iOS Music Community Rebrands As Apptronica, Launches Netlabel and Digital Magazine
Back in April Clif Johnston launched the iOS Music Community to connect musicians and app developers focused on making music with the iPad, iPhone and/or iPod. Now he's taking things a step further by rebranding as Apptronica, launching a new site and adding both a netlabel, to release iOS recordings, and a digital magazine that should be on the iTunes newsstand any day now. So far it seems to be a rather small endeavor but it's an excellent example of creating a community to raise the profile of a unique musical niche.
Clif Johnston aka Mood481 seems pretty serious about making iOS music creation a bigger thing or, at least, bringing together those that are serious about it. Johnston began that process with the iOS Music Community featuring community discussion, news and information plus a SoundCloud account with music from community members.
Building On A Community Base
Now Johnston's expanding that with the launch of Apptronica which adds a netlabel and digital magazine to the community base.
The magazine will feature a full range of articles and information for iOS music makers. It's expected on the iTunes newsstand sometime this week.
Apptronica's netlabel is already in action with at least two releases and more on the way.
They've even got a manifesto which is a nice touch.
Get Involved
In addition to simply joining the community you have until November 26 to submit music for an iOS Holiday Compilation.
And if you feel like helping out behind the scenes, the founder and his wife are facing some serious financial and health issues and are running a FundRazr campaign. Though I didn't see any signs of the campaign at Apptronica, obviously the founder's situation will affect the project.
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Our current situation has delayed the magazine launch a couple of weeks, but assuming the review process with Apple goes well, the first issue will be available around the beginning of December.