Kevin Maney has a great post on Portfolio.com regarding Apple's iPod/iTunes announcements yesterday entitled: Has Apple Hit the Wall In Music Innovation? Go ahead and read it. I'll wait for you.
I will extend Maney's thesis and argue that the entire industry has hit the wall in music innovation.
Artists continue to create great music but the business and technology people in the industry don't seem able to come up with any inspired new applications. More colors, more gigabytes and more music discovery options are just more of the same.
Innovation driven by a solid business case (not just the "we can do it, so we might as well" imperative) is what the music industry and the technology companies with music products and applications - need but are sorely lacking.
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