Peer-to-Peer Filesharing Launched the Career of Scott G (The G-Man)

    /24-7PressRelease.com/ - March 26, 2005 - Music listeners are being sued by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for filesharing on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, but Scott G (recording artist The G-Man) embraced the concept and offered all the music on his first album for free via P2P. (And yes, we realize there are a lot of initials in this story!)

The G-Man went even further, sending individual tracks of his songs (bass, guitar, drums, synthesizer, etc.) to anyone who wanted to mix a new version of his work. And while the Hollywood studios and the major record companies fret and litigate in an attempt to shut down P2P, Scott G feels it actually created his career.

"Everything started to happen for me once I began giving those first songs away for free," G-Man states. "The results have changed my life, both personally and professionally."

He is now signed to Delvian Records, a part of The Gate Media Group, all his albums are on Apple's iTunes, and he is running his own production company, G-Man Music and Radical Radio, where he has created commercials for Verizon Wireless, Goodrich, Micron, NASSCO, the Auto Club, and more.

The full text of the article is on more than a hundred websites, including these:

http://www.audiocourses.com/article337.html
http://diariaa.com/article-gman.htm
http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=9433
http://www.mpeg3.net/news/music/article040412.htm
http://www.bitchinentertainment.com/contributors.html
http://www.indiemusician.com/2004/05/using_peertopee.html
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/4/prweb116996.htm
http://www.lamusicproductions.com/News/15_G-Man/15_g-man.html
http://www.dcia.info/News/newsletter_2004-06-14.htm

Scott G, whose fourth album, SONIC TONIC, is being released 04/04/05 on Delvian Records and iTunes, is president of G-Man Music and Radical Radio, a creative director of the National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP) and a member of The Recording Academy (NARAS). He writes about music for MusicDish and the Immedia Wire Service. His music and commercials are at: http://www.gmanmusic.com.

"It is interesting that a great number of legal filesharing business models are now thriving," points out Brian Forest, VP of G-Man Music and Radical Radio. "Scott supports or is affiliated with such organizations as IntentMediaWorks.com, DigiPie.com, and RazorPop.com, and has songs at the social networking phenomenon www.myspace.com/thegman.

CONTACT:
Brian Forest, Immedia, 818-223-8486, [email protected]
Scott G, G-Man Music and Radical Radio, 213-369-7619, [email protected]

G-Man Music creates music and radio commercials and the Immedia Wire Service promotes and distributes data, articles, and PR throughout the world. Contact us at (818)223-8486 or [email protected].

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