AppleInsider StaffMusicWeek claims that Snow Patrol, an alternative rock band from northern Ireland, will become the first artist to offer one of the applications for download alongside the release of its fifth studio album next month titled Hundred Million Suns.
Extra content available though the app will include exclusive artwork, behind-the-scenes images, and lyrics, according to the report.
Apple reportedly plans to deliver extras for several other albums in the coming months, though its unclear if the company will catalog media from various artists into a single extras application or distribute separate apps with each album.
The move, as noted by TechCrunch, stands to undermine one of the few remaining advantages of traditional CDs. It will also mark the first time that music artists have been able to tap into the added capabilities of Apple's multi-touch platform.
Snow Patrol’s new album is expected to hit the digital shelves of iTunes around October 27.
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Really looking forward to those 'behind the scenes' lyrics.
Sweet, I love Snow Patrol.
You'll have to pry my lossless, DRM-free CDs out of my cold, dead hands!
You'll have to pry my lossless, DRM-free CDs out of my cold, dead hands!
Oh dear..... You see, the record companies have been able to do this for ages. There was a time where you'd get some free videos, or something funky included extra on the CD. However, they've done nothing other than perhaps a couple of postcards in the CD case.
Perhaps this might provide some stimulus, just as the itunes app store has done with microsoft et al....
You'll have to pry my lossless, DRM-free CDs out of my cold, dead hands!
And verily did he bestow Max upon them, and it was good!