http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/06/22/selling-out Comments On: Selling Out by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:15:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Thanks for the mention of my lowly (and apparently very evil) blog - www.jinglicio.us.

Would love to know if others think my blog is evil? just bad? or somewhat entertaining? Also, I'm unclear why so many people (especially expressed here) hate hearing good music in commercials?

I consider music one of the highest arts, which is why I love it when a good track can transform a scene in a movie or even a soulless commercial into something a little more memorable. Hence jinglicio.us.

Also, just wanted to throw in my 2 cents:

In my humble opinion, the only evil in music is maintained by major record companies, the big ones in particular (smaller indie labels are much healthier). They have a *proven* track record of stifling musicians access, creativity, and freedom to make a living. Record contracts are notoriously backwards and unbalanced. So, the burgeoning digital distribution model is finally loosening their death grip on the music industry.

What I hope to see in the near future is the explosion of more music where good musicians can make a modest or even great living by selling music direct to fans, earning additional money by licensing their music to paying advertisers/entertainers/agencies/etc, and "selling out" the old fashioned way: live in concert.

Here's an interesting article on how getting 1000 True Fans can make a independent musician successful. A good read, interesting perspective.

Thanks again, and don't be a stranger
Posted by jinglicious]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:35:33 -0700 The Stranger Pearl Jam.
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Posted by Maggie]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:27:30 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Brian Cook]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:24:23 -0700 The Stranger
@12 - You make a good point,and I totally agree with you about socially responsible placement. These folks still aren't making a living off of record sales alone.

@13 - Agreed. Ugh.
Posted by Manos]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:23:10 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Levislade]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:32:11 -0700 The Stranger
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with doing commercial work if the company is socially responsible and the product is ethical. People who do commercials for hummer and help encourage yuppies to fuck up the planet are jerks, though.
Posted by Kevin Erickson]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:37:25 -0700 The Stranger Posted by hooloovoo]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:03:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by beef]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:51:54 -0700 The Stranger
Bands that release their own records do.
Posted by Jeff]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:34:02 -0700 The Stranger
In the long run watering down the impact of music by allowing it to be used to sell soap does have an effect on its future value. I don't hate musicians for trying to get paid, but I don't think hip music in soap commercials is going to save the rock-star paycheck.

The bands trying to pretend they can write jingles and still have "cred" are pretty funny too.
Posted by flamingbanjo]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:10:51 -0700 The Stranger Posted by cosby]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:52:31 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Jenny from the Block]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:41:44 -0700 The Stranger
While I do think it's a sad thing to hear a favorite song being cashed in on (and while I think Black Eyes Peas can't sell out when all their music is good for is commercials), this is sometimes just the way of things.

What I'd really love to see is ad agencies taking interest in an artist's body of work and commission new pieces of music for their advertising. That way, our beloved mixtape songs aren't sullied, the artist still gets paid at the end of the day, and the superfans can go hunting for the secret music-for-advertising projects of his beloved act.
Posted by Manos]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:33:28 -0700 The Stranger Posted by idiot]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:49:07 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Nick]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:25:47 -0700 The Stranger
There/Their
Wear/Where

Poverty causes typos.
Posted by Jeff]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:53:38 -0700 The Stranger Get paid.
Why shouldn't musicians eat, pay rent and have health insurance?

Don't want to hear there song in McDonald's commercials? Try not ripping their entire discography from piratebay.

Until then, wear do I sign?
Posted by Jeff]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:52:03 -0700 The Stranger