New Squeeze Song "In The Morning" Now Available from AT&T's a2b music.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1999-- Marks HMV's First Digital Distribution Promotion and a2b music's UK Debut As announced at Midem last month, a free, full-length, CD-quality download of "In the Morning" from Squeeze's new recording Domino (Quixotic quix·ot·ic also quix·ot·i·cal adj. 1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality. 2. Records) became available today from AT&T's a2b music(sm), a leading solution for the secure digital distribution of music, in cooperation with UK retailer HMV HMV His Master's Voice HMV High Mobility Vehicle HMV High Mileage Vehicle HMV High Molecular Weight HMV Heavy Maintenance Visit HMV Hazardous Materials Vault (military vault for dangerous materials) HMV Heavy Military Vehicle . To alert members of Squeeze's email list, an a2b MAIL(sm) with a 15-second audio sample was sent, which linked to the download. Fans who download the track will also receive a downloadable coupon worth 1 English Pound off the price of the record, redeemable through both HMV UK's online site and HMV stores in the UK and Ireland. Links to the download will be available from all the participating websites: www.a2bmusic.com, www.hmv.co.uk, and the official Squeeze site www.squeezefan.com. This marks the first digital distribution promotion undertaken by HMV, and is a2b music's inaugural campaign directed at the European market. The heart and soul of Squeeze, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook Glenn Tilbrook (born Glenn Martin Tilbrook, on 31 August 1957, in Woolwich, southeast London) is the lead singer and guitarist of the English group Squeeze, a power pop band formed in the mid-1970s. just celebrated 25 years of their successful songwriting partnership. Domino, their 13th album release, is Squeeze's first studio project in three years and required listening for anyone interested in contemporary pop music. The album captures the cut and thrust of this line up, which Tilbook describes as one of the best Squeezes ever. The a2b music player (for PC, Windows 95 or Windows NT) is available at no cost from the a2b music website. Simply visit the site and follow the instructions for downloading the player. Minimum computer requirements are also listed in the website. Once the player has been installed, the user can then download any a2b music-encoded song file. a2b music uses MPEG-AAC compression (MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 3 Layer 2) which offers superior sound quality and faster download times than MP3 files (MPEG 1 Layer 3). Songs are compressed by an 11:1 ratio, and after compression, the average 3-minute track takes up three megabytes of storage. A 28.8 kbps modem will take about 12-15 minutes to download it; a 56 kpbs modem 8-10 minutes, and an ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. or T1 line 3-5 minutes. a2b music also offers AT&T Labs-developed security features which protect the rights of the music's copyright holder. Version 2.0 of the player, which is being phased in this week, will compress at a 15:1 ratio; offer Real Audio G2 Player streaming of a2b music tracks; and will enable downloads for MacIntosh users. a2b MAIL requires absolutely no downloads, plug-ins, audio streaming technology or hyperlinking. A mini-a2b music player is embedded into the actual e-mail message. The entire mail -- the music, the player, the artwork, text, and links - is only a 200K file. The end-user simply opens it like any normal e-mail, clicks a button, and 12 to 15 seconds of high quality audio immediately plays. About a2b music a2b music (http://www.a2bmusic.com), an Internet marketing and technology company, is leading the music industry in innovative uses of secure digital audio distribution. a2b music enables clients to leverage unique Internet opportunities to create customized in-store and online retail sales and marketing promotions. As the exclusive provider of AT&T Labs technologies for Internet delivery of secure digital music, a2b music also makes its compression, mastering and security software available through a licensing program. AT&T and a2b music are founding members of the Secure Digital Music Initiative Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) was a forum formed in late 1998, comprised of more than 200 IT, consumer electronics, security technology, ISP and recording industry companies, ostensibly with the purpose of developing technology specifications that protected the (SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) A set of rules for securely distributing digital music over the Internet. Announced in February 1999, it is backed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Sony, Warner, BMG, EMI and Universal, the top five ) Forum, which will create a voluntary digital music security specification. Since its launch in November of 1997, a2b music has been selected to create cross-media promotions for recording artists such as Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt, Tori Amos, Willie Nelson, Garbage, Lenny Kravitz, Counting Crows, The Verve Pipe, Dave Stewart, Joe Walsh, SWV SWV Sisters With Voices (Singing Group) SWV Sisters With Voices (R&B Group) SWV Something Weird Video (DVD supplier) SWV Square Wave Voltammetry , Rocket From The Crypt Rocket From the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. Of Reis' many musical endeavors, Rocket From the Crypt were the most successful and most internationally recognized. and Gravity Kills. a2b music customers include Almo Sounds, Atlantic Records, BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass , Camelot Music, Capitol Records, Dreamworks, Fairwest Direct, Inc., Geffen Records, Interscope Records, N2K's Music Boulevard, RCA Records, Tower Records, Trans World Entertainment Trans World Entertainment Corporation is a chain of entertainment media retail stores in the United States. It currently operates over 800 freestanding and shopping mall-based stores under several brand names. , TVT Records, Virgin Records and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in and Museum, which uses a2b music's platform to power a digital archive of 27,000 CD-quality songs. NOTE: a2b music and a2b MAIL are service marks of AT&T Corp. |
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