„Never before has an artist been able to reach out and build an audience so easily – without needing record companies and their marketing departments. Equally, you’ve never been able to explore all kinds of new music in the instant way the internet allows“
Peter Gabriel sieht – im Gespräch mit
PC Advisor – im Internet mehr eine Chance als eine Bedrohung für Musik. In einem Beitrag für den Guardian sagt Louis Pattison: MP3-Blogs töten die Musik.
MP3 blogs – fan-run sites offering free downloadable music MP3s, typically operating without the consent of artist or label – are pretty popular right now. One blog is no big deal. When brought together by something like The Hype Machine – a central hub that tracks and conglomerates activity on hundreds upon hundreds of MP3 blogs – the situation looks pretty different. It is, in short, an HMV store’s worth of music, offered up for absolutely nothing, every day.
