The new music

If you're into the music scene, you've probably heard the tune Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. You may also know that it went straight to #1 on the UK charts before the album even hit store shelves. It stayed there for 9 weeks. What you may not know is that it's the first single to reach #1 through download sales alone. Gnarls Barkley did not make it at the hands of one of the big record labels. They made it through an upstart record label called Downtown Records, which employs 9 people and has been around since January. So how did Gnarls become such a hit so fast? Hype. Spread on this new thing called the Internet. Josh Deutsch, Downtown's CEO says the buzz generated by kids sharing music online actually helps long-term sales. The song is so popular, it's already been covered by British indie band the Kooks, U.S. folksinger Ray LaMontagne and Canadian songbird Nelly Furtado - all giving it an acoustic feel. Twilight Singers grunged it up and U.K. singer Terri Walker jazzed it a little. Next - Paris Hilton wants to put it on her album.

Welcome to the MySpace generation.................