mrnoisy - 9:25 pm on Oct 5, 2007 (gmt 0)

My sense is that the 'new' way of doing business for artists will be 'ads in music' at the beginning, or embedded directly in mp3's before a song starts.

The 1986 album 'Flaunt It' by Sigue Sigue Sputnik had advertisements in between the tracks. The ads were produced in a way that fitted in with the style of the music, and were for things like magazines and hairspray that fans of the band might have been interested in.

It was an innovative move, but it didn't catch on. Maybe it's time someone tried again in this new digital era.