Steve Winwood on MagnetMix
p2pnet.net News:- Magnets, invented by Gordon Mohr, allow websites to link to content on p2p networks. If you’ve installed a p2p app that works with Magnets, clicking a link will trigger a download within the application and it’ll start automatically.
Magnet has similarities to BitTorrent, only it’s a little easier in some ways.
“The nice thing is you can get super fast downloads from multiple sources of a file and the bandwidth cost to the website operator is zero,” LimeWire’s Greg Bildson told p2pnet.
“Content creators of all kind can produce and distribute their creations very affordably. For example, a low budget movie could be distributed this way. A lot of artists that are held back by the economics of expensive web servers and bandwidth can be freed of that and just concentrate on creating great art.”
Which is precisely why Bildson launched +magnetmix+. And to prove the point, the site features an eight-minute, previously unreleased live version of Steve Winwood’s Dear Mr. Fantasy in mp3 and mpeg, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at Winwood’s rehearsal.
LimeWire’s MagnetMix demonstrates the use of Magnet links for promoting artists and making their music available over p2p networks, says Bildson. “We want to not only host and promote free content directly on MagnetMix but we also want to demonstrate how other artists can use Magnets to promote themselves in this way.
“It’s our way of trying to help good, independent musicians. And we can work with them on the Magnet links too. We have some pretty lofty goals and we’d love to hear from more people out there with music and/or videos they want to make available.”
Why Winwood?
“I think anyone that lived through the 80s and 90s has to be a big Steve Winwood fan,” says Bildson. “And hopefully, this will show p2p can be an important promotional medium for all types of artists.”
Bildson says he worked with the Jun Group on the Winwood releases. “They ran an innovative promotion of music using Magnet links a few months ago and after that, we started working with them to help make sure that they take full advantage of the technology. We have Magnet servers that can greatly improve the availability of Magnet based files.”
Bildson says to, “Look for a few surprises over the coming months.”
(PS – Dear Mr. Fantasy? Excellent!)
June 17th, 2004 at 5:29 am
that Big Music will try to own or crush this very soon. They MUST control all channels of distribution and keep barriers in place preventing artists from distributing their own product or promoting themselves. If they don’t, there’s no reason for them to be in existence…and that would be a wonderful thing, imagine singers and songwriters etc actually getting paid fairly for their work without giving the rights and their soul to Big Music.
TT
June 17th, 2004 at 8:01 am
Damn, I hope not! I’m one of the guys doing the Winwood project.
May thanks for the mention, guys!
/droopus
June 23rd, 2004 at 3:40 am
I am certain that sites such as this along with ‘Vitaminic’ will go further in helping new bands/artists promote themselves without being at the mercy of the ‘big boys’ The wide access to the internet that most households now enjoy has enabled ’self promotion’ in all forms right from the humble ‘homepage’ which allows a freedom from those constraints gradually gaining strength – allowing the new artist an instant audience. Thanks to the Winwood project for showing us the juxtaposition of ‘rock establishment’ helping little guy.