[読んだ] Midomi becomes top paid music app on iPhone | Mobile Content | News by Mobile Entertainment

discovery, id, iphone, midomi, music

Firm also confirms a fresh $4 million VC round. Not a bad week.

 

Midomi is like Shazam, but you sing into the phone to identify the song rather than holding the handset up to a recording. It identifies songs in about five seconds.

The firm claims the app has scored several million downloads since launching at $4.99 three months ago.

やっぱり好評なんですね。
iPod touchにマイクが内蔵されてたら、速攻買うんですが……。

[読んだ] Midomi Music Identifier and Search for iPhone Review | Entertainment & HDTV | iPhone Central | Macworld

 

Midomi uses the Sound2Sound search engine to accurately identify music. It can listen to a song being played on the radio and recognize it, just like Shazam. But it can also identify songs that you sing or hum. In addition, you can also just speak a song’s title or an artist’s name into the iPhone’s built-in mic and Midomi will find it. (iPod touch users can tap into these features as well, provided they’ve got an external microphone on hand.) The app also includes a text field where you can type to search.

これはなかなかに良さげ。

[読んだ] Melodica for iPhone Review | Software | iPhone Central | Macworld


Melodica by CandyCane allows anyone to create music in a fun and easy way, with no musical skills or knowledge required. If you can tap the screen of your iPhone or iPod touch, you can make your own tunes. (iPod touch users will need one other thing to get the most out of Melodica—headphones, so that they can hear the music.)

おもしろそうな音楽アプリですね。
でも記事にあるように、アップデートで長く遊べるアプリになった時が買い時かも。

[読んだ] iTunes Store to add enhanced liner notes, extra media to album purchases

Digital music purchases have been dominating the market for some time now as physical CD purchases continue to fall. For Apple, a significant lead over the rest of the music proprietor world is not enough: according to the Financial Times, the company is now working together with the four largest record labels in the business to add new features to accompany digital music purchases through its iTunes Store in hopes of stimulating full album purchases.

Apple has formed an alliance with EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music to bundle whole albums with perks like interactive booklets, digital sleeve notes, and video clips. By doing so, Apple hopes to increase sales of the albums over single track purchases, a sales model that has been immensely popular in the advent of digital music.

そういえばアルバム単位で買う必要が無くなったことがiTunes Music Storeの当初の売りだったような気もします。
でもアルバムで買ってもらった方がAppleに支払われるマージンが大きいんですね。
ならばアルバム単位で買ってもらうよう、テコ入れに乗り出すのは自然な流れかも。

[読んだ] FT.com / Technology - Apple joins forces with record labels

Apple is working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital sales of albums by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and other interactive features with music downloads, in a move it hopes will change buying trends on its online iTunes store.
via ft.com

ようやくか、という気もしますね。
でも単にアルバム買ったらライナーノーツも付いてくる、という程度に終わらせない意気込みも感じられます。
Appleがどう仕掛けてくるか、楽しみです。

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