SAN DIEGO — Music fans can now listen online to the David Bowie CDs they have purchased. In a move to provide fans with his music anytime and anywhere, the cyber pioneer — working with the Virgin Music Group Worldwide — has become the first major label artist to allow fans to access
his music catalog through MP3.com’s My.MP3.com service.
Consumers can add their Bowie CDs to a My.MP3.com account (for free) using
MP3.com’s proprietary Beam-It Software.
The rock legend praised MP3.com for being able to provide global access to
his fans. “It’s an amazing testament to the net that MP3.com technology
allows someone to have their record collection at their fingertips wherever
they are in the world. The days of traveling with CDs in hand are beginning
to grow short.”
MP3.com will deliver an alternate live version of “Ziggy Stardust” to the
accounts of any user who adds Bowie at the Beeb using Beam-It. As an
additional bonus to all fans, Bowie also has made two live recordings (from
his newly released Bowie at the Beeb album) available for free listening
online at davidbowie.mp3.com . These two live tracks, “Ziggy Stardust” and
“Let’s Dance,” are available to all Internet users. In addition, there is a
never-before-seen streaming live version of “All the Young Dudes” as well as
many other special features which have previously been available only to
BowieNet members. Lastly, there is a special offer to those wishing to join
the popular online community, http://www.davidbowie.com .
“We are extremely pleased that David Bowie has chosen to allow his fans to
listen to his catalog by utilizing our technologies,” said John Diaz, senior
vice president of industry relations at MP3.com. “In addition
to being one of the most influential and dynamic performers in rock history,
Bowie has been a pioneer in recognizing the power of distributing music on the
Internet. This is a true victory for music fans everywhere.”
So far more than 109,000 digital artists and labels that post music
on MP3.com. To register to post music on the site, visit http://www.mp3.com/newartist . To join David Bowie’s award winning online fan community, go to http://www.davidbowie.com .
This latest Internet initiative by David Bowie is being conducted in
tandem with Virgin Music Group Worldwide, one of the most aggressive record
companies in the area of music and the Internet. Virgin and David Bowie first
worked together in a multi-media effort when they teamed to make his album
hours… available over the Internet for download.
