Apple and U2 are working on a new music format
Whether or not your were happy about Bono forcing his way into your
iTunes library last week, the relationship between U2 and Tim Cook is
only set to get deeper.
As an article in Time reveals, the pair
have set out to work on a new digital music format that they believe
will lure us all into buying singles and albums once again.
The
idea, according to Bono himself, is to not only help the big
stadium-level artists but also the smaller ones who struggle to get into
the industry.
TechRadar recently learned from a source that
Apple may be looking to introduce hi-res studio master downloads on
iTunes in the near future. There's a chance that this could be the
secret project Bono is referring to, but it could also be something more
drastic.
Can't stop the Beats
With
Beats now owned by Apple, it's also possible we could see some sort of
tie-in there too. But pulling people away from streaming services such
as Spotify will be no easy task.
"Songwriters aren't touring
people," said Bono on artists who currently struggle to make money.
"Cole Porter wouldn't have sold T-shirts. Cole Porter wasn't coming to a
stadium near you."
Bono isn't the only one to lash out at the
current state of the industry - Thom Yorke has been a vocal critic of
the Spotify model too.
"Make no mistake, new artists you
discover on Spotify will not get paid," he said last year. "Meanwhile
shareholders will shortly being rolling in it."
Whether or not your were happy about Bono forcing his way into your
iTunes library last week, the relationship between U2 and Tim Cook is
only set to get deeper.
As an article in Time reveals, the pair have set out to work on a new digital music format that they believe will lure us all into buying singles and albums once again.
The idea, according to Bono himself, is to not only help the big stadium-level artists but also the smaller ones who struggle to get into the industry.
TechRadar recently learned from a source that Apple may be looking to introduce hi-res studio master downloads on iTunes in the near future. There's a chance that this could be the secret project Bono is referring to, but it could also be something more drastic.
Can't stop the Beats
With Beats now owned by Apple, it's also possible we could see some sort of tie-in there too. But pulling people away from streaming services such as Spotify will be no easy task.
"Songwriters aren't touring people," said Bono on artists who currently struggle to make money. "Cole Porter wouldn't have sold T-shirts. Cole Porter wasn't coming to a stadium near you."
Bono isn't the only one to lash out at the current state of the industry - Thom Yorke has been a vocal critic of the Spotify model too.
"Make no mistake, new artists you discover on Spotify will not get paid," he said last year. "Meanwhile shareholders will shortly being rolling in it."
As an article in Time reveals, the pair have set out to work on a new digital music format that they believe will lure us all into buying singles and albums once again.
The idea, according to Bono himself, is to not only help the big stadium-level artists but also the smaller ones who struggle to get into the industry.
TechRadar recently learned from a source that Apple may be looking to introduce hi-res studio master downloads on iTunes in the near future. There's a chance that this could be the secret project Bono is referring to, but it could also be something more drastic.
Can't stop the Beats
With Beats now owned by Apple, it's also possible we could see some sort of tie-in there too. But pulling people away from streaming services such as Spotify will be no easy task.
"Songwriters aren't touring people," said Bono on artists who currently struggle to make money. "Cole Porter wouldn't have sold T-shirts. Cole Porter wasn't coming to a stadium near you."
Bono isn't the only one to lash out at the current state of the industry - Thom Yorke has been a vocal critic of the Spotify model too.
"Make no mistake, new artists you discover on Spotify will not get paid," he said last year. "Meanwhile shareholders will shortly being rolling in it."
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