Comments on: When giving away music becomes the latest trend… http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/ indie rock music blog Tue, 22 May 2012 10:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete Smith http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-12247 Pete Smith Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:44:16 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/#comment-12247 Talk to your fans and don't fake it. They are your most powerful ally. I spend hours everyday answering messages from people online. At the end of the day we are all looking for attention in one form or another. CWF is nothing new but the internet allows people to interact like never before. Embrace it and it will pay you back.....it may take a long time and a lot of hard work but have a little faith and try to write good songs......musicians know all about that....right ? Talk to your fans and don’t fake it. They are your most powerful ally. I spend hours everyday answering messages from people online. At the end of the day we are all looking for attention in one form or another. CWF is nothing new but the internet allows people to interact like never before. Embrace it and it will pay you back…..it may take a long time and a lot of hard work but have a little faith and try to write good songs……musicians know all about that….right ?

]]> By: Flick http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-12060 Flick Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:19:30 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/#comment-12060 Thank you Pete for embracing this model. I think it's a matter of time before the old music model dies completely. You're right about the problem of obscurity. So many bands and labels are DIY right now that the market is flooded. What can a band or label do to battle this, in your opinion? Thank you Pete for embracing this model. I think it’s a matter of time before the old music model dies completely.

You’re right about the problem of obscurity. So many bands and labels are DIY right now that the market is flooded. What can a band or label do to battle this, in your opinion?

]]> By: Pete Smith http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-12059 Pete Smith Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:19:48 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/#comment-12059 Keeping my opinions about the possible motives behind some major label acts giving their music away to myself for now. Most of our tracks have been released under a creative commons license. We are an independent record label not a big bad corporation out to sue you for file sharing, we WANT you to spread our music around. With such an overcrowded market place giving away your music is essential in my opinion. The biggest problem for emerging indie artists today is obscurity, not piracy. To find out more listen to The Antiqcool Podcast http://antiqcool.podbean.com/2010/01/22/the-antiqcool-podcast-episode-1-how-can-you-be-a-part-of-our-success/ Keeping my opinions about the possible motives behind some major label acts giving their music away to myself for now.

Most of our tracks have been released under a creative commons license.

We are an independent record label not a big bad corporation out to sue you for file sharing, we WANT you to spread our music around.

With such an overcrowded market place giving away your music is essential in my opinion. The biggest problem for emerging indie artists today is obscurity, not piracy. To find out more listen to The Antiqcool Podcast

http://antiqcool.podbean.com/2010/01/22/the-antiqcool-podcast-episode-1-how-can-you-be-a-part-of-our-success/

]]> By: blessedit.com http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/comment-page-1/#comment-3079 blessedit.com Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:50:33 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/#comment-3079 <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/comment-page-1/#comment-2678 oliver Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:12:56 +0000 http://puddlegum.net/when-giving-away-music-becomes-the-latest-trend/#comment-2678 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.

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