Chris Brown
Band Affiliation: R&B Vocalist
“I want people to love my music and be able to hear my music. But at the
same time, I want it to be done legally, so my label can get paid, so I can
get paid, so I can keep making music, and keep my well-being out there as an
artist, and let people see me, and say, 'Okay, Chris Brown can perform!'”
Kelly Clarkson
Band Affiliation: Pop Singer/Songwriter
“I’m the face on the CD obviously, but there are a whole lot of people that
you don’t see that make it possible. From the drummers, who are very, very
talented musicians that have families, to the engineers, and everybody else
that plays a part on the record.”
Linkin Park
Band Affiliation: Alternative Rock-Rap Band
“Downloading is funny because everybody's got their opinion. It works
differently for different artists. Most established artists think it's more
dangerous. But especially with young aspiring artists, especially unsigned
ones, you know downloading is a great way for them to be able to get their
music out there. In fact, I have a new project called Fort Minor, it's a
new hip-hop project and downloading has been a big part of our group kind of
getting off the ground, you know. So, it's different in every situation.
It's kind of like…..from one thing to the next, take it as it comes.”
“We try and stay very open to the fans. We always have. At each one of our
shows we do meet and greets. We try and meet fans every chance we get. When
we go on our message board it's really us and we're there talking to people
and having conversations. We're going to have a new Linkin Park record out
this year and as that starts to come out you'll be able to look for us on
the Internet and like it always is we'll be there. We'll be on MySpace
talking to fans. We'll be on linkinpark.com talking to fans.”
Jimmy Jam
Band Affiliation: Producer
“What is my general opinion on digital downloading? The biggest problem I
see is that with the [current] business model, song writers and various
people in our industry, producers, for instance, still aren't necessarily
getting paid for legal downloads. People listen to music on the radio and
they think that it's free because they turn on the radio and there it is.
They don't realize that the radios have sponsors and they have commercials,
all of which pays for the music.”
