The Song Project iPhone/iPad App: A New Album Experience A Complete Record Release Solely Through Apple’s App Store – RightsFlow’s Limelight Service To Provide Mechanical Licensing For Project
September 16, 2010 New York, NY – Jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp and guitarist/vocalist Derek Lee Bronston, collectively known as The Song Project, are releasing their brand new CD not as individual MP3‘s, but as a complete album experience in the form of an iPhone/iPad App via Apple’s App Store. These two musicians have defined their careers by innovating on their instruments, in composing and as players. It’s no surprise then, they would choose uncharted territory to release their debut recording.
When asked if releasing a recording as an application was limiting, Mark and Derek Lee both responded, “We are presenting a complete concept, a rich and full experience with all the advantages and elegance this new technology has to offer. We’re advancing the way you experience a recording.” The Applum combines music, art, design and tech packaged and delivered via Apple’s iPad and iPhone and takes advantage of the high resolution retina display making a visually stunning and sonically compelling modern Digital Album/Applum. With the Applum, you hold the album, feel the elegance of the iPad, see stunning images, explore the artists’ notes and experience the music – this engages you in sounds, sights and feelings. This is a complete presentation – a work of art.
Award wining designer/photographer Sean Mosher-Smith, responsible for artwork for music stars such as The Iggy Pop, Lenny Kravitz and K.T. Tunstall, is the designer and photographic contributor to The Song Project’s Applum. Sean states, “The beauty and elegance of the iPad and new iPhone is a compelling and brilliant canvas on which to present my artwork. Couple that with this great music and you have an awesome experience.”
The Applum is coined and created by app gurus theConspiracy, a Brooklyn based tech+design company, in partnership with the digital music company Paved Earth Music. The Song Project, initially a digital collaboration between Mark and Derek Lee, became a fully realized concept with their first gigs in the Spring of 2010 which included venues in Switzerland and New York City. The Song Project’s debut release Art of The Song, Vol.1 is slated for release in September 2010.
Providing licensing support is Limelight, a simple way for artists, bands and labels to clear any cover song. Limelight (songclearance.com) is a service of RightsFlow, a leading licensing and royalty service provider. “We’re extremely excited to be supporting Mark and Derek on The Song Project,” added Michael Kauffman, SVP of Sales and Marketing at RightsFlow. “Both are inspiring innovators on their instruments as well as with technology, and we look forward to helping them reach high notes.”
The duo’s focus is on the exploration of song both written and improvised. They will offer limited quantities of physical CD’s at live performances and rumor has it, limited edition vinyl. From an iPad App to old-school vinyl, Mark Rapp and Derek Lee Bronston are taking cool to the next level.
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About The Song Project
www.thesongproject.net
Label: http://pavedearthmusic.com
Artist booking:clifford.bond@adyingbreedllc.com
For more info or to schedule interviews with the above, please call (718) 569-7980 or e-mail: info@pavedearthmusic.com
About Limelight
Licensing support for this project is provided by Limelight, a service of RightsFlow. Limelight is the simplest way to clear cover songs. You can easily secure the necessary mechanical license to cover ANY SONG for U.S. distribution for your digital, CD or ringtone release.
About RightsFlow
RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled provider of mechanical licensing services and royalty payment technology for online music services, record companies, distributors, artists, and songwriters. The RightsFlow technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licensees and licensors. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary “FLOW” licensing technology and 23 million song database allow us to serve over 10,000 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist controlled works.
Clients include Rhapsody, Muzak, The Orchard, Guvera, Dada Entertainment/Play.ME, Scattertunes, Amie Street, [PIAS], Alliance, Kontor New Media, INgrooves, Zynga, Beatport, Hoodiny, CAM, Zebralution, E1 Canada & US Distribution, IODA, Cooking Vinyl, CD Baby, Disc Makers, & X5 Music Group.
RightsFlow is a member of DDEX, DiMA, NARM, AIM and A2IM.
Contact for RightsFlow:
Michael Kauffman
SVP of Sales & Marketing
+1-646-461-6397
michael.kauffman@rightsflow.com
