http://www.playbutton.co/



For artists who want their music to be heard a certain way. Here's the Javelin one:


Which, is actually pretty cool because its a soundtrack for a western.

Probably won't catch on, but I think they're pretty cool. I'd definitely be up for buying one from a band I like if it isn't too expensive.

I'm thinking they'd have to be able sell them for around $20 or less for many people to buy them, and that might not be feasible. I see that Javelin is selling theirs for a "$25 donation" toward making their psychedelic western movie thing.

Yeah, but you also get a DVD of the film and a "digital mixtape".

I see. So maybe other ones might be sold for less?

On the site it says that a Mount Eerie one is forthcoming. I might be interesting in that.

I think they look like fun novelty items, but one of the biggest conveniences of digital players and what has made them so popular is carrying around a large amount of music in a small space and if each one of these is an individual album you pretty much eliminate that huge benefit.

i reached out to playbutton when i first heard of these a few months ago. they cost $7-$9 per unit to manufacture, depending on the order, and they intend for them to retail at $20-$30, higher for premium bundling with a t-shirt or whatever.

cute idea, but they're fuckin dreaming.

The way I'm looking at it, is it won't become the primary distributor of music, but it could become a way for musicians to limited run EPs and the like. It probably yields a higher profit margin for the band, because of its unusual nature. Or I could see bands that were into cassettes dropping them in favor for these.

For the record, I "donated" $25 for the Javelin kickstarter project.

how are they powered? rechargeable lithium? double A?

I'm gonna guess it's not double A, timmy.

four D batteries

I find this concept intriguing. Not wholly practical... but a fun novelty concept, at the least.


rechargeable lithium.

Probably the same batteries that power those blinking buttons that TGI Fridays servers wear.

Though, it could very well be one of these: