Music | December 17, 2008 | Comment on this video (3)

Musicians Save Economy

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The Daily Fix is bringing you The Business! With illegal downloads at the click of a mouse, cash-strapped music lovers have it easy. Musicians don't. Find out what artists and record labels are doing to overcome economic troubles and make a profit. London based singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf is utilizing Bandstocks.com to finish his upcoming album, "Battle." See what you can get for contributing. Jersey Budd leads the fundraiser on that same site. Indie record label, Asthmatic Kitty puts Grampall Jookabox's album, "Ropechain," on Pitchfork. And Chicago band, Umphrey's McGee devise a crafty strategy to increase presales of their album, "Mantis."

The Daily Fix is the first music blog on TV airing on Current TV. The 2-minute daily music news show delivers cutting edge music news and insightful opinion in compelling short doses, utilizing MP3's and user-generated video from all over the web. Hosted by Douglas Caballero, the show airs daily at 9:31am, 1:31pm, 5:31pm, 8:31pm, 12:31am, 4:31am Eastern Time and can be found online at current.com/dailyfix.
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3 comments // Musicians Save Economy // Video

  • audiolifericky
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      audiolifericky  

    • Really interesting to see how independent musicians are reacting to this revolution of the music industry.

      With the advent of Web 2.0, independent musicians are more powerful now than ever. They have all the resources in the world to make a name for themselves without the need to sign under a major label.

    • 3 years ago
  • mww05c
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      mww05c  

    • I like asthmatic Kitty's approach. Even though i may not always agree with Pitchfork's review of a cd, i do check them regularly enough to see what is a new release, and in turn will see what is available for semi cheap download. (especially if the do highly endorse it.)

    • 3 years ago
  • tursiops
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