DevO Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Arts & Crafts did a curious and progressive thing in releasing the new Stars album.. I'm very interested in watching how the music industry tries to redefine itself at present. Friends, fans and supporters of Stars... 2007-07-10On September 25th, Arts&Crafts will release Stars' fourth studio album, In Our Bedroom After War.We love it and are excited and proud to be bringing it to the world.We enlisted Joe Chiccarelli to mix the album. He finished in early June, passing the tapes along to Emily Lazar at the Lodge for mastering. Last Friday, July 6th, a final master was delivered to us.Traditional music business practice says we are to begin sending out copies of this album now. We give advance copies to print publications in hopes of securing features that coincide with our September date. We meet with radio stations in hopes of securing airplay. etc, etc.Inevitably someone will leak the album.Throughout this process, the most important people in this value chain, the fans, are given only two options - wait until September 25th to legally purchase the new album or choose from a variety of sources and download the album for free, at any time.We hope you'll choose to support the band, and choose to pay for their album. However we don't think it's fair you should have to wait until September 25th to do so.We believe that the line between the media and the public is now completely grey.What is the difference between a writer for a big glossy music magazine and a student writing about their favourite bands on their blog? What differentiates a commercial radio station from someone adding a song to their lastfm channel? or their myspace page?As such, we are making the new Stars album available for legal download today, four days after it's completion. The CD and double vinyl versions of the album will still be released on our official release date, September 25th. We hope you will continue to support music retailers should a physical album in all it's packaged glory be your choice of format.It's our hope that given a clear, legal alternative to downloading music for free, you will choose to support the creators.We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.Sincerely,Stars and Arts&Crafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Interesting. Neil Young did something similar with "Living with War." A lot less risky for Neil Young to do such a thing though being that he already owns half of California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 I'm just happy to find out that there is new Stars product on the way! I still think that Set Yourself On Fire was one of the best releases of whatever year it was that it came out. Oh, what the hell - it's a fucking masterpiece, regardless of when it came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 In Our Bedroom After War... . oinkoinkoink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 That article implied that that it was a free download. That would have been earth shattering news. It's good news to see artists taking control of their releases and hopefully it's worth more money for them.see prince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 See Prince, who can easily afford to give it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Great album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 It's our hope that given a clear, legal alternative to downloading music for free, you will choose to support the creators.oinkoinkoinkAD - 1Music Industry - 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 the new prince album "Planet Earth" has at most 2 or 3 tracks worth playing and paying. Most of it is a cheesefest. The best of it is called Chelsea Rodgers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 it's a fucking masterpiece, regardless of when it came out.yes, yes, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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