Paul McCartney Fans: Meet Your Nirvana ~ Pare News

Get ready Paul McCartney fans: HP and McCartney’s company have launched a cloud-based music sharing site for anyone wanting to immerse themselves in his digital library.

“The digital library can store the estimated million (plus) items from McCartney's expansive personal collection, which spans more than five decades,” says Scott Anderson, vice president of Customer Communications at HP. “The site is a vehicle for Paul McCartney fans to view new photographs, videos, news of what's happening, accounts of what happened, and backstage moments.”

HP announced news of the site on Thursday, although the beta site has been up for a few weeks.

The project was one year in the making. McCartney’s company, MPL Communications, Ltd. which manages all of his music and has acquired numerous other labels over the years, teamed-up with HP to present the new site.

Follow the link to the homepage and you’ll be greeted with a large photo of McCartney performing and 13 tabs up at the top. There’s a lot of cool features on this site, but first things first — the music. Click on the Jukebox tab, which is placed all the way on the right side. It’ll open a new window when you click on it. Here you can find all of McCartney’s post-Beatles albums, listen to snippets of songs before you decide to buy an album and also listen to others’ playlists. You’ll also be able to see all the albums a song was recorded on, the first time and location a song was played in concert, the number of times a song was played in concert, the date and location of every concert where each song was played and the set list for each of the concerts — if you’re curious.

Click on the “music” tab to view album covers, buy songs and read about past concerts. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “The Rude Studio” to create your own mix using McCartney songs. Post the mix on the site for other members to listen to and comment on.

Premium members of the site can also live-stream music on Paul McCartney Radio and build and share playlists with a premium membership. HP said they are not aware of any advertising the music streaming service will have between songs (like Pandora). We reached out to HP to ask how much a premium membership costs or if it’s free and are waiting for a response.

But the site offers a lot more than music. You can also take a gander at his collection of artwork, books, his blog and check out a timeline of McCartney’s personal photos.

What do you think of Paul McCartney’s new site? Will you join?

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