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Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Everyone, by now, is familiar with Radiohead's no-label, direct-to-fan experiment last year. But a growing number of operators is playing with different interpretations of a thesis that's been around as long as the internet - that the label nowadays is an anachronism, and that bands can finance and release music for themselves… Case in point: 80s rock group Marillion, hardly a Top 10 draw nowadays,...
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No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
When Radiohead tried the 'pay what you want strategy', figuring they could make up the cash on the physical sales, many observers shrugged and said "fine for Radiohead, with their trendy fans who like fine wines and understand the rules of croquet, but it wouldn't work for everyone". So, you might be wondering, how have Marillion done with their "free for download, pay for the CD" model? They've tripled...
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Guide Bulgaria (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
The British progressive rock band Marillion will perform for Bulgarian audience at "Universiada" Hall on February 21, 2009. The concert will be part of the European tour of the band, announced the organizers from Wonder Music Agency. This will be the firs...
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International - Home (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
The concert will be part of the European tour of the band
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voelterblog (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Just in case you didn't download it yet: go, do it now - better yet, preorder the CD. After listening a couple of times, I have to say I really really like it. Go get it, and give it a try! (last post on this, promised :-))
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
In an effort to confront illegal downloads, a rock band called Marillion has developed an unusual technological Trojan Horse. The British rockers have seeded piracy websites with what appear to be illegally distributed copies of its next album. The catch: Each file contains a hidden gizmo. When downloaders access the files on their computers, an interactive [...]
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voelterblog (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Marillion are about to release a new album called "Happiness is the Road" on October 20. In addition to the official CD release (which you can preorder here ) they have also made the entire album available online via P2P . The band argue that the files will be put online anyway, so they decided to do it themselves. There's a little trick though: to be able to play the WMA files, you have to give them...
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Good Math, Bad Math (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
My apologies for how slow the blog has been lately. I've been sick with a horrible sinus infection for the last month. I saw an ENT on wednesday, and with massive doses of antibiotics and steroids, I'm finally on the mend, so hopefully things will get back to normal soon. Marillion, "Thunder Fly" : For those of us who pre-ordered Marillion's upcoming album, they just made mediocre-quality prerelease...
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Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technolog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Asks fans to donate what they can if they enjoy listening to "Happiness is the Road." British rock band Marillion has become the latest to shake-up the record industry by releasing its new album "Happiness is the Road" on BitTorrent. Fans can download a copy at their leisure and without the fuss that was associated with the Radiohead's "In Rainbows" release where you had to register first, and even...
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
A British progressive-rock band that few Americans may ever have heard of is taking a page from Radiohead’s book and offering their latest album for free download from their website and over peer-to-peer networks. Marillion, who take their name from Tolkien’s Silmarillion, have been around since 1979 and put out fifteen albums. Their latest album [...]
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
London - U.K. rock band Marillion has partnered with Web marketing firm Music Glue to make its fifteenth studio album available as a free download from peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, Billboard reports. A widget developed by Music Glue launches a video message from the band for file-swappers, and invites them to download the double-album as DRM-free Windows Media files. A deluxe CD version of...
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Techdirt (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Last month, we wrote about the band Marillion, noting that for many years they had adopted one of the business models that we've advocated: getting fans to pay upfront for the creation of albums by giving them something worthwhile -- and it's worked wonders for the band. Over the years, they had built up a huge mailing list of fans, and used that list to help generate plenty of revenue to produce new...
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AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The British rock band Marillion has announced that they will be offering their latest album as a free download through file-sharing websites. The only catch, says the band, is that a pop -up will appear on your computer the first time the tracks are played with a link pointing to the band's website and encouraging them to submit their email addresses. Those who sign up would then be contacted with...
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Radio Dupree (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The English group Marillion from the 80's? They're still around and has released the new studio album Happiness Is The Road ... for free on file-sharing sites! Keyboard player Mark Kelly is quoted in timesonline saying "While we don't condone illegal file-sharing, it's a fact of life that a lot of music fans do it. We want to know who our file-sharing fans are. If they like our new album enough, then...
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Digital Trends - Most Recent News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Marillion might not be a big name among rock fans any longer, but they’re hoping to increase their fan base by giving away their new album through file-sharing sites. All they ask for in return – in a pop-up box that appears before the download – is for your e-mail address so they could contact new fans with ticket offers and news. The group believes its hardcore fans will still buy the CD when it...
