{"id":12890,"date":"2010-01-31T18:32:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T17:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-98520-280723.cloudwaysapps.com\/billie-ray-martin-collaborates-with-filesharing-site-mininova-for-groundbreaking-release-called-the\/"},"modified":"2010-01-31T18:32:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T17:32:07","slug":"billie-ray-martin-collaborates-with-filesharing-site-mininova-for-groundbreaking-release-called-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/billie-ray-martin-collaborates-with-filesharing-site-mininova-for-groundbreaking-release-called-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Ray Martin Collaborates With File-Sharing Site MININOVA For Groundbreaking Release Called &#8220;The Crackdown&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#0160;<a href=\"#\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Billie+Ray+Martin\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345206e269e20120a836b52a970b \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/zxl\/6a00d8345206e269e20120a836b52a970b-800wi.jpeg\" title=\"Billie+Ray+Martin\" \/><\/a> <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Billie Ray Martin<\/strong> is a legend. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>She&#39;s the queen of electronica soul and in a ground-breaking new campaign for her latest single<strong> &quot;The Crackdown&quot;<\/strong>, she has partnered with torrent file-sharing website <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mininova.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mininova<\/a><\/strong> to release her latest work!<\/p>\n<p>This new project is aptly called <strong>&quot;The Crackdown Project&quot;<\/strong> and features Billie&#39;s interpretations of the <strong>Cabaret Voltaire<\/strong> classics <strong>&quot;The Crackdown&quot;<\/strong> and <strong>&quot;Just Fascination&quot;<\/strong> which also features <strong>Stephen Mallinder<\/strong> from the <strong>Cabs<\/strong> in a rare vocal appearance.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about her involvement with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mininova.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mininova<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; this is what <strong>Billie Ray Martin<\/strong> had to say:<\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;Torrent sites are no longer the enemy. All music has basically become free. If a label holds on to their file for dear life, the minute they release it, it will be out there free. It\u2019s a fact and you can\u2019t get away from it. So there\u2019s no point in fighting it. Distributing your music more or less for free might be a bit of a hard-to-grasp concept\u2014it certainly is for me still\u2014but the way it works now is simply that the money is no longer in sales, but in live gigs and licensing. So MP3s are merely there to create interest now. So they\u2019re given out for free really. In a couple of years, all music will be free. Don\u2019t ask me if I am pleased, I\u2019d rather have the $100,000 advances that I used to get from record companies. On the other hand, this process is more democratic. Kids download the files if they like them, you\u2019ve just reached your audience.&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Very very interesting &#8211; we were just debating this very subject over on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weareEQ?ref=profile\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/modernfabulousity.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/new-model-for-music-billie-ray-martin.html\" target=\"_blank\">Update: ModFab chimes in on his thoughts about this project&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#39;s watch the new music video to <strong>&quot;The Crackdown&quot;<\/strong> shall we&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"340\" width=\"500\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Q6d4_X3ZIeI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Q6d4_X3ZIeI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160; Billie Ray Martin is a legend. &#0160; She&#39;s the queen of electronica soul and in a ground-breaking new campaign for her latest single &quot;The Crackdown&quot;, she has partnered with torrent file-sharing website Mininova to release her latest work! 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