Peter Gabriel shows digital music some Modern Love

by Peter White May 2nd 2007

The time of ad-supported mp3's may be just around the corner. Peter Gabriel has taken a Sledgehammer to the digital music business by investing in a new music download service that offers free tracks to users willing to listen to advertisements. This gives Exposure for the advertisers, and free music to the listeners. Now here's the part that will really Shock the Monkey, after listening to the song with the ad for four weeks, you can download the song advertisement free. For those of you Waiting For The Big One, Here Comes the Flood. There seems to be a Slowburn among major music labels, as few of them are lining up to give away their product with no DRM.

Gabriel's service -- entitled We7 -- might have the right Perspective though. This is a great idea that benefits everyone as long as the parties involve Don't Give Up. It may take some time to catch on, but this could easily be the future of music downloading. With all the Humdrum surrounding piracy and the need for proper DRM, this tactic might be the savior. Why bother stealing music from a possibly suspect source, when you can get it for free from a quality location? The music industry just has to give it a shot. Remember that you have to Love to Be Loved. There may be a Solsbury Hill to climb before this takes off, but it could be something special. This post would be so hip if it was 1983 again.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Grammar freak said 9:55AM on 5-02-2007

What no Big Time reference? Games without frontiers?

ThunkDifferent.com said 10:19AM on 5-02-2007

Stand back!

Really, it seems every time i come across this news, people have to make a pun just to blow off a little... Steam. "Get a life with this dreamers dream..."

http://thunkdifferent.com

Dashifen said 11:48AM on 5-02-2007

At least you can't have -all- of those songs stuck in your head at once. Now ... where did I put those CDs ......

Grammar freak said 12:04PM on 5-02-2007

Yeah, I'm glad his business is growing up, growing up

realgt said 12:49PM on 5-02-2007

quoting the songs names there makes you guys seem dumb

Mike Cohen said 1:16PM on 5-02-2007

Let's try to keep the signal to noise from getting out of hand.

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