Lively launches for Windows Phone 8, allows sanctioned bootlegs of your favorite artists

Lively (getlive.ly) is a new startup service founded by entrepreneur Dean Graziano and information technology seeks to capitalize on the growing trend of selling alive concert recordings to audiences. The company recently just raised one-half a 1000000 through a seed round of investors and they already have apps on iOS and Android.

A few days ago, an official Windows Phone eight also launched, allowing Windows Phone users to leap in on the music craze. Every bit pointed out by GeekWire, sales of live recordings and merchandise straight through the creative person is helping make up for failing sales in albums. Lively looks to be at the forefront of that change by giving artists another venue to reach their fans.

The app itself looks to be a PhoneGap release, significant it is not exactly a native Windows Phone app. PhoneGap, while not the platonic programming language for Windows Phone, does allow smaller companies to "lawmaking once" for various platforms, reducing costs and getting their app in customer's hands faster. Merely equally a result, the app tin be a bit sluggish and is not as Mod UI as some would hope. The benefit though is Windows Phone users get an app only a few months after iOS and Android.

The premise of the service is simple: You head to a concert to watch your favorite creative person and within the next 24 hours, you lot tin can download a "professionally recorded" version of that very testify. It's certainly a neat thought and takes reward of the modern, digital age in a smart fashion. Since artists and those in the industry tin can work through Lively, it likewise makes sure everyone gets paid.

Features of Lively

Collect your live music concerts
Access Lively'due south entire library of live concerts
Stream your live concert sets online
Listen offline
Discover new live music
Share with your friends and social circles
Go access to alive concerts of your favorite bands
Much higher quality audio and video capture than you tin can capture on your phone
Sync to your TV or whatever device to share video of the concert y'all attended.

Lively can be downloaded for Windows Telephone eight here in the Store. Thanks, ‏@WinPhoneAppNews, for the tip

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