The Rock Station 99X » music industry http://therockstation99x.com The Rock Station Mon, 20 May 2013 03:48:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Foster the People's Success Started with a Free Download of Hit Song 'Pumped Up Kicks' http://therockstation99x.com/foster-the-people-hit-song-pumped-up-kicks/ http://therockstation99x.com/foster-the-people-hit-song-pumped-up-kicks/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:38:36 +0000 Jeff Giles http://tsminteractive.com/?p=51417 Downloading, both legal and illegal, has taken a lot of the blame for the sales collapse suffered by the music industry over the last decade and change. But not every artist has a horror story to tell regarding mp3s and filesharing technology.

Just ask Mark Foster, frontman for fast-rising rockers Foster the People, whose inescapable hit single ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ started out as a free download on the band’s website.

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