[FA Worldmusic] Downloads

[Steve Hochman]

The beauty of it is that Radiohead is saying a big f*** you to the 
record business, making a point of trusting its fans, of recognizing 
that anyone who is determined to get the music for free will be able to 
do so anyway, so why not get it from the legitimate source and drum up 
some major attention for it while they're at it? and of course it 
doesn't hurt that Radiohead is already quite successful and can afford 
such a gesture. Meanwhile, the serious fans WILL buy the special package 
the band is releasing with extra tracks and artwork, etc. And it may 
also end up making even more fans who will buy concert tickets and merch.

Everyone wins!

Except the major record companies.

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Bill Bragin wrote:
> Wow....that's a fascinating test of the honor system indeed.
>
> When I was at Symphony Space, we created a series with Don Byron that
> had a "pay what you will with a suggested donation"  pricing policy.  I
> think most audiences responded well to that - no one was excluded over
> price, but people still tended to put some money into the bucket and
> valued the performance.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+bbragin=publictheater.org at folk.org
> [mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+bbragin=publictheater.org at folk.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd Walker
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:56 AM
> To: Ian Menzies; FA-Worldmusic; World Lead; Worldmusica; Maplepost
> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Downloads
>
> Radiohead is about to make some history??
>
> Radiohead new album: music industry react to unique release
>
> Experts predict 'In Rainbows' will 'change how people think about music'
> 4 hours ago Music industry experts are saying the unique way Radiohead's
> new
> album 'In Rainbows' is being released will revolutionise the way people
> think about music.
>
> The band have not set a price for the download version of the album,
> leaving
> the "price" field blank, to let customers decided how much to pay for
> it.
>
> Adam Benzine of music industry bible 'Music Week' said it will really
> shake
> things up in terms of album pricing.
>
> "Radiohead have really put the cat amongst the pigeons with this one,"
> he
> told NME.COM. "The album will revolutionise the way people think about
> music. It had already forced people to question how much music is
> actually
> worth. I saw a posting on a forum with a fan saying he would pay ?2.50
> for
> it!
>
> "Radiohead have always been about asking questions of their audience.
> When
> they did their 'tent tour', they wanted to do a tour without any
> branding."
>
> Benzine added that it will have a lasting impact on the future of the
> music
> industry.
>
> "The timing of this comes when The Charlatans are giving their album
> away as
> a free download, Prince is giving a DVD away as a covermount free with
> 'The
> Observer' and Travis gave away a veritable Best Of free with the 'Mail
> On
> Sunday'," he explained. "This move continues the changing musical
> landscape
> for established artists."
>
>
> Todd Walker
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+todd=imnworld.com at folk.org
> [mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+todd=imnworld.com at folk.org]On Behalf Of
> Ian Menzies
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:48 AM
> To: FA-Worldmusic; World Lead; Worldmusica; Maplepost
> Subject: [FA Worldmusic] Downloads
>
>
> Intersting piece in the NY Times this morning.
>
> "Starting tomorrow at certain Starbucks stores, a person with an iPhone
> or
> iTunes software loaded onto a laptop can download the songs they hear
> over
> the speakers directly onto those devices. The price will be 99 cents a
> song,
> a small price, Starbucks says, to satisfy an immediate urge."
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2je2k8
>
> Ian M
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