If you haven’t heard, Pennywise released their album on MySpace for free download. I never listened to Pennywise before, but I am aware that they are from way back in the heyday of 90’s punk rock. I am also aware that they have been not so popular since then. Now they are trying to get with the times by offering their album free, following in the Radiohead/Trent Reznor footprints.
I decided I’d give them a shot, since there was a reported 400,000 people getting the album. Not even free can save this album. I am not familiar with a lot of their older work but I’m sure it was good for what it was. This album just sucks. I have no idea what they were trying to go for; I don’t even think they were trying.
They made deals with three of the big four: Universal, Sony BMG, and Warner Music. I suppose that’s good? Those labels are going down, but I suppose they will be stuck around for long enough that MySpace can benefit from it. It’s another attempt for the labels to dip their greedy hands into the internet pool that they so recently rejected.
The new MySpace Music Portal includes ad-supported streaming. Really? I’m pretty confident that everyone is way past ad-supported streaming; and also streaming music period. I do use Pandora once in a while when I’m not at home since my iTunes library is in my external.
I have been on the edge of deleting my MySpace account for a little while now. The fact is there are still a lot of people using it, I can still reach people that way so I will continue to do so. Like I said, its a fad and a passing one at this point. MySpace Music will not help the industry any more than the 360 deals.
360 deal: That’s a whole other topic to be discussed.
-Ryan
p.s. This is probably my first shot at writing about current happenings in music and the industry. That’s what I planned on doing when I started this site. I should get on this a little more.
Tags: facebook, Music Industry, music streaming, myspace, myspace music, pennywise, streaming
April 28, 2008 at 5:23 am |
Dude, pennywise rules. I might have been actually convinced not to buy their album if you were actually good at reviewing music, but you aren’t. I’ve since bought the album, and it kicks arse, just like most pennywise albums. If you want people to share your views or take you seriously, you’ve got to make yourself believeable. Just for next time.
April 28, 2008 at 8:41 am |
This wasn’t a review of their album, but more of me stating an opinion. Besides, the day of the album review are done. Instead of someone spending their time reading about the album they can just find it online in that same amount of time and judge it for themselves. If I want people to share my views all they have to do is go download the album real quick and agree or disagree with my short opinion of it.