“Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what I see there is little kids on YouTube playing music.” NeedsLittlesStillsKidsTvsInternetBandRadioLittle KidYoutubePlaying Music Author:Chris Cornell
“I consider us to be one of the first Internet-based bands, especially because we basically started our entire band via the Internet. Before MySpace Music even existed, we had a band MySpace page. We were one of the first fifty bands on PureVolume(.com), and we really built everything from the Internet. That's how we started talking to record labels, that's how we booked our first tours. Without the Internet social networking, like Twitter, we definitely wouldn't be where we are today. It is a huge part of the band.” FirstsTodaySocialTalkingRecordsHugeInternetBandPagesBuiltLabelsFiftyNetworkingSocial NetworkingSocial NetworkRecord Labels Author:Jack Barakat
“I wanted to reexamine the idea of the album for generations of people who are not my age, who love music or learning about music or are finding this band called R.E.M. or have just previously heard "Losing My Religion" and "Everybody Hurts" as their elevator music. I wanted to present an idea of what an album could be in the age of YouTube and the Internet.” PeopleIdeasAgeWantedHurtGenerationsHeardInternetBandFindingsLosingAlbumsYoutubeMusic LoveElevators Author:Christopher Bollen
“I think the Internet has hurt music more than it has helped it. The idea of giving music away for free just bothers me. And, when one band or artist gives it away, it devalues the rest of the product from those who would like to make some money or a living from it.” ThinkingGivingIdeasArtistHurtProductsInternetBandBotherDevalue Author:Steve Mahoney
“The internet did not exist when I started out, the fact that bands can build a website and get all their information out there is really helpful. If you really love to play, I would say to keep doing it, because it's what you love and what you have to do.” IfsPlayFactsInformationInternetBandHelpfulWebsiteWhat You Love Author:Joan Jett
“I was the one that allegedly "quit and joined my old band." That wasn't true. But it was said so matter-of-factly on the Internet that the guys weren't really sure what I was up to.” SaidMatterGuyInternetBandQuitting Author:Slash
“Maybe it's just a humanising thing to realise that a ton of people in bands that make really exciting music, are just big nerds. And you know, maybe the Internet's done a lot in just exposing that long-held secret.” PeopleKnowsLongDoneBigsSecretInternetBandExcitingRealisingNerdExposing Author:Chris Baio
“I'm always interested in new things. I don't go seeking out every band I can hear because there are too many, especially now with the Internet. There's no way you can collect everything.” WayI CanInternetBandSeekingNew Things Author:Chris Reifert
“There's no real template to follow these days for what a band should and shouldn't be - bands are just becoming these weird little Internet avatars that you either follow or download or interact with in some removed way.” WayShouldLittlesRealBecomingInternetBandThese DaysDownloads Author:Alan Palomo
“One of the great things about the Internet is that people are excited about music and wanna hear a random album from a band somewhere in Romania or something, and to listen to all sorts of stuff from around the world.” PeopleWorldStuffInternetBandAlbumsExcitedGreat ThingsAround The WorldRomania Author:Ed Droste
“It's probably no coincidence with the internet and social media and the word being able to spread beyond the radio, where fans can go and talk and congregate and trade stories and a band could communicate news very quickly and in a worldwide basis. I'm sure that's helped in bringing in this case us to more of the forefront of peoples attention.” StoriesAbleSocialAttentionCasesFansMediaInternetBandNewsBasesTradeRadioCommunicateSocial MediaSpreadCoincidence Author:John Petrucci
“I think the Internet really sussed things into perspective. Because twelve years ago, I could spend my days on writing and running my band and touring and making posters and practicing with my band and working on my vocals, but I didn't spend a large pie chart of my time sifting through criticism as well, and nowadays I do, and all female artists do, because to be able to promote your work, you need to live in those spaces.” ThinkingNeedsWritingYearsWellsRunningAbleArtistSpacePerspectiveInternetBandFemaleYears AgoCriticismMy TimeTwelvePieVocalTouringPostersSiftingFemale Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
“The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big studios, EMI and all the record companies - and just doing it themselves, online, selling their stuff, getting known through that medium.” BigsSeemsStuffCompanyKnownRecordsInternetBandIndependentStudiosSellingMediumsThese DaysOnlineRecord Companies Author:David Gilmour
“In 2008 it's easy to get huge before you have an album out with the Internet. I think that's great and you see a lot of artists like that. It seems like it's becoming rarer to find a band that has been touring for six years, doing small shows and then breaking out.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensShowsSeemsArtistEasyHugeBecomingInternetBandSixAlbumsTouringEasy To Get Author:Girl Talk