NPG records, the record company from Prince contacted us to inform us that the brand new NPG Music Club is offering fans: a concert video footage from the forthcoming DVD called "Prince Live at the Alladin Las Vegas". Thus before the release date!
To be able to see it though, you have to join and become a member, which costs a total of $25 for the whole 2003. According to my calculator that's 7 months. There is no word on how much a full year ( 2004 ) will cost.
In addition to the DVD preview, members of the interactive virtual estate will experience new music, celebrity chats, news, message forums and a retail area complete with talking salesclerks.
You can see a free "preview" here. The server gives only a maximum throughput of about 50Kb/sec though and because of that the preview takes quite awhile to download.
The preview itself is interesting but doesn't really show much what you can expect, you will have to read the "join" page to find out what they all offer with memberships
Each room of the house offers an ever-changing array of xperiences, including REFLECTION, KNOWLEDGE, and MUSICOLOGY. Come xperience rooms 2 interact with other members, view CYBERCLIPS with ur friends, and engage transmissions from the next stage of the New Power Generation.
Essentially everything that a normal artist club offers too. Of course you shouldn't forget the advanced pre-sales and special seating either.
And with this information being everything that is available people have to decide if they want to join or not. The big real prince fans are most likely to join anyway, however it is to wonder if the other people will join for $25 without really seeing what they can expect. There are no reviews from the club online yet so for most people it will be one big gamble if it's worth it's money. On the other hand it is the music club from Prince so it's likely to be worth the money and compared to other clubs that sometimes cost upto $10 a month and sometimes even more the $25 is quite cheap.
Personally I wouldn't take a membership yet, there is just not enough information what is really inside. What is there under reflection, knowledge and musicology? It just sounds all too vague to me. There's just not enough information available, But then again, i'm not a big Prince fan.
I had a little bug gnawing at the back of my mind that Prince had something similar before, and guess what I found? Of course I was correct. You can read about his previous service here.
As you can see, his price has gone down significantly. I recall that people a lot of people said then that his service was a good deal. Prince might be a bit odd, but he does take care of his fans nicely. I'm sure he'll get enough business to have made it all worth it.
They might want to get a better server so people don't have to wait as long for things to download though And they could try a "membership drive" where you get a week for free :+
And they could try a "membership drive" where you get a week for free :+
