Music apps are the new albums. Or the new concert DVDs. Or...
David Gilmour, Lady Gaga, The xx and Calvin Harris app strategies show music industry experimentationEvery so often, the music industry gets sucked into a debate about whether the traditional album is dead, even if the murderer has varied down the years, from iTunes downloads to Spotify playlists.Taylor Swift's ability to sell 1.2m albums in a week in the US alone suggests that the album remains alive and kicking, so you won't catch me suggesting that apps are the next candidate to kill off long...
Guardian Music — David Gilmour, Lady Gaga, The xx and Calvin Harris app strategies show music industry experimentationEvery so often, the music industry gets sucked into a debate about wh... more info