It's really hard for bands to make money these days. Necessity is the mother of invention, and some groups have come up with novel ways of driving up revenue. Here's one example:
This little guy is called Juke-Bot, and he's an album. Specifically, he's a compilation of DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist's demo recordings called
Hard Sell. Juke-Bot's got a built-in USB drive that comes with the demos on board. If you buy him, you can pop the music on your hard drive and then use Juke-Bot as a jump drive.
Apparently, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist aren't the only musicians who've used novelty USBs as album packaging. An LA rap group called Get Busy Committee released their album
Uzi Does It on a limited-run USB stick:
Both of these examples are pretty silly. I certainly wouldn't buy either of them. But it's a relief to see that people are still looking for new ways to monetize their music.
I dunno, I thought the little robot was pretty cute. And I can never have enough USB sticks at the rate I lose them.
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