NO MUFF TOO TOUGH

Genuflections at this time of the resurection my brothers and sisters,

(see how I am really getting into this thing about saying hello in a really posh way)

In this little missive I bring you two thoughts.

First of all if you are able to see the picture you will already know that I am really impressed by this womans brilliant adoption of inuendo and sleaze in the noble cause of selling T-Shirts. This is marketing genius and it almost makes me want to buy one of her shirts. If you can't see it here is the link;

http://www.bodyasbillboard.com/

The second and more music thought is one that has come to me the more I delve into the inner recesses of the blogosphere. It is this:

What a huge morass of sad and weird people there are with access to the Internet.

(AM I ONE OF THEM?)

Now, I know that porn was the foundation of this information super highway but I thought that by now there would be more than just pimps, wimps and pervs online but if you look at the blogs that are out there I doubt it.

There are tons of them that have not been updated since aboout 1994 - look up Melanie Griffiths blog if you don't believe me. Then there are the mentally subnormal ones like Perez Hilton. Somewhere inbetween though lies the truth of the blogsphere. It seems to be populated by a million cooks, whingers and shit musicians who are trying to flog MP3's by pretending they are going to donate to the latest charity. BULLSHIT THEY ARE!

So now you know.

If you are at all discerning you will filter out the insane quite easily but triping through the fields of average ability bloggers such as myself is nigh on impossible. It's rather like being in a pub and chatting to a nice guy at the bar. Its great for a few minutes but then you want to get back to your mates in case he mentions that he is a member of the local chapter of Slavers for England.

Sometimes its best not to know who is out there. Just in case.

It is safer and it is certainly better for your mental health.

I suggest that as your first step on the road to mental health you only read blogs that have typo's in but who do not write the first person singular as "i". These people are lazy and will probably come to your house demanding free board and lodging the next time you post a comment.

Adieu

RCA COLUMBIA - COMPUTERISED HELL

Incantations of Despair my afficionados

This has just appeared in my world and its a warning shot across the bows for all those pirates and buccanners that are trying to forge new empires in the wastelands of musical creativity.

Here is an exerpt from a "Blog" I just read on Vox.com



"SonyBMG Music Entertainment UK has just announced that starting April 2nd 2007 it will no longer accept demos from new artists on physical formats such as CDs for consideration by the company’s Columbia Records or RCA Records labels.

In fact, the only way RCA and Columbia Records UK will accept new music or demo submissions is via Vox! How cool is that?

We think it’s very cool to see entertainment companies embracing the multimedia aspect of blogs, and the way that Columbia and RCA UK are embracing Vox is exceptional. They explained it like this:


“We don't want demo CD's anymore, that's what part of this is about. It takes ages for you to do, they get lost and it's a waste of plastic. Register your blog and be part of our on-line community. You will be directly connected to us and everyone else who's in the community. That's the other reason for this, the artist community being closer to the labels they want to be involved with.”


WHAT THE HELL IS THAT APART FROM A COP OUT CHICKEN SHIT EXCUSE FOR A LABEL?

Oh what a great scam! Now we have a major that can't be bothered to go out and look for decent bands. It looks like the perfect way to keep the mystique going and hide behind a screen of green pseudo pretence without ever needing to employ another A&R guy again. No Artist and synthetic repotoire for all! Can't wait. 

Cd's aren't ever going to get anyone signed to a major - except by idiots like us in the indie world. We love music for its own sake and if the Majors want to get some credibility back they need to listen to music in all forms. CD, Live, MP3 or even in sheet form. They need to work at the front lines and not in an office somewhere.

It is just too important to leave to some computerised scanning machine to filter which is what this will mean before long.

Welcome to the machine age of creativity people!.