Philadelphia's DJ Botany 500 has a business renting iPods to restaurants in Libertyland, reports Citypaper. He compiles custom mixes to fit the ambience of the restaurant, uploads them to an iPod, then delivers the set to the restaurant, who plays the mixes over the restaurant PA. According to the story, he's able to "perform" at several venues at the same time, and the music fits the restaurant better than either radio or cable services. Botany says the ASCAP and BMI licenses restaurants obviate copyright issues surrounding the practice.
I'm reminded of an older Wired News story detailing iPod "DJ Nights" at a club in Manhattan. Apt offers a DJ table with a mixer and two iPods and allows to mix - and even scratch - on the iPods.
I once suggested to the university where I work that they should offer campus tours using MP3 players. You'd check out a player and a map, with tracks corresponding to points of interest, and the direct-access format used by MP3 players would let you pick your own route rather than following a predetermined one.
As far as I know it hasn't happened. They had just decided on an expensive proprietary solution -- I can't recall whether it involved low-watt broadcasting from each point of interest or cassette tapes, but I believe it was one of those, with the obvious drawbacks.
Posted by: Prentiss Riddle at June 14, 2003 01:17 PMThe Whitney (and I'm sure other museums) hand out a little digital device for audio tours. Its about the size of a solid-state mp3 player with a keypad. If a piece has an audio narration, a set of numbers appear on the identifying card. The users punch the numbers into the device, and, voila, the track comes on the headphones. The fidelity is reasonably good, so the tracks probably reside locally on the device, and I best remember using it while checking out the Sol Le Witt retrospective, a special exhibition, so the museum probably uploads new files when the exhibition changes.
Posted by: chris mcconnell at June 14, 2003 07:11 PMHow does one scratch on iPods? I'm going to have to look in to this.
The iPod is one of a very few gadgets I covet anymore but the price has stopped me from being assimilated every time. I can barely imagine buying one... let alone more.
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