I added a gallery of the last 10 images so everyone can see what you submissions.
Archive for September, 2007
If you live in Portland you’ve probably heard already: Greg Oden, the Blazers’ #1 draft pick this year, just got sidelined for the entire upcoming season due to knee injury.
There’s lots of “I told you so!”s going around right now, but poor Greg Oden hasn’t said much about it.
Well here’s your chance to give Oden a voice: check out OdenRant. You can also let Kevin Durant chime in.
Thanks to Jason for busting out a great Photoshop job, and Instrument for hosting the site.
Last week I went to a show for one my favorite bands, Rilo Kiley. It was part of Music Fest Northwest, an event here in Portland that takes place over the course of 3 days. Basically you by a $40 wristband and you can pick between 100s of bands playing in multiple venues across town.
One of the opening bands was Grand Ole Party from San Diego. I’d never heard of them before, but I liked their sound, and their lead singer had a great voice (AND she played the drums!). When their set was over and we were waiting for the next band to come on, I kept reminding myself the name so I could check them out when I got home. Then I remembered, I had my iPhone with me. I could get any kind of information I wanted about them on the Internet.
When I was younger I went to tons of concerts and saw opening bands that I might have liked to check out. Back then I’d have to remember the name, or write it on my hand, then head to the music store to try to find their CD…and it most likely would have not been available anywhere but the most obscure indie music store, which back then I had little access to. In the end it was just too much of a pain in the ass.
Like it or hate it, Apple’s iTunes has been largely successful. Now they are introducing the iTunes Wi-fi Music Store, which will allow people with iPhones and iPod Touch devices to purchase music directly on their device and download it on the spot. Had this been available at this concert, I could have very well went to the music store, listened to their music, bought the album and listened to it before the next band came on. On the flip side, if I didn’t like their music by listening to the samples, I can decide not to buy the album.
I believe easy mobile access to music from anywhere is the future of music…and the future is here with Apple’s iTunes Wi-fi music store. When people don’t have to think about how to find music they want, and just go onto their device and get it, they are much more likely to be okay with paying $0.99 for a song or $12 for an album without much complaint. I know I am, and I’m excited to try it out.