David Bowie gets it!

A lot has been said about downloading of music and the actions, that the recording industry is taking against it, despite the fact, that newer studies clearly indicate good reasons for downloading of music, show that it doesn't harm music sales, and in fact,that it actually promotes it.

Anyway, David Bowie goes a step further what The Times (London) calls: "Just steal my great songs". Bowie urges his fans (and others) to mix classic Bowie songs with material from his latest album, “Reality,” to create a “mash-up” — a track that uses vocals from one song superimposed over the backing tracks of another. MSNBC says that the technique has long been employed by record producers easily accessible to thousands of “bedroom DJs” — a fact that has alarmed record companies battling for control of Internet music distribution. And when a star like Bowie endorses it, they get even more scared, right? In fact, Bowie asks those who "play with his songs" to submit them to him, as an MP3 single, and the winner is bound to win a car. David Bowie sees this as appropriation of his must. We agree!

(By Asia Business Consulting)