oblivion 5 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Seems the music business is in all a flutter over wtf to do to stay alive? Here's an interesting one. I don't actually understand it. Anyone care to explain Quote: Music producer Danger Mouse is to release a blank CD, after record label EMI reportedly cancelled his new album. Dark Night Of The Soul, a collaboration with rock group Sparklehorse, also features Iggy Pop and The Flaming Lips, along with artwork by David Lynch. It has already been streamed online, but Billboard magazine said a "legal dispute" with EMI derailed the project. Danger Mouse, who is half of pop group Gnarls Barkley, said he hoped people would still get to hear the record. A spokesperson for the producer said: "Danger Mouse remains hugely proud of Dark Night of the Soul and hopes that people lucky enough to hear the music, by whatever means, are as excited by it as he is." He added that the album, which comes with a limited edition, "100+ page book" of David Lynch photographs inspired by the music "will now come with a blank, recordable CD-R". "All copies will be clearly labelled: 'For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.'" It is unclear at this stage whether the record has been postponed or scrapped altogether. EMI could not be reached for comment. 'Excited' At the time of writing, the entire 13-track album can be heard on the website of US public radio station NPR. The free, legal stream has been the site's most popular page for more than 24 hours - but it is unclear how long the audio will remain available. "We don't have a definite take down date," NPR Music producer Robin Hilton told Billboard. "It's up in the air." Other guest stars on the record include The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, The Pixies' Frank Black, Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, and Nina Persson of The Cardigans. Danger Mouse first came to attention with a bootleg CD that mixed a capella tracks from Jay-Z's Black Album with music from The Beatles' White Album. He has since gone on to produce cartoon band Gorillaz and alt-rock icon Beck. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 He's releasing a, er, blank cd. I'll buy it! Sounds great! Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Just download it, much cheaper. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Quote: "All copies will be clearly labelled: 'For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.'" I don't think I understand either. Need that first coffee. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I think thats the idea....you still give him some money, for the blank CD, and then you can download it from a P2P site or whatever. So instead of him getting nothing as he is in a legal dispute with his company, he will receive some money and you can still get the music you want for cheap Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 could be correct there dos cervezas por favor Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Cool, how much is this CD-R? Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Ah, I see. But won't they get a cut of the profits on the "blank CD"? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 They (the company) prob won't distribute the blank CD, he may have set up another company to help him with this Link to post Share on other sites
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