AMINAL is a rock band founded in 2006 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Now it consists of 3 members: Dan "DP" Patierno - Bass and Vocals, Alex Heitzenrater - Guitar and Vocals, Jordan De Liso - Drums and Vocals. (“AMINAL”)
In this paper, I am going to come up with some concepts of music apps to enhance the brand of the band AMINAL. Firstly, I would like to present some music apps that are convenient and can be helpful in this case.
The first music app is called Last.fm. In this app, you cannot download songs or listen to them, but it is a good way to spread your musical taste and make friends (“Last.Fm”). To use this app, you should install Last.fm scrobbler to your phone or tablet and turn it on for your music player, so the app can scrobble the songs you listen to and make the list. In your profile, you can see favorite bands and songs and on the main page you can discover new bands, which are similar to yours. You can also explore people all over the world who have the same musical taste with you and contact them. As for me, it is a great way to communicate with people and widen your outlook.
The other useful phone and tablet app is called Deezer. It is a great app to discover new bands and listen to your favorite music all the time. You can choose the genres you like most and then explore them ("Deezer"). It also has a lot of great features as new releases, moods, mixes, and top playlists. Personally, I think that the best feature is “hear this” – in this section bands can present their new songs and albums, which can be very helpful for bands to become more popular.
Last, but not least is the Google Play Music app. The main feature of this app is that you can buy and download music to your phone or tablet and then listen to it without an Internet connection ("Google Play Music"). In Google Play Music you can also listen to online radio, find new bands and upload your own songs to sell them or share for free.
Having analyzed a lot of music apps, I want to come up with a concept of AMINAL music app. It should be, first of all, a convenient music player with a lot of features. To enhance the brand of the band AMINAL, this app can afford free listening to AMINAL records and also watching their videos. It would also have built-in Last.fm scrobbler to share the band`s records. The other great idea is to have a connection to Google Play Music so that the app will be more comfortable and useful. The built-in downloadable playlists for different kinds of activities will be a great additional feature.
AMINAL has already made their band brand T-shirts, but here are some more ideas. Fans always like buying bands-related musical instruments. Sometimes they buy instruments with their favorite band label, but sometimes they buy unknown artists labels and then explore them. Is it not a great way to spread AMINAL band? As for me, it is best to start with musical instruments accessories – they are cheaper and fans buy them more often. For example, drumsticks of guitar picks with AMINAL brand label would be perfect.
Personally, I think that music apps we are using have great influence on the artist`s popularity – some music apps get paid by artists to advertise them, other music apps analyze your taste and propose only similar bands. It is very important for bands to cooperate with music apps or, which is better, to create their own remarkable apps.
Works cited
"AMINAL". Facebook.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 July 2016.
"Last.Fm". Last.fm. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 July 2016.
"Deezer". Deezer. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 July 2016.
"Google Play Music". Play.google.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 July 2016.
