital booklets for every release. So, while artwork is really great and gives an certain amount of authenticity to a release, it really doesn't economically make sense to do it. I'd rather labels concentrated on producing better music rather than anything else. The thing is, why invest in album art when people are barely buying the music to begin with. This is an added value that goes beyond the music that costs a significant amount of money to create. Also, digital retailers are not setup right now to include digital booklets for every release. So, while artwork is really great and gives an certain amount of authenticity to a release, it really doesn’t economically make sense to do it. I’d rather labels concentrated on producing better music rather than anything else.

]]> By: Stone http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/rethinking-album-artwork.html/comment-page-1#comment-10920 Stone Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:54:16 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/rethinking-album-artwork.html#comment-10920 You hit the nail on the head! Album art must go beyond static images into an interactive space. There have been a few attempts, like TuneBooks: (http://www.tunebooks.com), which has been around for a few years now. But as you state there is no standard surfacing. The evolving ID3 tag is another possibility for a 'platform'. To make the most out of the album art you have, or for tips on finding good album art and display tools, check out: http://www.cddesign.com/covertalk You hit the nail on the head! Album art must go beyond static images into an interactive space. There have been a few attempts, like TuneBooks: (http://www.tunebooks.com), which has been around for a few years now. But as you state there is no standard surfacing. The evolving ID3 tag is another possibility for a ‘platform’.

To make the most out of the album art you have, or for tips on finding good album art and display tools, check out:

http://www.cddesign.com/covertalk

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