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Interesting article on URLWire: "Singer Songwriter Tom Fox Offers Legal Free MP3 Downloads"

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

Interesting article on URLWire:

Singer Songwriter Tom Fox Offers Legal Free MP3 Downloads

Tom Fox is an award-winning international guitarist, singer and songwriter who has come up with a simple solution to the problem of digital distribution of his music: Give it away.

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Tom Fox is one of a small but growing group of artists giving away music for free rather than charging or having fans fined for stealing it. On his Web site at foxtunes.com, Tom has made CDs of free music downloads available, including songs from "Midnight Rain" (which was nominated for two independent music awards) and "Slowly" (which garnered radio spins on both sides of the Atlantic).

When asked about the wisdom of giving his music away for nothing, Tom replied, "Many musicians are so afraid of losing out on a 99 cent iTunes sale that they forget that giving away music free and legally has promotional value.?

?Offering free MP3s can accelerate the growth of your online listener base, which ultimately can generate exposure in the form of gig offers, Internet and satellite/terrestrial radio play (generating royalties) and traffic to your site," he said.

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).