That's what I'm talking about. People nowadays can't value an album when digital files are just a copy and paste away but imagine a designed USB album, with a mini-USB slot to connect to smartphones, now most artists could take advantage of that. Every new album could be an opportunity for a different design.
There's definitely added value to that and they could be made of cheap durable materials (a metal USB stick is less than 5 bucks), the deluxe versions could be a little more fancy. It could create new jobs for plastic artists to create different designs for each album. If the big labels could all agree to release flash drive albums it would totally catch on easily, and since they can be so little you could carry more than a couple in your pocket no problem. Imagine a bag, totally portable. You could go to a party with 20 albums in a small bag. I can see anyone wanting to have a cool designed USB album.
They could come in a box, with the cover of the album and inside the stick, sort of like this:
Imagine all the threads people would make here comparing which album has the best design. On another note, I'm sure a lot of established artists would jump on the bandwagon and re-release their albums in a cool designed USB stick. Just thinking it makes me want it. Damn. Music industry, c'mon!
That's what I'm talking about. People nowadays can't value an album when digital files are just a copy and paste away but imagine a designed USB album, with a mini-USB slot to connect to smartphones, now most artists could take advantage of that. Every new album could be an opportunity for a different design.