“Last week, Prince announced that he was going to release his latest album 20Ten as an add-on to European newspapers and an upcoming issue of German Rolling Stone,” Daniel Kreps reports for Rolling Stone.
“In an interview promoting the release with England’s Daily Mirror, the iconic songwriter reveals his improbable motive for the choice: he hates the Internet,” Kreps reports. “‘The Internet’s completely over,’ says Prince, who will not sell his new album via iTunes or Amazon. ‘I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it.'”
Kreps reports, “Prince goes on to compare digital outlets to once-influential juggernauts like MTV. ‘At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated,’ he says. ‘Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be good for you.'”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: That dude can afford to be as eccentric as he wants to be. If he wants to release his album via helium balloons, so be it. And, if he wants to try to drum up some pub this way, so be it, too.
BTW, iTunes Store pays artists who can sell tracks, not those looking for big upfront advances – *cough* Wal-Mart *cough*.
I wouldn’t cross Steve Jobs. Has anyone heard from Michael Eisner (former ceo of Disney) lately?
but there are performance objectives, counselling, dress code, safety lectures..
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“I wouldn’t cross Steve Jobs. Has anyone heard from Michael Eisner (former ceo of Disney) lately?”
He’s a runner for the mob in Encino. Good pay. Short hours.
The inherent originality of Prince’s business approach reflects his artistic nature, and on that basis one can’t class his actions as being right or wrong. They are one man’s unique approach to a shared challenge.
http://www.themusicvoid.com/2010/07/prince-and-the-yawn-of-digital/
This guys doesn’t get it. Age has a lot to do with this decision and at his age he is lucky that he isn’t pushing around a walker. Metallic said the same thing, and imagine the revenue they missed out on.