Chipping in: Alexis Taylor on giving away free music

Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor has told the BBC that nobody would bother downloading one of his band's tracks if they gave one away for nowt.

Speaking to Newsbeat Taylor said:

"It's a strange one but I think at the moment no-one knows what's really going on and the record companies are really searching for a new way to do business. It's all kind of in turmoil and people are just trying things out. Probably in the next couple of years we'll see a new kind of business emerging.

"People can get music for free on the net so to [officially] give it away to people [can be] a sensible thing. Big artists like that can make their money in other ways and they can still have a great career. But it only really works if you're a massive act. If we turned around and offered our single for free I don't know how many people would bother."

Sympathy download? Go on, readers: spend 79p on 'Over And Over' and perk Alexis up.