.

SlotMusic Hits First Sour Note in Journey to Topple CD

By 
October 22, 2008 4:12 PM ET

If SlotMusic hopes to usurp compact discs, it's off to a rough start, according to the new medium's first review. The first problem, the review at TG Daily says, is a lack of promotion, as almost none of the stores the reviewer visited even knew about Sandisk's music-toting memory card. The packaging is also lacking, as it includes just a small plastic case used to shield the card and USB adapter along with a CD jewel case-sized booklet. And then there's the problem of getting the microSD card into your Blackberry. There is a silver lining, however, as the MP3s are unequivocally DRM-free, allowing the buyer to burn them to CDs, copy them onto computers and share them with their friends. Plus, in the case of the Leona Lewis Spirit card, the album only took up roughly a tenth of the space on the card that housed it, allowing buyer to put another 120 songs to the same card. Check out the whole review and pictures of the product here.

Related Stories:
• Major Labels Make Deal For Memory Card Albums
• Bob Marley USB Album Release to Save Music Industry/Kill the CD
• Bizarro Grammys: The White Stripes' USBs, Gerard Way's MCR Packaging, Flaming Lips' Surround Sound

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

prev
How Lucinda Williams Got Her Joy Back
Music Main Next
Two More Strokes Members Roll Out Side Projects

Picks From Around the Web


blog comments powered by Disqus
Daily Newsletter

Get the latest RS news in your inbox.

Sign up to receive the Rolling Stone newsletter and special offers from RS and its
marketing partners.

X

We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy.

Most Popular

Photos & Videos

Go To Content

Random Notes: Hottest Rock Pictures

Go To Content Play Video

Video: Dave Grohl Sits in With the Rolling Stones

Go To Content

Gallery: 'Born Sinner' Series by J. Cole

Best Ever Lists
100 Best Albums of the 2000s

Other Lists

Song Stories

“(We're Not) The Jet Set”

George Jones and Tammy Wynette | 1973

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were still married when they recorded the tongue-in-cheek "(We're Not) The Jet Set." The lyrics, written by Nashville songwriter Bobby Braddock, who also penned Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," make fun of the good life by declaring, "We're not the Jet Set/We're the old Chevrolet set." Braddock recalled that while writing the song, he needed the name of a city that evened out the rhyme he had with "Riviera" and "Missourah." “I got out a Rand McNally atlas," he said. "In the first part are the maps. The last part is an alphabetical listing of cities. I wanted a rustic, small-time sound. I went to the listing for Missouri. And I found 'Festus.' I loved the sound of it."

More Song Stories entries »