Prince Meets Webby
June 1st, 2006
Click for larger image.On June 12th the 2006 Webby Awards ceremony will be held in Manhattan. Among the many winners of the much coveted Webby will be musician Prince. Calling him a “musical genius” and “a visionary, who recognized early on that the Web would completely change how we experience music,” Tiffany Shlain, founder of the awards, announced Prince’s Webby win.
Prince Released his album “Crystal Ball” exclusively online in 1997, an industry first. Long before iTunes or MySpace, Prince used the internet to promote, debut videos, build fan relationships and distribute music.
Ahahaha, Prince. Completely deviating from the norm a little more each decade. Although, its’ good to know that he’s not trying to be the sort of idiotic zealot a lot of musicians are by completely protesting music downloads - people need good songs, not collections of mediocre songs and one good one for an outrageous price.
Hell, I only ever buy CD’s if there are about 5 songs I like on them. So far, I haven’t needed to
Comment by Ranjani (Biscuitrat) — June 14, 2006 @ 5:09 pm