SONG CONTEST BLOG

SpiralFrog, the highly profiled ad-supported download service, has shut its doors after a lukewarm reception in the UK and endless content licensing and upper management strife in the US prior.  The company was the first to deploy a ‘feels-like-free’ music download service in 2006 and secured both Universal and EMI, with competitors Qtrax and We7 following suit with similar ad-supported download services, before spiraling to its demise.

The ridiculous feud between Gene Simmons and Bob Lefsetz came to a head at Canadian Music Week yesterday and has since been getting a lot of coverage.  The entire exchange portrays both parties as ungainly and slapdash, and the issues neither relevant nor compelling.  Just silly… but a good laugh.  See for yourself if you haven’t already.