As of 4 p.m. Sunday, 10,712 people had downloaded the free Seriously Westcoast Life Vol.
1 compilation created by the and Nettwerk Music group ...
and that's with 13 eight hours left before the exclusive offer is over. The downloadable album includes music by Sarah McLachlan, the Barenaked Ladies, the Be Good Tanyas and a ton of artists from Nettwerk's past, present and future that the is making available for free. "We all knew that the digital revolution is the way people get their music," says Sun Arts Life editor Dominic Patten of the download's success so far.
"Now we are seeing it in action, and it looks pretty good." While newspapers and other publications have been giving away or offering music to readers in the past, as the did recently in the UK with the new Prince CD, the collaberation between Nettwerk Music Group and the is the first time that a specifically compiled collection, not available anywhere else, has been given away by a major media outlet digitally. As of 4 p.
m.
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