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The one time hottest group on MP3.com that was signed because of their "Over a million downloads"? What happened? Are they touring? Are they in the main hunt and I just don't know it? I know they were on Leno,,,but what after that?

John

Wow, you brought back memories...I remember them on the cover of Music Connection with interviews, etc. a couple of years ago.

A Google search didn't even turn up anything on them.

I guess they were a flash in the pan?


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Larry
www.audibleresponse.com

Oops. A 2nd search found them:

http://www.digitalsound.net/

At least, I THINK that's them. Here's an excerpt from their bio:

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Add a December 2000 appearance on the Tonight Show, several thousand Top 40, Hot AC and AAA spins, Soundscan sales of their major label debut LP nearing 60,000, a solid touring base from supporting David Gray and Duncan Sheik, a song on a gold soundtrack LP ("Great Expectations"), three million downloads, numerous uses of their songs in film and on television, and countless repetitions of that voice in national television ad campaigns that caused the switchboards of Verizon and Chrysler to light up with people asking, "Who is that singing on your ad? I love her."

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Larry
www.audibleresponse.com

[This message has been edited by Lwilliam (edited 01-02-2003).]

Actually they are out there and are going strong. They are JPF members and won our Pop Song and Album awards in the 2000 awards.

We've interviewed them in the past and they have a new album out and are touring.

Brian

Thanks Brian and Larry. Good to hear they are still at it. Ron Wasserman, (an important part of Fisher), and I had exchanged emails about one of our songs, and he was a real class guy. Guess they just need more money behind them now to get them onto Entertainment Tonight or Leno again.

I checked their MP3.com site, and the last album said to be released by Interscope was in 2000. Are they with another label now?

Being members would do even more for JPF if they would become household names.

The Best to Fisher in 2003!
John

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Dang! I hate it when I'm slow....
I was gonna be a wise guy and say that file sharing had killed them ......yep just keeping the ol pot stirred

Kaboom,

You know actually they are a very good real world example that being the MOST downloaded band of all time on the net at the time they signed their record deal and then released a CD does NOT translate into sales. At all.

They were going to prove that file sharing etc.. could be enough momentum to break a band big. It didn't happen. Sure, there were a lot of traditional marketing problems (or lack of marketing) that caused their lack of label success, but all the newthink wisdom that a band on the cover of Newsweek for being the most "file shared" band in history would translate into someone buying the same music they have gotten free (or more of the same) turned out to be pipedream.

It did build their fan base and notoriety.. but the sales dollars never translated.

Brian

Brian, do you think it's the lack of heavy promotion behind them, (radio promtion and all that goes with it), or that a million or so people already had their music on their hard drives, or even on home made CD's? Or a combination? Your statement about getting their music for free before makes sense though.

They must have been thinking they are about to hit it big, with the MP3.com success, then getting signed, and on top shows and mags. Would be a shame for them not to keep going to the next level, if that's what they want, of course. Maybe they are fine doing what they are doing. It's full time anyway, right?

John

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