Professor Green’s ‘Inconvenience Store’: High-Tech Hype or a Digital Revolution?

Thursday, 13th October 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: EMI, Inconvenience Store, LivePlayer, micro-transactions, Professor Green, Virgin Records, virtual currency

Written by: Jeff NaucloseAuthor: Jeff Nau Name: Jeff Nau
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During these crappy economic times, rising hip-hop star Professor Green may have innovated a completely new way for struggling (read: broke) musicians and artists to be viable in a music industry that is barely limping along.

The Virgin/EMI-signed rapper this week introduced his “Inconvenience Store”, which is actually nothing of the sort: by watching a certain number of videos, answering trivia questions about Professor Green, and even visiting his Facebook profile (just once), fans earn store Greenbacks — a kind of virtual money which they can use to buy his songs, albums, swag, etc. Continue reading “Professor Green’s ‘Inconvenience Store’: High-Tech Hype or a Digital Revolution?” »

Cloud Music Playing doors open wider thanks to Federal Court Ruling

Thursday, 25th August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: amazon, cloud music player, dropbox, EMI, google, iTunes, Jay-Z, lady antebellum, usher

Written by: R Bryant FranciscloseAuthor: R Bryant Francis Name: Bryant Francis
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Do you use Amazon Cloud, Dropbox, or Google’s Music beta to store and listen to your music? Well congratulations! It’s going to be easier for you from now on to get all your music online fast. Continue reading “Cloud Music Playing doors open wider thanks to Federal Court Ruling” »