You Don’t Have to Work It Out to See the Value in Free Downloads

Posted by Eric Hebert on Nov 29, 2011 in Music | Comments

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Disclaimer: This is a blatant plug of a band that I’m a street team member of, and I am doing so because 1. I want to get the attention of their label so someday I can maybe work for the band and 1. ‘Cause they promised a few of us Street Teamer’s some free schwag!

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past 6 month’s you probably missed Fitz and the Tantrums, who have been getting serious press and just got done a long cross country tour. I was a little ticked off that I missed them earlier this month at the TLA because I know the next time I see them, it will be in a much larger venue. This is by far the coolest pop act I’ve seen in years and I love their classic sound.

One of the things they’ve done a good job at is giving away their singles (using my chosen platform Topspin of course!). First it was the tune that really broke them into the main stream, “Moneygrabber”, who’s video hit VH!’s charts a few months back. Now the band is promoting their latest release, Don’t Have to Work it Out.

I’m sure the band is doing pretty well in the album & single sales department, and maybe I can snag an interview to back that up. Yes, you can both give away music and sell music at exactly the same time!

But their main goal in the whole campaign is to get you on that email list. Ten bucks says it has a lot to do with them selling out most of their shows along the tour. Think about it.

Anywho, download “Don’t Gotta Work it Out” and you’ll be hooked on FATT in no time!