Interesting Paradox

Well, I started reviewing some of the music submitted to my Celtic MP3s Music Magazine, and an intriguing thought occurred.

I've contacted a lot of professional bands inviting them to offer Celtic MP3s. I've offered advice and guidance to make them hits, but few take me up on it. Many seem deadgone set against MP3s. Few bands seem to accept them as a brilliant way to promote themselves, and with all the negative publicity the've gotten from the RIAA, I guess I don't blame them. Ye know, they're really missing out.

Actually, Dervish is the only band that's ever been kind enough to offer even reciprocal link. Course that's really no indication, since most folks don't seem to link back, but still.

So any case, the thought that came to me was it seemed that in many case, the better the musicians, the less likely they were to embrace the technology. Conversely, the more likely they were to embrace the technology, the faster they progressed in notoriety. It'd be kinda interesting to see a graph.

Actually, more appropriately, it seems the more traditional the music, they less likely to embrace the technology, but sometimes it seems the other way around.

I'd be very interested in to see how well Natalie MacMaster does. She has a number of free MP3s on Amazon.com. It'd be really cool to see the comparison in growth rates.

I would imagine that if a really popular traditional Celtic band embraced MP3s and promote themselves extensively, they could totally dominate the online market... Nevertheless, I guess, I'm thankful that none have. :) Leaves more room for us independents.