Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist IZZY STRADLIN Talks About Having His Music Digitally Distributed
March 19, 2007Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin recently spoke to PlaylistMag.com about TuneCore, the company which made it possible for Izzy to digitally release his back catalog of albums.
"I've done licensing deals in Japan and Europe, but I've never been able to get my music out globally so everyone could get it," Stradlin said. "When I got in touch with Jeff [Price, TuneCore owner], it was literally two weeks and my stuff was up — that's 10 years of work."
After years with GUNS N' ROSES, Stradlin is all too familiar with the music industry and how things are changing now. Back in the day, a new GN'R album would be an instant hit, but systems like TuneCore give artists a way to get their own music out there as well.
"With GN'R I would be onstage in front of 20,000 or 30,000 people playing our songs, but at the same time I would have this piece of work that I'm just dying to get out. This is a way for me to get the music out there — there are zero people between me, my music and the fans," Stradlin said.
Izzy Stradlin says he will continue to put his music online through TuneCore for future albums.
"It was so simple," he said. "I kept waiting for the catch, but there was no catch."
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