Julian Lennon: Through The Picture Window (Apple iOS app review)

Julian Lennon: Through The Picture Window Music From Another Room Ltd Details This official Julian Lennon App uses cutting edge technology to bring you a fully interactive, high quality media experience. Filmed by award winning film-maker Dick Carruthers [Oasis, Led Zeppelin, The Killers, Aerosmith], the documentary is a feature length, in-depth look at the story behind EVERYTHING CHANGES, examining the history, influences and the creative process itself. The lush and stylised film is packed full of fascinating imagery and exclusive interview footage featuring the likes of Bono, Steven Tyler, and of course, Julian himself. The interactive viewing mode of the documentary with animated butterflies tempts the user to explore the songs, videos and other content His latest album 'Everything Changes' is another collection of powerful and sophisticated adult pop which includes 'Someday'; the superb collaboration with Steven Tyler, who comments “you can't hide from a good song... it just blew me away.” 'Through The Picture Window' showcases and examines Julian's work and relationships: what motivates and informs them; and in doing so, frames a revealing portrait of Julian Lennon the Artist: the inside truth about his music, his philanthropy, and his new-found love of photography. Read More John Lennon Howard Smith, is making his original recordings available now for the first time in 40 years (since it was originally aired). This upcoming collection focus on the Beatles, featuring five interviews with John Lennon & Yoko Ono …

It has to be tough to be Julian Lennon. Any music released by "the other Lennon" will be ultimately compared to his father John Lennon. While Julian's debut album Valotte were slammed by some critics as sounding too much like his father, but it was also what made the music so good.

Since 1984, Lennon would find himself dipping his feet in video documentary, writing, and even photography. You will find many of these aspect of Julian's visual, art, and music, on his DVD release for Through The Picture Window (December 2013), which, in many ways, was a vast improvement over the original 2011 album Everything Changes.

The contents of the DVD has been transformed and reworked as an Apple iOS / Kindle / Android / Windows application, called Julian Lennon: Through The Picture Window which is available now. And yes, this release includes the two additional bonus tracks, "Someday" (featuring Steven Tyler from Aerosmith) and "In Between".

After watching all the music video and rather length documentary (80 mins), I found myself understanding Julian Lennon more; he seems to always under his father's shadows. The "Through The Picture Window" documentary film did a good job capturing in keeping my attention through candid footage of Lennon's life and interviews with Steven Tyler and Bono. The story behind the relationship between Julian Lennon and Tyler and Bono are interesting and well worth watching to the film to find out for yourself.

As for Everything Changes, every song has been filmed and created as a music video. The videos are varied enough that it felt these were put together with different directors and visions. Every video (including the acoustic tracks) on Everything Changes are unique to the song, which is a relief because in the past, I've seen some bad video albums which looked the same videos/animations.

The video compression looks fine, it's by no means in high definition, but it is passable for the small screen of my iPad. Audio sounds great to my ears. Look, the audience is not for the high end video and audiophiles, so the app will be fine for many fans.

Before I address some of the glitches in the Julian Lennon: Through The Picture Window app, I want to stress that they are minor complaints and should no way discourage you from getting the app. If you play any video from Everything Changes, it will automatically play the next consecutive track. Unfortunately, sometime the next track does not play its audio. This happened three times. To fix this, just go back to the main screen and restart the video and it will play correctly.

Julian Lennon: Through The Picture Window (Size Comparison)

The other problem I had (and this is really a tiny complaint), is that the app itself is about 900mb, which is quite large. Compare that size to some other games and maps I own and you get the idea where it stands. I understand that this has much to do with the videos (so you can view it offline), but I had to delete a few applications just to install Julian Lennon: Through The Picture Window. I think most users won't have this problem installing because they are not an app hoarder, like myself.

For fans looking to experience the album Everything Changes on a whole new and interactive level on their Apple, Android, Windows, or Kindle Fire, they will find a lot to like with the Julian Lennon: Through The Picture Window app. The app is available now for only about $11.99 (this price includes all three Julian Lennon videos: Through The Picture Window, Everything Changes, and Everything Changes Acoustic.)

PROS Available on all major platforms Three-in-one: Everything Changes, Everything Changes Acoustic, and full documentary of Through The Picture Window Will work offline Able to switch between regular & acoustic songs Ability to jump out (and jump in) of documentary via a butterfly link Various bonus/hidden features: full Bono interview, photographs (wallpaper), etc. Intuitive control and icons

CONS App size is nearly 900mb, so make sure you have enough disc space Audio sometime will not play correctly Hidden features may be hard to access due to touch-screen (you just have to touch everywhere!) No virtual volume control - instead, you must use the physical volume buttons on your iPad or Android device.

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