KCOOLMUZIQ said:

This song is hott!

yup!

saw/heard that on the other thread. Sounds promising. But I refuse to get my hopes up at this point.

NouveauDance said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

This is just genius & smart. Prince is changing the record industry. He is cutting out the internet & The wreka stows & still pocketing major bucks..Go on Prince

That's all right then, as long as Prince gets a wire transfer upfront, the quality of the music is of little importance.

Start belivin' again NOUVEAUDANCER. I guarantee you won't be disapointed when u hear it. peaceout..

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANY WONDERFUL FELLOW PRINCE FANS IN THE UK WILLING TO MAIL A COPY OF THE MIRROR W/CD TO THE STATES???????

PLEASE????????

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. the revolution happened a long time ago when artists migrated to the net.

2. a lot of artists have made really good money doing whatever they want with their own music, on the net.

3. a lot of artists also give their music away for free, on the net.

4. finding new distribution methods via commercial mass media channels is, of course, innovative.

5. fair to say an artist doesnt need to rely on commercial mass media channels of distribution to make money, considering all the artists who make money, on the net.

6. maybe its about the fame, and how commercial media guarantees an artist a certain level of fame, which the net, and other methods, may not.

7. so when artists say they want a record deal so they can make money, is that the whole story?

8. when artists complain about their record deal and how all the label wants to do is make money at the art's expense, and how they want to find alternative methods of commercial distribution, my rhetorical question to those artists would be:

why do you want public notoriety?

why do you want fame?

if what you really care about is the art,

why do you want everyone to know your name?

why not jump on the net?

charge the fee you choose?

you could even give it away for free

its not like you've got anything to lose

why the need for commercial hype?

why do you subjegate your integrity?

why the focus on art for art's sake

then turn around and mention the money?

be honest all you artists

its the fame you really want

when all the other options you've got

are ready, waiting, and hot

you can make your money anywhere

when push comes down to shove

but what you really want is fame now huh

as a substitute for love

lets be real.

[Edited 6/30/10 20:03pm]

Damn ppl...can't y'all just be happy that the man's still around and still making music? Sheesh!

JayJai said:

Damn ppl...can't y'all just be happy that the man's still around and still making music? Sheesh!

i'm really looking forward to hearing the new album, he's one the greatest musicians of all time, goes without saying.

cant wait for it to fall in my lap, hype-free

>Edit

[Edited 6/30/10 22:43pm]

[After several requests, okay!! You got it! Stickyfied! - June7]

Rorywan said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

This song is hott!

yup!

saw/heard that on the other thread. Sounds promising. But I refuse to get my hopes up at this point.

I'm liking this new song whole lot.

kaine said:

Seriously are people really bitching about free music?? Really?

Well lets be honest the end user is getting it free but Prince is not giving it away free.

oooh that song sounds good. nice little funky guitar there....hope the whole album is like that.

Dreamer2 said:

OperatingThetan said:

As far as I'm aware, you can't buy 'Planet Earth' here in the UK anymore. Which is sad, because it has some quality tracks on it. Thus my concern about the shelf-life of giveaways.

I want that HOLOGRAM cover though! And a decent case!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s...xmj8si06_b

I say get it while it's free, people still buying the album and paying full price......

Why you say because they missed the give away, someone played it to them and they like it, it's been selling in small steady numbers on Amazon for 2 years now....

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[Edited 6/30/10 2:48am]

Thanks for that!

Some good news there.

Of course, thanks to you, I will now have a £20.49 hole in my pocket!

catpark said:

oooh that song sounds good. nice little funky guitar there....hope the whole album is like that.

Yeah. I'm loving that guitar.

BBC NEWS ARTICLE ON FREE CD WITH DAILY MIRROR (UK)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...459020.stm

mattj said:

BBC NEWS ARTICLE ON FREE CD WITH DAILY MIRROR (UK)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...459020.stm

Chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association, Paul Quirk, said the music star securing a second deal was "no great surprise".

He added: "I'm not sure anyone regards the freebie he did with the Mail on Sunday as being the highlight of his musical career.

"If he doesn't think his new album is worth paying for, presumably he doesn't think it is worth listening to."

Bitter much?

Of course, this is the perception it gives to the average listener too, but when the listener is a Daily Mirror reader, who really gives a shit!

These CDs are a nice chunk of change up front and promo for live ticket sales.

robinhood said:

1. the revolution happened a long time ago when artists migrated to the net.

2. a lot of artists have made really good money doing whatever they want with their own music, on the net.

3. a lot of artists also give their music away for free, on the net.

4. finding new distribution methods via commercial mass media channels is, of course, innovative.

5. fair to say an artist doesnt need to rely on commercial mass media channels of distribution to make money, considering all the artists who make money, on the net.

6. maybe its about the fame, and how commercial media guarantees an artist a certain level of fame, which the net, and other methods, may not.

7. so when artists say they want a record deal so they can make money, is that the whole story?

8. when artists complain about their record deal and how all the label wants to do is make money at the art's expense, and how they want to find alternative methods of commercial distribution, my rhetorical question to those artists would be:

why do you want public notoriety?

why do you want fame?

if what you really care about is the art,

why do you want everyone to know your name?

why not jump on the net?

charge the fee you choose?

you could even give it away for free

its not like you've got anything to lose

why the need for commercial hype?

why do you subjegate your integrity?

why the focus on art for art's sake

then turn around and mention the money?

be honest all you artists

its the fame you really want

when all the other options you've got

are ready, waiting, and hot

you can make your money anywhere

when push comes down to shove

but what you really want is fame now huh

as a substitute for love

lets be real.

[Edited 6/30/10 20:03pm]

Do you create and sell music?

Do you create and sell anything at all?

jcurley said:

kaine said:

Seriously are people really bitching about free music?? Really?

Well lets be honest the end user is getting it free but Prince is not giving it away free.

Does that matter?

Should Prince be giving his music away for nothing (in that, he doesn't receive any compensation for his work)?

We have all these links to articles going on about this but has anyone seen it advertised in the Mirror at all? I've Googled it to death

jcurley said:

We have all these links to articles going on about this but has anyone seen it advertised in the Mirror at all? I've Googled it to death

No i haven't either and i've been checking the paper everyday thoroughly going through it, can't see anything, but my daughter said it was on the BB3 news yesterday about the paper release. I think the Mirror will probably make big advertisements of it over the weekend etc.

kewlschool said:

I'm liking this new song whole lot.

Yeah me too...

Damn its so funky in need of a bath...

[Edited 7/1/10 4:12am]

Prince Reveals New Album 20TEN Giveaway, Tour Dates & Tickets

Written by Stereoboard.com

Thursday, 01 July 2010

Global megastar Prince will distribute his new album, '20TEN', through a number of international media partnerships and alternative distribution channels. The first phase of the release will take place in July 2010 when The Mirror and Daily Record in Britain, Rolling Stone Magazine in Germany, Courrier International in France and Belgium's Het Nieuwblad newspaper will cover-mount '20TEN', Prince's twenty seventh studio album. The Mirror, Rolling Stone and Het Nieuwblad had rare access to Prince at his Paisley Park complex in Minnesota. Kiran Sharma, Prince's representative, said: "'The Most Beautiful Girl In The World' in 1994 was Prince's first number one selling single as a free artist. Now, in 2010, Prince continues to work in an independent capacity, highlighted here in a world first of delivering the new album across multiple territories, through complementary distribution channels. Further details regarding other territories will be announced soon." Prince's 2007 album 'Planet Earth' was released as a free cover-mount CD with the Mail on Sunday newspaper in the U.K., to coincide with his London O2 Arena shows. '20TEN', a celebratory, quintessential Prince masterpiece, marks the start of his international 20TEN tour. London-based marketing company Upfront Media Group, who coordinated 2007's Mail on Sunday campaign, worked on some of the new 20TEN campaign: "We are proud to be working with Prince again, creating this groundbreaking international cover-mount with 20TEN" said Upfront's managing director Simon Stanford. Prince wrote, produced and recorded the album, which is described as having "strong funk and new wave elements". Recorded at Paisley Park, 20TEN features guest appearances by saxophonist Maceo Parker and singers Shelby J, Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease. The nine songs on '20TEN' show Prince is still at the peak of his songwriting powers. No artist has created a body of work as dynamic or as diverse as Prince. No other recording artist has accomplished what he has in music, film, or new media. He is a one man juggernaut, uniting the genres of funk, rock, soul, jazz, R&B, pop, rap and new wave under one unique sound: his. 20TEN Tracklisting 1. Compassion 2. Beginning Endlessly 3. Future Love Song 4. Sticky Like Glue 5. Act Of God 6. Lavaux 7. Walk In Sand 8. Sea Of Everything 9. Everybody Loves Me PRINCE 20TEN - July tour dates 4th July - Roskilde Festival - Denmark 5th July - Waldbuhne - Berlin 9th July - La Citadelle - Arras, France 10th July - Werchter Festival Park - Belgium 12th July - Stade De Geneve - Geneva 13th July - Wiener Stadthalle - Vienna 18th July - Super Bock Super Rock Festival - Portugal 25th July - Espace Nikaia - Nice Fans can look forward to hearing new material from 20TEN as well as Prince's numerous hits. In true Prince fashion, no two shows are ever the same and anything can happen once the band starts playing! Prince will be joined on stage by Morris Hayes and Cassandra O'Neal (keyboards), Cora Coleman (drums), Josh Dunham (bass), Elisa Dease, Shelby Johnson & Olivia Warfield (vocals) and Fredrick Yonnet (harmonica). http://www.stereoboard.co...ew/97737/9 http://www.upfrontpromotions.com/ - Look at the other artist doing the same thing as Prince!

[Edited 7/1/10 4:25am]

10 Reasons Why I Love Prince: #1

In 10 days, Prince – my musical messiah – will be releasing a brand new album, for free, entitled 20Ten via the Daily Mirror. In celebration I will be posting something (in no particular order) Prince related everyday for the next 10 ten days in a new feature called quite simply ‘10 Reasons Why I Love Prince’, all leading up the the new LP.

I’ve been a long standing stan of The Purple One for years and so along the way have discovered many videos, interviews, live performances, pictures etc that many people haven’t seen before or just didn’t know existed (you’d be forgiven, Prince runs this internet ting) – and so with the new album on the way, I thought what better time to share these things than now? So, let’s kick things off…

Reason #1

Prince’s ‘Partyman’ video – so many people forget or don’t know that Prince provided an incredible original soundtrack for the 1989 “Batman” movie. While the film was somewhat questionable, the OST was superb – a brave move on everyones part to ‘allow’ Prince free reign on a big blockbuster movie soundtrack, but as part of Warner Bro’s contact with him the risk paid off. The album hit the top spot on the Billboard album chart and stayed there for 6 weeks and old over 3 million copies in the States.

‘Partyman’ sees Prince – half genius, half Joker – get down and rock out in Gothan City. He ain’t playin either. Backed by his full band Mr Nelson lets loose and goes all out this is sexy and rather odd video. The track is straight fire too.

http://pinboardblog.com/2...1/#respond

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Each time I look at the album cover, I can't help but think Jonathan Rhys Meyers posed for the artist.

johnny2000 said:

Mayte319 said:

http://www.brandrepublic....promotion/

http://www.marketingweek....77.article

Lets hope the artwork is not a refection of the quality of the music .... oh dear

I LOVE the cd cover (book cover) artwork! It is just my style.

BlackAdder7 said:

I guess us americans will have to pay for it

142731	CD	TWENTY 10 Album UK Daily Mail PROMO (more details shortly) *DUE JULY 10th Condition: M/UNP		EEC	£2.99/$4.31
142741	CD PAPER	20 TEN Album UK Daily Mail PROMO (more details shortly) *DUE JULY 10th complete with SATURDAY MAIL NEWSPAPER (Cover Pic.) COMPLETE UNFOLDED includes ARTICLE - sent flat -NEVER FOLDED ! Condition: M/UNP		EEC	£3.99/$5.75
142751	CD PAPER MAG	20 TEN Album UK Daily Mail PROMO (more details shortly) *DUE JULY 10th complete with SATURDAY MAIL NEWSPAPER (Cover Pic.) COMPLETE UNFOLDED includes ARTICLE - sent flat -NEVER FOLDED ! + SUPPLEMENT Magazine. Condition: M/UNP		EEC	£4.99/$7.19

Madhouse Music UK will have the disc on the day of release, according to an email notification I'm in receipt of.

robinhood said:

1. the revolution happened a long time ago when artists migrated to the net.

2. a lot of artists have made really good money doing whatever they want with their own music, on the net.

3. a lot of artists also give their music away for free, on the net.

4. finding new distribution methods via commercial mass media channels is, of course, innovative.

5. fair to say an artist doesnt need to rely on commercial mass media channels of distribution to make money, considering all the artists who make money, on the net.

6. maybe its about the fame, and how commercial media guarantees an artist a certain level of fame, which the net, and other methods, may not.

7. so when artists say they want a record deal so they can make money, is that the whole story?

8. when artists complain about their record deal and how all the label wants to do is make money at the art's expense, and how they want to find alternative methods of commercial distribution, my rhetorical question to those artists would be:

why do you want public notoriety?

why do you want fame?

if what you really care about is the art,

why do you want everyone to know your name?

why not jump on the net?

charge the fee you choose?

you could even give it away for free

its not like you've got anything to lose

why the need for commercial hype?

why do you subjegate your integrity?

why the focus on art for art's sake

then turn around and mention the money?

be honest all you artists

its the fame you really want

when all the other options you've got

are ready, waiting, and hot

you can make your money anywhere

when push comes down to shove

but what you really want is fame now huh

as a substitute for love

lets be real.

[Edited 6/30/10 20:03pm]

I think art can be art but I do tend to agree with you. Where Prince is good here is that he is breaking the resistance that he is facing i.e. He is not very popular and as such is getting himseldf out there. However I do believe that I think Prince would love a normal recording deal because firstly you know you are popular and secondly he must spend sooooooo much bloody time orchestrating this stuff he must be knackered

kewlschool said:

emesem said:

This is tragic. The pop album, what once used to be a high art form, has devolved into a tchatche, a throwaway gimmick to help sell 50 cent tabloid newspapers.

Mr. Nelson, is this really worth a few pennies in your pockets?

I think it is more of an avenue for an independent artist to get his music it out in a cost effective way.

1) Prince gets paid up front. He doesn't have to wait 6 months to get paid. He also reaches a wider audience, who might not have purchased his CD. This exposure takes the place of radio play.

Agreed.

eireboy34 said:

JesusFreak said:

How do the folks in the US get their hands on this?

Download it for free

E-bay bay...e-bay bay!