The Internet Changes Everything
The internet changes the song parody business. Through digital release of a song or video an entertainer can parody a song that is still on top of the charts…
Weird Al’s first release on iTunes sold 21,000 copies @ .99 each during its first week of release. The artist said that he was encouraged by the results and the opportunity for real-time parody, but was not pleased with iTune’s performance.
Read about it on his blog:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=90827837&blogID=442836864