Other Music

Coordinates: 40°43′41″N 73°59′37″W / 40.728104°N 73.993606°W / 40.728104; -73.993606

Other Music store in Manhattan

Other Music is a music retail store that sells CDs and records through their website as well as a brick-and-mortar store in Manhattan. It specializes in the sale of closely curated underground, rare and experimental music.

In January 2007, Other Music announced that it plans to begin selling high-quality MP3 files for download without using any type of digital rights management.^[1] This announcement follows similar moves made by other small online music retailers, including United Kingdom-based Rough Trade, New York-based Insound and New York-based Anthology Recordings. The announcement also coincided with the closing of Tower Records' Lower Manhattan location. According to Other Music co-owner Josh Madell, this closing signifies the growing hardship of selling music out of a physical store, especially considering his store's location just across the street from Tower.^[2]

References

1. ^ A Real Music Store Sprouts Online
2. ^ village voice > music > The Brave New World of Digital Music by Andy Beta

External links

• "A Real Music Store Sprouts Online", Wired News, January 22, 2007
• "In the Shadow of No Tower", The Village Voice, January 26, 2007
• Other Music
• Rough Trade Digital
• Insound Digital
• Anthology Recordings