For those reading that don’t know, I work as a writer for the Smashing Pumpkins website. Most articles will be related to the Smashing Pumpkins latest news or historical events. However Im currently exploring the areas of the ‘future’ of the music industry.
As a designer and a lover of music, it goes without saying that my love for album artwork is what inspired me to become a creative in the graphic design industry. We are starting to enter an era though where the digital age is taking over and in years to come to idea of a ‘physical’ release could come secondary to the digital release of a music album.

Read the full article here on SP.com: Physical or Digital graffiti?
I’ll be following this up with a look into what this means for music collectors, will it become about the size of your hard-drive and not the size of your shelves? Your thoughts?


