iLike launches iPhone apps for Jeff Buckley, The Cribs, Sonic Youth…
Back in May, music service iLike announced plans for a new B2B service that would create and launch iPhone applications for artists. More than 250 of them have gone live on the App Store in the last few days.
Artists taking advantage of iLike’s service include Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Cliff, Marillion, Plain White Ts, Sebastian Bach, Sonic Youth, The Cribs and a host of lesser known acts. The apps range from free to around £1.19, and include videos, photos, blog posts and integration with Twitter.
You can get the full list on the App Store by clicking here. The sheer number of artists who’ve signed up with iLike is impressive, and almost certainly due to the company only charging a flat fee of $99 to make each app. That’s cheaper than rival platforms like Kyte, which has so far focused on working with major labels.
There’s an additional benefit for iLike, though. Artists keep their iPhone apps updated by posting new content to their profiles on the iLike site – so the apps are effectively ensuring artists don’t ditch iLike for their presences on other social networks like Facebook.
Tags: iLike, iphone, jeff buckley, sonic youth, the cribs
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 am
But, Jeff Buckley is DEAD? How could he possibly approffit from having an app? His mother, sure. I highly doubt he’s want anything to do with this.
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:53 pm
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August 4th, 2009 at 12:35 am
The Jeff Buckley App is FREE !!!!
- Jeff Buckley Music
August 18th, 2009 at 9:46 am
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