I'm glad to see you guys covering Princes alternative distribution methods. He's been at this for a while. There was a big stink when he did this the first time with his Musicology album. I found an article, its got some great tid bits in it like:
"I am violently against this," one senior distribution executive says. "This is worse than 49 cent singles. The charts are supposed to represent what consumers are spending money on. With the Prince album, there is no choice."
http://billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000500662&imw=Y
I think this new distribution method (via newspaper) is an awesome idea. I'd love to get a saturday newspaper with the latest release from local talent. Looks like once again the music industry is going to shoot off another limb, I guess Wes Phillips is right:
"you can't out-stupid the record industry."
I'm glad to see you guys covering Princes alternative distribution methods. He's been at this for a while. There was a big stink when he did this the first time with his Musicology album. I found an article, its got some great tid bits in it like:
"I am violently against this," one senior distribution executive says. "This is worse than 49 cent singles. The charts are supposed to represent what consumers are spending money on. With the Prince album, there is no choice."
http://billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000500662&imw=Y
I think this new distribution method (via newspaper) is an awesome idea. I'd love to get a saturday newspaper with the latest release from local talent. Looks like once again the music industry is going to shoot off another limb, I guess Wes Phillips is right:
"you can't out-stupid the record industry."