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  2. Slash defends U2 and Apple


    Slash verdedigt U2 en Apple

    Apple en U2 kregen fors wat kritiek te verduren nadat de Ierse band de plaat Songs of Innocence samen met het Amerikaanse techbedrijf gratis via iTunes verspreidde. De rockgitarist Slash neemt het nu voor Apple en U2 op. In Ultimate Classic Rock Magazine noemt de ex-Guns n' Roses-gitarist het gratis aanbieden Songs of Innocence 'een briljante actie'.

    "Het gratis weggeven van je album op zo'n grote schaal is een geniaal stukje marketing. Alleen een band van het formaat U2 komt daar mee weg", aldus Slash. Verder schildert hij de huidige muziekindustrie af als een soort Wilde Westen waarin niemand meer weet hoe je het beste de promotie van een nieuw album kunt aanpakken.
    En hoe slim hij het werk van Apple en U2 ook vindt, hij ziet het niet als dé oplossing voor de problemen in de muziekindustrie. "Als je in de bevoorrechte positie zit om je album in ieders iTunes-bibliotheek te krijgen, dan is deze manier van werken perfect, maar helaas is dat niet voor iedereen weggelegd."
  4. Originally posted by u2joost:Thanks for sharing!

    as for the actual content: I'm not so sure I want my hero's to transform or save the music industry......
    I just want them to enjoy making good music, for crying out loud.


    Disagreed. There aren't that many band or artists SO big that they can pull this off.
    They're taking responsibility.

  5. I agree. U2 are one of the biggest bands in the world -- quite possibly THE biggest -- and ultimately, despite what some iTunes reviews and whiny twitter feeds might indicate, very respected. If any band around today were out to do this, it'd have to be U2 -- at least as the leaders of the charge.
  6. Yeah, I think only the Rolling Stones (if they did new studio material at all), Coldplay and SADLY One Direction have the power to pull such a deal with the biggest tech company in the world I think.
  7. Originally posted by LikeASong:Yeah, I think only the Rolling Stones (if they did new studio material at all), Coldplay and SADLY One Direction have the power to pull such a deal with the biggest tech company in the world I think.

    In that case, let One Direction do it!
  8. Another pic from the photoshoot the other day:

  9. Originally posted by LikeASong:Yeah, I think only the Rolling Stones (if they did new studio material at all), Coldplay and SADLY One Direction have the power to pull such a deal with the biggest tech company in the world I think.

    One Direction definitely does not have the power to pull off such a deal. Their general audience is teenage girls, a demographic that has practically no spending power and therefore very little market force. There's also a lot of scandal going on with the members of that band and ultimately their image is too immature for any serious company to want a public partnership with them.

    Coldplay certainly has the material to make a big deal happen, but the band doesn't have the stones to pull off something risky.

    It's pretty much an undisputed fact that U2 is leading the charge regarding the evolution of the music industry. Whether intended or not, U2's free release shocked the industry to its core. I got an email from Coldplay today saying that their new album, Ghost Stories, is now available on free streaming services. When Coldplay first released Ghost Stories, they were adamant on keeping it from streaming services, but I think U2 forced their hand.
  10. Time will tell what the effect of this move is. They can go down as the saviors of the music industry and become true legends, or they can be the ones who blew it all.
    You know I'm not a fan of the album, but I do believe they did the right thing with the release and am very curious about the new platform/method they're working on.
  11. Off topic btw.

    I haven't seen Bono in Belgium lately.
  12. Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]

    One Direction definitely does not have the power to pull off such a deal. Their general audience is teenage girls, a demographic that has practically no spending power and therefore very little market force. There's also a lot of scandal going on with the members of that band and ultimately their image is too immature for any serious company to want a public partnership with them.

    Coldplay certainly has the material to make a big deal happen, but the band doesn't have the stones to pull off something risky.

    It's pretty much an undisputed fact that U2 is leading the charge regarding the evolution of the music industry. Whether intended or not, U2's free release shocked the industry to its core. I got an email from Coldplay today saying that their new album, Ghost Stories, is now available on free streaming services. When Coldplay first released Ghost Stories, they were adamant on keeping it from streaming services, but I think U2 forced their hand.

    Agree with everything. Coldplay might be able to do it, but I just don't think they want to. They don't have that need to be in front 'changing' the industry. Ghost Stories was always going to be on Spotify, most artists wait 5/6 albums after the physical release before uploading it everywhere, don't think it relates to U2 at all.

    On another note, have we heard anything about any public performances yet? Fallon, SNL, BBC, KROQ? Anything confirmed?
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