{"id":2517,"date":"2008-06-26T10:38:47","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T14:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2008-06-26T10:38:47","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T14:38:47","slug":"joss-stone-music-should-be-shared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/06\/26\/joss-stone-music-should-be-shared\/","title":{"rendered":"Joss Stone: “Music should be shared”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s musical hero (or heroine) is Joss Stone, the independently-minded pop\/R&B singer who likes to perform barefoot and doesn’t seem to care much whether people download her songs<\/a> illegally or burn them to whatever they want — in fact, she’s in favour of such behaviour. Why? Because music should be shared, she says:<\/p>\n

“I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brilliant and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll tell you why,” Stone said. “Music should be shared. […] The only part about music that I dislike is the business that is attached to it. Now, if music is free, then there is no business, there is just music.<\/p>\n

It’s okay, if one person buys it, it’s totally cool — burn it up, share it with your friends, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care how you hear it as long as you hear it. As long as you come to my show, and have a great time listening to the live show it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s totally cool. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Video of the actual interview is here<\/a>. TorrentFreak has more about<\/a> Joss’s feelings on piracy, and Mashable has a take on it<\/a> as well. Some other artists share their views on downloading and music in this<\/a> recent New York Times piece, and reports continue to come in<\/a> about musicians giving away music to create demand for live performances. And if you really want to reach back into the Internet time machine and find a female singer with a tremendously level-headed approach to downloading and file-sharing, check out what Janis Ian wrote back in 2002<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b><\/p>\n

John Hiatt has some similar thoughts about the evolution<\/a> of the music business. Thanks to Changing Way<\/a> for the link.<\/p>\n

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Today’s musical hero (or heroine) is Joss Stone, the independently-minded pop\/R&B singer who likes to perform barefoot and doesn’t seem to care much whether people download her songs illegally or burn them to whatever they want — in fact, she’s in favour of such behaviour. Why? Because music should be shared, she says: “I think … <\/p>\n

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