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Subject: Re: CD-ROM World: Rock and ROM
Date: 10 Apr 1994 10:15 EDT
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In article <aeldraCnyAso.JvH@netcom.com>, aeldra@netcom.com (Patrick Kane) writes...
>CD-Rom is affecting the entire base of multimedia and standrad media
>industries.  Even Pop Rock is getting into the swing of things as some rock
>stars (Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, and others) begin to release interactive
>versions of their music. 
> 
>An excerpt from CD-ROM World follows:
> 
>----------
> 
>Magazine: CD-ROM World
>Issue: May 1994
>Title: Rock 'n' ROM
>Author: Peter Berkow
> 
> 
>Cover Story
> 
>Rock 'n' ROM
> 
>MTV took the world by storm.  Now pop stars are eyeing multimedia
>-- and music may never be the same.
> 
>by Peter Berkow
> 
>It's been more than a decade since music videos entered the home.
>Nobody paid much attention to early MTV except for a handful of
>cutting-edge artists and consumers, who insisted on seeing and
>hearing their favorite stars.  Today performers spend nearly as
>much time preening for the cameras in slick million-dollar videos
>as they do cutting records in the studios.
> 
>In the '90s, techno-literate rock-music buyers, who range from 15
>to 55 in age, are demanding more interaction with their idols.
>Suddenly, electronic publishers and music moguls are teaming up
>to deliver the goods.  Would you like to remix your favorite
>music video?  Go ahead.  Do you want to go backstage and chat
>with the band?  No problem.
> 
>Many new CDs incorporate cut-up music videos with fresh
>interviews and interactive components.  Some discs, such as Time
>Warner Interactive's musical chronicle of the rise and fall of
>San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district (tel: 818-955-9999), lean
>toward a documentary style.  Still others offer a combination of
>original music, video, and gaming.  For rock wannabes, there is a
>growing number of karaoke and music-composition CDs, such as Dr.
>T's Rock, Rap 'N Roll (tel: 800-282-1366) that let you play
>singer or producer.
> 
>Until recently, record companies have been hesitant to jump into
>the multimedia milieu, content with their slice of the $10
>billion music pie.  Although popular grunge groups and gangsta
>rappers may soon go virtual, older rockers such as David Bowie,
>Peter Gabriel, and Todd Rundgren have displayed the most interest
>in new technologies.
> 
>"These artists have a history of innovation," explains Rolling
>Stone music editor Anthony DeCurtis.  "It makes sense that they
>would break this ground."
> 
>----------
> 
>So begins this issue's featured article from CD-ROM World.
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