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David Byrne disses SpiralFrog

Posted over 3 years ago

Artist:
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Talking Heads
Album:
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Naked
Track:

Nothing But Flowers

http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/09/07/david-byrne-weighs-in-on-spiralfrog/"if you're not an artist with one of these majors then you might have trouble getting your track available on these sites in the first place, and even then, if your stuff isn't hot, the advertiser who is paying you will eventually balk at funding fringe stuff that doesn't draw (the right) consumers to their products. The advertiser holds the purse strings, and will naturally pull the other strings too, despite what they may claim, so this model puts the control of what music is available back in the hands of the majors and their corporate cronies."

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pootytang says I think the real problem is that their tracks will have some DRM that will not work on my ipod - Smaller bands should be giving away their music anyway, and making money off of: 1. Touring 2. Shirts 3. Cool stuff (Vinyl, limited edition releases, great liner notes, belt buckels...)

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Jess Horrible says Everybody's got ideas, nobody's got the answer. I wonder when we'll be able to come up with a model that really works... and whether there is a way to have the system really benefit the artists.

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Grievous Angel says actually, there is a model that works: drinking! oops, sorry, i was momentarily distracted by your avatar... there is a model that works, the question is will the label's agree to high-quality, DRM free downloads. so far they haven't, and one wonders how long the publc will continue to accept 128k, crippled music, and whether the labels themselves won't eventually be rendered obsolete by a direct-from-the-artist, decentralized distribution system.

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Jess Horrible says God willing. ...I'll drink to it.

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digworm says just watched this yesterday! love the flip-out ending

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david hyman says i'd kill to get david byne on mog.

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ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says a direct-from-the-artist, decentralized distribution system is on the way screw the middle man sucking,bleeding and lying swill

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