The artist currently known as Prince is giving away his new album
And of course, the music retailers cry "Foul"! More evidence of an industry in it's death-throws.
Jack Horner, creative and joint managing director for Frukt, a music-marketing agency, said that while "people like (Prince) play a key part in helping figure out what the models may be in the music business of tomorrow, by giving away a whole album on the front of a newspaper, there is a very clear devaluing of music, which is not a positive message to send out right now."
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music...
He's not devaluing music - that's a ridiculous assertion. He's devaluing the role of the music recording industry, distribution channels, and retailers. I'm disappointed that more mainstream musicians haven't taken this step already.
Follow up to this story posted on 07/18/2007: