Bargain Alert: Arpeggionome for iPhone Is Free Today

The great thing about app developers trying to become popular in the iTunes App Store by dropping their prices is that those price drops are real. If your timing is right, you can save a bundle on music apps –and the developer doesn’t mind, because in the process, you’re just making their app more popular, so that they can then switch the price back to where it was and capitalize on the sudden surge in popularity that came from the price drop.

Today, Arpeggionome for iPhone is free in iTunes (we’ve seen it cost $3-$5 in the past). This app lets you make music on a grid, sort of like Monome. For more information on why you might want it, check out our exclusive interview with its creator, who rode this thing all the way from a Music Hack Day to #8 in the music app section of the iTunes App Store. (The “pro” iPad version still costs $15 today.)

Here’s Arpeggionome for iPhone controlling the Animoog app:

Bargain Alert: Arpeggionome for iPhone is free.

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Samsung Buys 1 Million Copies Of Jay-Z New Album “Magna Carta Holy Grail” [VIDEO]

Samsung Buys 1 Million Copies Of Jay-Z New Album "Magna Carta Holy Grail" [VIDEO]

In a deal that sources put at $5 million, Samsung has purchased 1 million copies of Jay-Z’s next album, entitled “Magna Carta Holy Grail”. A million Samsung Galaxy smartphone users will receive a free copy on July 4th, 72 hours prior the official release. It's not yet clear that these million copies will count towards Jay-Z's first week positions on Billboard's Nielson Soundscan charts. The rumored $5 per copy price would theoretically allow the business savvy star to qualify, virtually guaranteeing a #1 debut.

"We need to write the new rules."

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Samsung owners will receive “Magna Carta Holy Grail” via an app, which can be downloaded starting June 24th. It will offer what the company calls an "unprecedented inside look into the album personal stories and inspiration" and unlock the album for play on July 4, three days before it officially goes on sale for the non-Galaxy owning world.
The new album and the Sunsung deal were unveiled with this three minute commercial debuted during the NBA Finals on Sunday. In the video and accompanying site Jay-Z repeats the theme that the internet has changed everything, and thus, "We need to write new rules."

Bruce Houghton on 06/17/2013 in Major Labels, Music 2.0, Music Business | Permalink

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Spotify Improves with Gapless Playback, Cross-Fading – Soon for Mobile Too [Updated] | Evolver.fm

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