
NASHVILLE, TN. (Ecast, Inc. PR) - Country music lovers recently got their first look at a new Rock-Ola vintage-style, broadband-enabled, digital downloading jukebox powered by San Francisco-based
Internet entertainment network provider Ecast in artist Anita Cochran's music video for the country single "(I Wanna Hear) A Cheatin' Song." The video began appearing on Great American Country TV earlier this month.
"(I Wanna Hear) A Cheatin' Song" features a posthumous vocal contribution from legendary country singer Conway Twitty, made possible through cutting-edge digital recording technology. Twitty's part of the song, which was written by chart-topper Cochran years after his 1993 death, was painstakingly created from clips of his previous recordings. This ambitious project marks the first time a deceased singer has been featured in newly created, original material after their death.
The video features two parallel storylines, one in the past and the other in the present. Keeping with the theme of old meeting new, the new Ecast-powered E-Bubbler built by Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation, which has been building jukeboxes since 1935, serves as a metaphorical channel through which the artists collaborate
"The Ecast-powered Rock-Ola jukebox was perfect for my video because just like the song itself, it is something brand new that blends the traditional with modern technology," said Anita Cochran. "This is definitely the coolest jukebox I've ever seen."
Just as "The Ecast effect on jukeboxes is a window on the music industry's transformation in the online age," according to the Los Angeles Times, the new retro-style jukebox, which disguises the latest broadband technology in an old-fashioned shell, is featured in this new video as a window into the past through which Conway Twitty's and Anita Cochran's voices become one.
"We were excited that Anita selected the Rock-Ola E-Bubbler for this groundbreaking video," said Andre Lawless, director of marketing at Ecast. "This was a great fit for us because country is consistently one of the most popular genres on our nationwide network."