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October 12, 2007
1.2 million downloads reported for In Rainbows
Radiohead - In Rainbows homemade artwork
"After two days, sources within the band’s camp were claiming that more than 1.2 million copies had been downloaded." [Chicago Tribune]
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October 11, 2007
Music industry stuff - Nine Inch Nails, Madonna, etc.
In Rainbows - homemade artwork
* Free Jammie
* Leaks Force Britney To Move Up Album Release
* Nine Inch Nails Celebrates Free Agent Status
* Madonna leaving Warner, signing with Live Nation
* NY Times: In Radiohead Price Plan, Some See a Movement
* Does A Merged Sony BMG Hurt The Indies?
* RIAA Hits a Sour Note With Its File-Sharing Witch Hunt
* Jammie Thomas: 'I'm no puppet' for RIAA foes
* Jonny Greenwood not trying to change the industry
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October 10, 2007
Jonny Greenwood not trying to change the industry
In Rainbows - homemade artwork
What’s motivating the band to distribute the album this way?Tickets are still on sale for Jonny's Wordless Music Series shows. Radiohead's new album is out now.Just getting it out quickly. It was kind of an experiment as well; we were just doing it for ourselves and that was all. People are making a big thing about it being against the industry or trying to change things for people but it’s really not what motivated us to do it. It’s more about feeling like it was right for us and feeling bored of what we were doing before. [Jonny Greenwood talked to Gothamist]
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October 8, 2007
Band of Horses - new album ++ new ZUNEs too
I get all kinds of press releases sent to me. Most of them go unused. That would be true about the one I just got about the new "ZUNE Ignition Artist of the Month", but the timing was just too perfect.....
BAND OF HORSES is the Zune Ignition Artist of the MonthBand of Horses' new album is also streaming at AOL. More on Band of Horses' corporate ties, here. The new Zunes are out November 13th.In conjunction with the new album "Cease to Begin" which is due to be released TOMORROW October 9, Band of Horses is currently participating in the ZUNE 'Ignition' artist program. The Ignition program provides a unique multi-platform online promotional push for artists through Zune, MSN, and Xbox.
Zune Marketplace is currently offering the free track "Is There a Ghost," and another free track "No One's Gonna Love You" will be available during the last 2 weeks of October. Xbox Live is offering a free video download of the band's live performance of "No One's Gonna Love You" along with interview footage. MSN is currently streaming video from that same live performance/interview and holding an online listening party for the band's new album.
Previous Zune 'Ignition' artists include Maximo Park, Ryan Adams, Editors, and Talib Kweli.
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Band of Horses & Wal-Mart, Peter Bjorn & John & Target, etc
From a South Carolina newspaoper article published Sunday....
....Band of Horses allowed Wal-Mart to use “The Funeral,” a song off last year’s debut, “Everything All the Time,” in a Web advertisement. If he had turned down Wal-Mart’s offer, Bridwell said: “What are you left with? People will forget you were high and mighty.”The photo in this post was taken at the "MySpace Secret Show" that Band of Horses played @ Vera Project in Seattle this weekend (Oct 6, 2007). BOH have two upcoming NYC shows, and other scheduled tour dates.The licensing of “Is There a Ghost” to a Ford TV commercial also drew sellout calls. Independent of the deal, both Bridwells drive Ford trucks. Ben’s is a rusty, battered F-150 with a broken window motor that makes parking under trees when rain threatens a good idea.
Bridwell released a statement through Sub Pop, the band’s label, explaining his position. He feels he shouldn’t have been asked to do that.
“Every commercial has music,” David Bridwell said.
“Any (person) with a computer can write a blog,” Ben Bridwell said. “What do you do for a living? Do you not work?
“Do you not get paid by someone?”
Here’s an idea many critics failed to present when sounding off: Bands no longer make enough money from album sales and touring, so licensing is essential to sustaining a career. And — surprise! — it’s hardly a new trend.
Wilco’s music is being used in Volkswagen commercials. Sonic Youth will release a tribute compilation, “Hits Are for Squares,” through Starbucks. And who hasn’t hummed to Outback Steakhouse’s reworking of “Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games” by Of Montreal?
Selling a song to a retailer — like Peter Bjorn and John, who sold their song “Young Folks” to Target — doesn’t mean the song isn’t catchy, glamorous and, ultimately, good. So should “The Funeral” be buried?
“I’ve caught enough flak from purists,” Bridwell said. “So should I go all out?” (“The Funeral” also might appear in a Wal-Mart TV ad, he said.).... [The State] (via)
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