International News: Prince to stop releasing recorded music due to web piracy and hate for digital music!3

Was googling “web piracy” today and came across a bunch of articles , including one in “The Guardian UK” saying that Prince has officially stopped recording digital music and will stick to live music not only because of piracy but also because digital music affects us humans in different ways than live music.

“I personally can’t stand digital music,” Prince declared. “You’re getting sound in bits. It affects a different place in your brain. When you play it back, you can’t feel anything. We’re analogue people, not digital. “We made money [online] before piracy was real crazy. Nobody’s making money now except phone companies, Apple and Google. I’m supposed to go to the White House to talk about copyright protection. It’s like the gold rush out there. Or a carjacking. There’s no boundaries. I’ve been in meetings and they’ll tell you, ‘Prince, you don’t understand, it’s dog-eat-dog out there.’ So I’ll just hold off on recording.”” Prince told the Guardian

Dawg… seriously? As a musician myself , I respect and understand Prince’ disposition , however he needs to understand that his “principle” on this matter is only going to reduce him to a phased out flake image of the superstar he was.

In a digital age, your body gets accustomed to digital sounds, digital environments and digital habitations. So the argument that humans are analogue does not completely hold true. So I guess if we wish to experience “His purpleness”, we’ll just have to stick to his classic stuff or watch him live.

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