Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by vvatsa » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 6:57 AM UTC

Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"
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Re: Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by DjDarkman » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 7:54 AM UTC

One musician vs. the whole Internet.... I wonder who will win in the end....

Re: Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by zephyrfalcon » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 8:50 AM UTC

Is this real? It reads like some parody or prank or something.

Re: Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by vvatsa » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:10 AM UTC

zephyrfalcon wrote: post #3

Is this real? It reads like some parody or prank or something.

Totally real, read the actual interview here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/07/05/prince-world-...

Re: Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by vvatsa » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:11 AM UTC

DjDarkman wrote: post #2

One musician vs. the whole Internet.... I wonder who will win in the end....

Well the "Internet's" is a FAD like MTV, so who know ;)

Re: Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by jeb » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:11 AM UTC

Perhaps it makes sense. Artists will soon make their money via concerts. Prince has a series of concerts coming up. He has a huge old-school fan base, so does not need to get his songs out there (people already know him).

His new songs then are more 'rare' among his core demographic (not teens) -> driving more people to his concerts, where he makes the money.

Remember that prince, back in 2001 ALREADY jumped on the internet bandwagon. He offered his songs for download then - he is not anti-internet, he has tried it and has changed his model.

Remember, this dude makes 50million USD a year, more that most of you will make if your startup sells for a huge amount of money. He knows what he's doing.

Re: Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:16 AM UTC

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Re: Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by zandorg » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:30 AM UTC

I'd love to see an Internet-themed prog rock album from Prince.

Re: Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

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Post by chunkyslink » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:33 AM UTC

jeb wrote: post #6

Perhaps it makes sense. Artists will soon make their money via concerts. Prince has a series of concerts coming up. He has a huge old-school fan base, so does not need to get his songs out there (people already know him). His new songs then are more 'rare' among his core demographic (not teens) -> driving more people to his concerts, where he makes the money. Remember that prince, back in 2001 ALREADY jumped on the i…

There is some truth in this however a few things bother me

1. Of all the newspapers he is associating his brand with a cheap tabloid. Under no circumstances would I ever give money to a newspaper like this so he has lost my me already. As there are no other ways of getting this legally - I am only left with the pirating option

2. 'In Rainbows' by Radiohead was profitable for the group (and they have somethings in common with Prince - like an established fan base) using the internet model of 'pay what you want' for the download. This made the band look good and still provided them with a profit.

Prince is doing himself no favours by acting in this way.