Question of the Day: How Much Of An Album Do You Want To Hear In Advance?
Question of the Day: How Much Of An Album Do You Want To Hear In Advance?
By Chris Coplan on May 18th, 2012 in
This week alone, we’ve brought to you brand-new tracks from Yeasayer, Baroness, Curren$ y, Public Image Ltd., and even the first recording from The Afghan Whigs in five years. Of course, artists usually release these songs to entice listeners into buying their forthcoming LP. Some prefer to drop a lone single, while others (we’re looking at you, Regina Spektor) unveil several cuts in the lead-up to the record’s debut. Even still, some musicians use online venues like NPR Music to stream the full album weeks in advance.
How much of an album do you prefer to hear before you go out and purchase it? Is one track enough to satiate your hunger, or does it take a few to make it worth your investment? Would you rather have the full stream around for a bit before you even consider giving up the cheddar? Should there more more or less of an emphasis on “exclusivity,” be it with mailing lists/releasing songs through Facebook and Twitter or utilizing physical copies somehow. Is there a better way for artists to share selections from upcoming efforts, perhaps with interactive digital listening parties? Do these previews ruin the music buying/consuming experience in any way?
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Donna Summer and Rush Limbaugh. A duo that could have been?
Limbaugh, it turns out, was a huge fan of the “Queen of Disco.”
Summer season, who died Thursday at age 63, is getting celebrated from all sectors of the entertainment business on Twitter, Facebook, Tv. Limbaugh’s tribute came on his radio show.
Images: Donna Summer time | 1948 – 2012
“It actually is sad,” Limbaugh stated of the five-time Grammy winner. “We grew up with Donna Summer. I met Donna Summer time one particular time and her husband on an airplane. She and her husband, after the flight took off, came up to me and introduced themselves, and we had a wonderful conversation. They had been great as they could be.”
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He tweeted: “Our Jubilee song gets its initial play tomorrow morning on @achrisevans 8am.”
Barlow also revealed that the song’s video will get its initial play on the BBC Radio two internet site at the very same time.
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Chuck Brown, pioneer of Washington D.C.’s go-go funk scene, died earlier right now at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. He was 75.
Brown, who is greatest recognized for his hit “Bustin’ Loose” (interpolated on Nelly’s 2002 single “Hot in Herre”), had apparently been ill for some time, and was hospitalized with pneumonia on April 18.
Brown’s profession began with an early stint as a guitarist for Jerry Butler and The Earls of Rhythm in the early ’60′s, before founding his very own band, the Soul Searchers, launching D.C.’s go-go sound, a distinctive mix of percussive funk and soul and Latin music, which became a regional phenomenon.
Brown inspired hundreds of regional go-go bands, and influenced rappers like Wale, Tabi Bonney and a lot of more. Hip-hop historian Jeff Chang is quoted as saying “All over the place else, Hip Hop guidelines. But the sound of D.C. is Go Go, for one reason. His title is Chuck Brown.”
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Listen to Chuck Brown’s “Bustin’ Loose”
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Disturbed may be on hiatus for an unspecified period of time, but vocalist David Draiman is set to return with an industrial rock project, for which he has just unveiled a whole slew of details via Twitter.
It’s amazing that Draiman can even find time to work on a new project with the feverish amount of interaction the vocalist engages in on his Twitter page. The Disturbed frontman, whose communication with fans used to be solely through his rhythmic vocal assault and trademark grunts, is now using the social networking site to get his voice out to the public, 140 characters at a time.
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Jay Elec exposed that the album was lastly finished and turned in back in March, tweeting “Dear Believers and Patient Supporters. Thank you for your patience and support. The Album will be turned in Tomorrow evening. The wait ends.”
Even though Jigga did not confirm the album’s completion or release date, he did reveal a thing of equally relevance — Jay Electronica’s record is “scary good.”
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