EMI to Offer Instant Concert Recordings
EMI has announced that it has plans to sell recordings of live concerts on flash drives, CDs and/or DVDs immediately following the show.
Instant concert recording isn't new: EMI sub-label Mute Records has had a similar program in place since 2004--according to the press release, 10 percent of fans at a recent Blur concert downloaded the show afterward--and Willie Nelson has been selling flash drives with on-the-spot concert recordings for several years. But having a large record label like EMI on board legitimizes the practice.