First of all, this isn't intended to be advertising, but if I infringe any rules, please let me know and the post will be deleted or something.
A couple of weeks ago I found this free 80-minute mix by Cookie Monsta, my favorite dubstep artist. The link to the download was on his official myspace, so I take it for granted that I wasn't stealing it. The thing with is that it contains adverts for something called takeflight.com - I haven't visited the site so I have no idea what's on there, but it doesn't really matter. The form these ads take is "Take Flight presents:" before the title of the mix as well as the name being whispered three times throughout the one hour and twenty minute long mix.
The mix was made from more or less well-known tracks by Cookie Monsta, so I assume (without knowing anything) that takeflight.com have approached Cookie Monsta with a sum of money saying "create a mix from your music, put our name on it and put it out for free, and we will grant you this cash"
It means that fans like me can get free music without stealing from the artist while he in turn still gets some payment for his hard work with creating the music.
What do you think about this, dear Escapists? Is it a good way to promote music or is it further, unnecessary commercialization of the music industry?
A couple of weeks ago I found this free 80-minute mix by Cookie Monsta, my favorite dubstep artist. The link to the download was on his official myspace, so I take it for granted that I wasn't stealing it. The thing with is that it contains adverts for something called takeflight.com - I haven't visited the site so I have no idea what's on there, but it doesn't really matter. The form these ads take is "Take Flight presents:" before the title of the mix as well as the name being whispered three times throughout the one hour and twenty minute long mix.
The mix was made from more or less well-known tracks by Cookie Monsta, so I assume (without knowing anything) that takeflight.com have approached Cookie Monsta with a sum of money saying "create a mix from your music, put our name on it and put it out for free, and we will grant you this cash"
It means that fans like me can get free music without stealing from the artist while he in turn still gets some payment for his hard work with creating the music.
What do you think about this, dear Escapists? Is it a good way to promote music or is it further, unnecessary commercialization of the music industry?
