[smallbeer]

I'm looking for examples where labels or artists have used the internet to promote/market/whatever themselves when in the past it wouldnt have been possible and would have been down to the established "professionals". Make sense?

It could be new up and coming artists/labels or seasoned pros turning their back on the industry.

[Mr Fred]

david bowie has done loads of this

[Brown]

how about all those music competitions where unsigned bands had songs voted on the web. i know bt and the bbc both did one but cant find anything on their sites now. anyone?

[Brown]

Originally Posted by japanmik

david bowie has done loads of this

are you stood in your office drawing stars on your face?

[smallbeer]

Originally Posted by Brown

how about all those music competitions where unsigned bands had songs voted on the web. i know bt and the bbc both did one but cant find anything on their sites now. anyone?

Yep on to that.

http://www.pinkorchids.com/mixoff_home.cfm is a good example. More would be good though.

I can't get ZiggyMik out of my head.

[Brown]

Originally Posted by smallbeer

ZiggyMik

sorry, mik's phrasing made me think he was doing impressions.

[AaronCain]

Originally Posted by smallbeer

I'm looking for examples where labels or artists have used the internet to promote/market/whatever themselves when in the past it wouldnt have been possible and would have been down to the established "professionals". Make sense?

It could be new up and coming artists/labels or seasoned pros turning their back on the industry.

Wilco is a pretty good example of that. They made a record and their label hated it. Wilco said: fine. Put it on their website for everyone to download until eventually another label picked it up and put it out. It would become extremely critically acclaimed and be on most everyone's top ten for 2002. Also, only in Australia the CD came with a bonus EP so the band also had a thing on their site to which to enter a code from the CD and you are then able to download the full EP.

http://www.wilcoworld.net/

[smallbeer]

Nice one Aaron.

And Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is an excellent album.

[Bill Posters]

Seconded.
Listening post purchase. Sold thanks to the 'Jesus, Etc…' track.

In fact, may have to give it another listen now as it's been a while.

[AaronCain]

while it's a little off topic, before the net, Johnny Cash was using not only his music but print to get his message across.

[tomson]

http://www.eclecticbob.com/index2.html

[Brown]

Originally Posted by tomson

http://www.eclecticbob.com/index2.html

dig that. cheers t. free music rocks! or dubs as the case may be.