Even Tom Petty Gives His Music Away Free
Two songs from the new album, "First Flash of Freedom" and "Good Enough" will be available for download as soon as convert tickets are purchased, and then the rest of the album will be available to concert goers free when it's released on June 15. As a bonus, select live tracks will given away after the tour.
and could be a bow to tough times both is recorded music sales and the
overall economy.The effort is powered by Live Nation Merchandise and is the kind of cross promotion that the concert giant promised when merging with Ticketmaster.
He is not giving his music away for “free.” He is giving them away with the purchase of what will likely be very expensive concert tickets. BIG difference.
i was just going to say the samething.
I still think this is a step in the right direction. Anything closer to recordings being given away for dirt cheap or included with what people are still actually paying for is a help.
Yes, $90+ tickets so I think this more shows that TP’s management (which has been somewhat forward thinking over the years) is trying to maintain a sense of fairness while still understanding the current nature of music and the economy.
Matt
http://www.VolumeEleven.net
It’s a nice gesture. More value for the same (enormous) ticket price.