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c|Net News story on Prince, Verizon deal http://news.com.com/Veriz...-0-5&subj=
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Interesting.
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Prince's latest single as it sets the stage for an impending mobile-music battle with Apple.
Good luck with that. Bwahahahahahahahahah...  Purple Fact #542: Prince can make a Weeble™ fall down. |
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squirrelgrease said:
Prince's latest single as it sets the stage for an impending mobile-music battle with Apple.
Good luck with that. Bwahahahahahahahahah... Yeah, seriously... is this a joke Press Release? cuz that first line has me laughing. A werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost share a house together.. in Bristol! http://being-human.tv
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I heard months ago that this was gonna happen, I'll wait for the single! | |
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wlcm2thdwn said: I heard months ago that this was gonna happen, I'll wait for the single!
Wait no longer. The single is now aavailable. (If you are in the US, and have Verizon as your carrier, oh... and you have a VCast capable phone). | |
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Is that version of "Guitar" any different than the one previously available at 3121? | |
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realm said: Is that version of "Guitar" any different than the one previously available at 3121?
Yes. It's a more fleshed out track, with "live" instrumentation. Purple Fact #542: Prince can make a Weeble™ fall down. |
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Verizon has been really pushing it's mobile stuff lately such as selling tickets to Fergie's tour through Verizon customers only... | |
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Great, all this after I switched from Verizon to TMobile two months ago. perfection is a fallacy of the imagination... | |
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I'm just floored by how few of us are calling him on his shit... I mean the number of corporate co-ventures lately is a joke...What happened to the idea of Prince as an independent distributor through his own website? | |
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Jude418 said: I'm just floored by how few of us are calling him on his shit... I mean the number of corporate co-ventures lately is a joke...What happened to the idea of Prince as an independent distributor through his own website?
Prince is rocking the boat simply by exploring new avenues on how to release music. At the end of the day, he relies on other companies/corporate people to distribute his work one way or another, and I appreciate his constant desire to challenge the traditional status quo. Yeah, he could just stick to releasing music on his own website - but you could argue that simply limits sales to fans when there is a much larger potential market out there. Saying that, it all falls apart if you can't get a strategy going where everyone that wants your music can easily buy it. Can't say I've heard of Verizon in the UK, and I wouldn't change my mobile user just to get a Prince song ahead of the game - I'll be waiting for the album proper if it really is to be on there. | |
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metalorange said: Jude418 said: I'm just floored by how few of us are calling him on his shit... I mean the number of corporate co-ventures lately is a joke...What happened to the idea of Prince as an independent distributor through his own website?
Prince is rocking the boat simply by exploring new avenues on how to release music. At the end of the day, he relies on other companies/corporate people to distribute his work one way or another, and I appreciate his constant desire to challenge the traditional status quo. Yeah, he could just stick to releasing music on his own website - but you could argue that simply limits sales to fans when there is a much larger potential market out there. Saying that, it all falls apart if you can't get a strategy going where everyone that wants your music can easily buy it. Can't say I've heard of Verizon in the UK, and I wouldn't change my mobile user just to get a Prince song ahead of the game - I'll be waiting for the album proper if it really is to be on there. I hear ya, but how is hooking up with Macy's, CitiBank and Verizon (to name a few) "rocking the boat" or "challenging the traditional status quo"... It all just seems to be a TOTAL contradiction to what he once spoke on as the future of music marketing. | |
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Jude418 said: I hear ya, but how is hooking up with Macy's, CitiBank and Verizon (to name a few) "rocking the boat" or "challenging the traditional status quo"... It all just seems to be a TOTAL contradiction to what he once spoke on as the future of music marketing. Because no other artist is doing it? The record companies have only recently started to accept the downloading of music as a tool rather than be threatened by it - now phone companies are muscling in on the act! Though you could argue Prince is getting into bed with one devil to avoid another... | |
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Jude418 said: I hear ya, but how is hooking up with Macy's, CitiBank and Verizon (to name a few) "rocking the boat" or "challenging the traditional status quo"... It all just seems to be a TOTAL contradiction to what he once spoke on as the future of music marketing. I totally agree to you. It's a bit frightening how much he is involved with big companies nowadays. This is for sure not challenging a status quo or evolving new ways. This is simply cashing in the traditional way. If you ask me, he seems to betray his own ideals. A couple of years ago he made the decision that his ego / his popularity / his public status is more important to him than sticking to all the things he said in the mid 90'ies. Sorry, that's how it is from my point of view. | |
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Prince has 2 be profiting from it in a big way in order 4 him 2 explore these new avenues. I’m not mad at him for venturing out as long as he’s getting paid | |
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Here's a crazy and wild, really out there idea for him: how about putting all his npg stuff (like Chocolate Invasion and it's ilk, Planet Earth, etc...) on iTunes world-wide in the new DRM-free, high-quality "PLUS" format? That'd be quite radical, he'd be able to reach a much larger audience then Verizon - ride the wave of publicity sorrounding EMI's DRM-free tracks, and, as the sole owner of the NPG records, he'd get the bulk of each sale (I think labels get on the order of 80% or so of the price).
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funkystuff said: Jude418 said: I hear ya, but how is hooking up with Macy's, CitiBank and Verizon (to name a few) "rocking the boat" or "challenging the traditional status quo"... It all just seems to be a TOTAL contradiction to what he once spoke on as the future of music marketing. I totally agree to you. It's a bit frightening how much he is involved with big companies nowadays. This is for sure not challenging a status quo or evolving new ways. This is simply cashing in the traditional way. If you ask me, he seems to betray his own ideals. A couple of years ago he made the decision that his ego / his popularity / his public status is more important to him than sticking to all the things he said in the mid 90'ies. Sorry, that's how it is from my point of view. It has taken me by surprise myself ...maybe he feels if he can't beatem then joinem .....Oh well its all about a solid paycheck and trying to save for retirement like the rest of us .....hmm I wonder what he will write across on his other cheek ??? Youth is wasted on the young ..... | |
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He can word it any kind of way... Prince has been trying to cash in big time all along the way. He will do whatever it takes. That was the idea even back then when he signed with WB. Don't let him fool you into thinking that it isn't about the money. The man never had a real job, other than being a musician. That's his bread and butter. He has no back-up job.
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Fuck Prince. A person with extensive knowledge about health and he is pulling shit like this!!???
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God doesn't just tells me how much he "LOVE's" me, God shows me how much he "LOVE's" me. Both telling and showing "LOVE" means to "LOVE". They go hand in hand. You can't have one with out the other. Something is spoken, then followed by an action. That is | |
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I just saw a commercial this Sunday on TV while I was at the cleaners. Prince & the twins were in the commercial, & he was singing the "Guitar" song.