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selling out is the new success.

It's all about the Benjamins.

Breaking News from the No ***** file...

And you're just now having this revelation?

in before "38 diggs and on the front page?!"

(not rickroll... you have my word...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBlqLIQ2ZMg

Ahhh Nuprin. Little, yellow, different.

"Suckers of Satan's *****." -Bill Hicks

The upcoming outrage by you MUSIC STEALERS wil be RICH. I look forward to your "holier than thou" attitudes. LOL

I'm pretty sure most normal bands are not going to be pitching Coca-Cola on stage anytime soon. The manufactured, commercial bands have been doing this for decades anyways.

It's funny to think that musicians should or do abide by some higher principle than making money and getting rich. It's as if they want to stay poor and keep playing in bars or something and turn down a lot of money. Pretty much everyone in their position would do the same thing.

Sign of the times. A decade ago, very few bands had the balls to sell out because they were afraid they'd lose their core fan base. Now days, selling out is an accepted and celebrated practice. I'm sure it does wonders for the short term checking accounts of bands, but it doesn't do anything in terms of making them classic or timeless bands.
And that's the new message: selling out is what it's all about, unfortunately.

It's nothing new in the Bluegrass world. Flatt and Scruggs promoted Martha White flower...and even wrote song about it (You bake right with Martha White). Now Rhonda Vincent does it for them. Her bus has a huge ad wrapped around it...and I believe M-White pay for the bus and the gas because of it.

I know it may rub some people the wrong way, but I honestly don't have a problem with it as long as the band really stands behind the product they're promoting. Making a living playing music is not an easy thing to do...especially with there being millions of bands out there that will play for free. It's just the nature of running a business.

My band drives a 15 passenger van and sleeps in ***** hotel rooms. You bet your ass I'd take a tour bus with a shower to promote a product that wasn't offensive or crappy.

Don't write a band off just because they have a business model and are trying to feed their families.

I don't see how signing to Coca-Cola is one bit different than signing to major label from a "selling out" point of view.

This has been happening slowly for about 10 years now. For example, Corona has sponsored Jimmy Buffett's concerts for years now, and he has his own label he releases his music on called Mailboat Records.

Sports stars do it all the time, it's not surprise our "indie" gods have followed suit.

They view it as a job. If you were offered a promotion doubling your salary at another more well known organization, would you take it?

What the late great comedian/philosopher Bill Hicks said about this issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv2qLOiioPc

How is corporate sponsorship new? Oh, and in case Bacardi is reading this, they are more than welcome to sponsor my Summer Keyboard Tour. I'll be sitting at my keyboard, pounding out web sites all summer long. Keep the rum flowing, guys!

How is this new? It's been happening for about oh... 40 years now!

Can I kill myself?

Corporate capitalism is totally awesome, you know?

poopy bands promoting mediocre products. yawn.

I boycott bands that do commercial work for product branding.

there is no soul in music thats written for corporate gain

I actually work in this business and frankly, Brand Integration is a kick ass job

RATM, we need you more than ever!!!!

Lame. Sellouts. ***** new music.

Woody Guthrie wrote jingles for products to make money.

If you know anything about him, you know he wasn't a corporate sellout.

I don't see NIN doing this. hehehe

The only 'new' thing about this is that bands are bypassing labels and going straight to brands/vice versa. The writing is on the wall for the music industry as it is now. You read the liner notes of any mildly successful band and you'll see a whole lot of sponsorship on the 'thanks' list. Without that those same bands have to work (i.e. in an office or factory) between tours.