Ringtones… The New LP?
The music industry and scene used to be about music, but for a while now has been more about marketing and promotion and less about the music.
These days an up and coming band might as well send in their picture rather than their demo track in order to kick start their chances at a future in music
It’s all a little sad that you have to look good first, and then be able to write and play music second somewhere down on the list
Apparently Chris Martin of coldplay has recently hit out criticising the movement for song tracks to become mobile ringtones.
He says, “All that matters in music today is that your song becomes a ringtone.”
Change is inevitable, and what matters in music today, is that your ‘product’ is heavily marketed and then delivered to return the maximum revenue possible.
Mobile has that potential. Maybe Coldplay could write the first Coldplay ringtone album?
Kaching…