A Revolution is the Solution
Terrifying and annoying at the
same time. How can one be bored
and scared at the same time?
And this coming from a musician
that actually uses myspace as a
way for my (few) fans to listen
to my music.
Street teams? Really?
But, the problem is - in the days
when musicians could actually play,
you didn't need "street teams" to
further your stuff, people would
go "these guys are great" by word
of mouth and sooner or later you
had the CD you wanted, not one
that was foisted on you by ad-
browbeating charlie (apologies in
advance to ad-browbeating charlie).
It's not just that though - I'm now
starting to get ads for the strangest
things via that site. Home cleaning
products, among other things have
found their way to my inbox and I
ponder how anyone might possibly
know that I'm a cleanliness freak
who just happens to record some
of the weirdest music ever that
should be "cleaned and sanitized"
for their protection?
Has the world gone nuts?
"really, really want me to buy their crummy T-Shirts and wear them with pride, despite the fact that where I live dayglo pink T-Shirts with 5 guys gyrating wildly on it will get you five flavours of Knuckle Sandwich (and an introduction to its angry cousin, Captain Boot-to-the-face)."
What do you mean the 80's are over? Say it ain't so.....
Oh man, I thought we were still in the 90's.
Pod - I know what you mean. I know a lot of good musicians on Myspace and they're frankly mortified at the antics of some of the more spam crazy music guys on there. I think I got an invite for a myspace profile selling rubber gloves the other day.
RUBBER! GLOVES!
Hel put an edn to Myspace.
keepoutofmyspace
I don't think simply doing the "keep kids off Myspace" thing will work, because they'll simply go to some other site and post pictures of their parents doing the funky monkey. Its more about laying down responsible boundaries, considerate interest in what they're doing and SCARING THE CRAP OUT OF THEM WITH CLOWN COSTUMES.
Seriously, do that and they'll never come out from under their bed again, much less go on Myspace.
Myspace is fast becoming a forum for the Mad sad bad Loony sick just plain weird, those out for revenge on people and spurned Lovers Oh wow what a mess
CDs are good for scaring away birds seeking to devour your secret crop of American blackberries. Spinning in wind and flashing sunlight at all angles make a pretty good scarecrow. I've seen farmers in Texas hang them from fruit trees, strung together with fishing line.
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