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Sean
Music isn’t something I usually blog about, though at least 60% of my life is controlled at the moment by music. Just talking to a friend last night we got talking into the release of music via an online medium. He is in a band and is intending on releasing their next album online for free. Personally I think this is a great thing to do for any upcoming bands! Take a look at Harvey Danger and Lamount. Both bands I had never heard before, Harvey Danger has now become part of my “Favorites” playlist and I listen to it constantly, Lamount I also really enjoyed! Both have achieved major popularity and their music is now all around the world. New bands epically should consider releasing their music through an online medium, what do you have to loose? Your not going to make that much money in the first place! Ditch the record companies and start letting your music be heard all around the world, because at the end of the day that’s really what it’s about isn’t it?
I’ve often been approached by mates who are singer songwriters asking me to pop up a site simple enough about them (all pre-bebo / myspace) and once it came to ‘do you want to put up an mp3 track or preview’ is where the mood drops and all of a sudden they get swallowed up with not wanting to release their baby to the interweb where all things get robbed and copyright swaggered!
Idea is good in principle and with the Artic Monkeys and Lily Allen gettin discovered by online launching for free there is a lot of potenital for it but its getting bands / writers to get the guts to put it up in a presentable manner me-thinks…
But sure what do i know
Ps. you dont think its that bad? i once saw a busker on grafton street stop and ask someone to stop recording him on the mobile phone (to my knowledge and view it was audio only) probably for fear of his precious song getting getting reincarnated on MTV a-la Britney Spears n such…