Apple reasearch: Apple says million iPhone 3GS sold in first three days

Apple says it has sold a million of its new iPhone 3GS model in the first three days since its worldwide launch on Friday. The press release is also interesting for including a "quote" from Steve Jobs, "Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With over 50,000 applications available from Apple's revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever." Certainly no dispute about the momentum. Even the precipitious price for the new model doesn't seem to be putting people off, despite this hefty recession.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jun/22/iphone3gs-million-sold-first-three-days

Ipod Research: Music pirates will buy if the price is right

The music, film and video game industries are pricing themselves out the market, according to new research from Ipsos MORI. They found that creative industries could increase their sales if they addressed the price gap between illegal music and legal music on iTunes.

They tested more than 30 digital content distribution models for music, movies and video games in interviews more than 1000 people over the age of 16. One of the most common complaints from the creative industries is that people won't pay for content online when they can get the content for free through a range of illegal file-sharing services, but the Ipsos study found that two-thirds of people they interviewed who pirated music would switch to official distribution channels if the price was right.

"This is a huge opportunity, but it depends on how hard they want to battle against the pirates," Bramley said.

Currently, Apple charges 79p per track on its iTunes store. Only about 10% of respondents were interested in buying tracks at that rate, but interest rose to 32% when the price dropped to 45p. Music fans also want tracks without DRM - digital rights management - so that they can shift the music to the device or format they want.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/03/music-film-games-download-piracy-pricing

Music Video Ideas

For my Year 13 music video project, i had to find an unsinged track which could be used by our group.In the end,we decided to chose a song by 'Blighters', called 'Boys in Motion'.

The title for the song, 'Boys in Motion', will be used used for the basis of the video. The title gave us the idea of including skateboarding. Boys and skateboarding have always been a common stereotype and we which to enhance this idea. Furthermore, me and another member of the group, Jake Mardell, are experienced skaters and this will help to produce a good looking production. We want to use standout editing to make it unique and look like a quality production.

Stop motion is an idea that was mentioned by Jake and this could be used to great effect. This, along with the stakeboarding footage, will help to production an excellent concept.Stop-motion videos that have inspied us include 'Her Morning Elegance' by 'Oren Lavie'.

My music and media investigation project

Here is my proposal form for my music and media investigation project. I am going to investigate the extent that Apple and the ipod have influenced the music industry. I will look at how they have changed the industry thanks to programmes such as iTunes and apple products such as the iPod and iTouch. I will also you into the purchasing of music and how that has changed thanks to Apple.

I will use secondary and statistical analysis for my research project. I will use secondary research, such as newspaper articles, to look at the way Apple has changed the music industry such as how to sell and promote tracks. I will look at statistics for the purchasing of music and how successful Apple have been in selling and distributing music.

Unconventional Music Video - Bloc Party Flux

This music video, by Bloc Party, is an unconventional music video. This is due to the setting for the video. The monsters used and the toy town effects makes this a abnormal video. Furthermore, the band are not shown in the video, which is in conventional videos.

Conventional Music Video - Blod Party Talons

This video by Bloc Party is my example of a conventional music video. For the song, there is narrative structure, which follows the lyrics of the track. In the video, a man is running away from the monster that is chasing him. Furthermore, another conventional aspect of this video is the inclusion of the band. During the video, members of the band pop up, with the lead singer Kele singing part of the song.