Comments on: When giving away music becomes the latest trend… http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend-2/ indie rock music blog Tue, 22 May 2012 10:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: blessedit.com http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10899 blessedit.com Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:50:33 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/#comment-10899 <strong>When giving away music becomes the latest trend</strong> Giving away your music seems to be the latest trend. Is this the new direction of the music industry? If it is, three years from now when it becomes evident we’ll chat about how Prince, Radiohead, and Nine Inch Nails used their influence to bring thi... When giving away music becomes the latest trend

Giving away your music seems to be the latest trend. Is this the new direction of the music industry? If it is, three years from now when it becomes evident we’ll chat about how Prince, Radiohead, and Nine Inch Nails used their influence to bring thi…

]]> By: oliver http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10901 oliver Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:12:56 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/#comment-10901 been giving our music away for years (7 studio albums, 3 DYIs) the internet is like an evolutionary force; it views obstacles as damage and routes around them. been giving our music away for years
(7 studio albums, 3 DYIs)
the internet is like an evolutionary force;
it views obstacles as damage and routes around them.

]]> By: Hughie http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10900 Hughie Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:46:07 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/#comment-10900 Giving music away will work for exactly as long as not everyone's doing it - which is to say that it's already over. It only works now because it's so unusual that people say "wow - these guys are giving their music away" and that's a great promotion. But when everyone's doing it, no-one will notice ... BTW - Prince did NOT give his CD away, he sold it in bulk to a newspaper and earned more doing so than he would have from retailing it ... Some artists have been giving their stuff away (see http://www.bradsucks.net) and/or asking for whatever people want to pay for a long time (see http://www.sheeba.ca/) with good results. From here on many artists will probably choose the "what it's worth" model because it's better than nothing, and everyone will have to work harder to find a reason to get people to talk about what they're doing. Giving music away will work for exactly as long as not everyone’s doing it – which is to say that it’s already over. It only works now because it’s so unusual that people say “wow – these guys are giving their music away” and that’s a great promotion. But when everyone’s doing it, no-one will notice …

BTW – Prince did NOT give his CD away, he sold it in bulk to a newspaper and earned more doing so than he would have from retailing it …

Some artists have been giving their stuff away (see http://www.bradsucks.net) and/or asking for whatever people want to pay for a long time (see http://www.sheeba.ca/) with good results. From here on many artists will probably choose the “what it’s worth” model because it’s better than nothing, and everyone will have to work harder to find a reason to get people to talk about what they’re doing.

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