Looks like everybody’s favorite innovation vendor is Apple Inc. more precisely, these days, the iPhone. Following in the Footsteps of Snow Patrol and other similar apps, Fall Out Boy, is releasing an iPhone app ahead of the December 16th release of their new album - “Folie a Deux”.

This artist branded applications will be available for the iPhone (now, and may be for the Android legion later).

How is it different? As pointed out in Red Orbit:

New technology is being used to fill a glaring omission that has existed since the beginning of downloadable music: the lack of liner notes, lyrics, photos and other information that are typically included with most CDs.

This app will contain photos, track listings and lyrics from the band’s entire discography along. Plus there will be links in it to purchase the tracks themselves from the iTunes.

This might turn the existing music industry on its head where standard downloads are crippled by licensing nuances and technology tidbits. Right now the glitches will probably mean, in the immediate context, that is – a rise in the price and also probably device incompatibility. That’s where the iPhone apps offer a practical work-around.

The whole experience of being a fan of a band has completely turned upside down…You used to listen to the radio, watch MTV or go to a show, and that’s all you could do. Now, the possibilities are limitless. Anything you can think of, you can do.

Dan Kruchkow of Crush Management, which works with Fall Out Boy.

In future this might lead to iPhone optimized websites from the popular bands. (A precedent already set by none other than famous Mac fan Tom Cruise)

However, this trend is still at its very nascent stage. As Christian Jorg, Island Def Jam senior VP of new media and commerce points out:

We can’t do for everybody what we’re doing for Fall Out Boy.

Seems like exciting times ahead for both the music lovers and the artists. That’s since these artist-branded iPhone apps are addressing one of the central ideas, providing them with multiple modes of communication.

Source: Red Orbit.