tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670579.post113968297573011307..comments2023-11-03T04:53:43.038-07:00Comments on slow motion radio station...: The State of the Nationhector23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748492969369984465noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670579.post-1139780124844049042006-02-12T13:35:00.000-08:002006-02-12T13:35:00.000-08:00As for the blogs that just crank out MP3s each day...As for the blogs that just crank out MP3s each day, with little commentary, I still read some of them. But I view them pretty much the same way I view new release lists at online shops, or any other informational commodity -- it's just a utilitatrian way to keep up with what's new. I don't go there for interesting ideas or discussion, unless your idea of discussion is "Great track! Thanks for sharing!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670579.post-1139768908516479632006-02-12T10:28:00.000-08:002006-02-12T10:28:00.000-08:00I think market forces have already started to prev...I think market forces have already started to prevail. I have stopped vistiting several sites that I feel might have been compromised, or just plain started to suck. <BR/><BR/>I think Gutterbreakz is probably the closest thing to a middle ground that is available for the kind of situation you are discribing. He takes promos but yet is adimant about championing a small scene that is anything but clogged with major players. <BR/><BR/>I do miss the variety that he used to be into. Through his brief histories of bands he introduced me to tons of great things. So I am not sure where that puts him on the continuum.<BR/><BR/>By the way its cool to have an online discussion that didn't immidiatly degenerate into a flame war. I tired of that at ILM and started a blog so that I could talk about music without engaging in personal attack.hector23https://www.blogger.com/profile/00748492969369984465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670579.post-1139698015262818972006-02-11T14:46:00.000-08:002006-02-11T14:46:00.000-08:00You make some very good points here.First, I shoul...You make some very good points here.<BR/><BR/>First, I should mention that it was Sherburne's post that inspired me. I had similar thoughts floating around in my head for a while, but I didn't really get them together until I read that post a few weeks back.<BR/><BR/>I really don't blame labels and publicists for going directly to bloggers. It's a tough industry and I'm absolutely certain I would be doing the same exact thing if I were in their place.<BR/><BR/>You are right, in that it's up to the bloggers to decide how they should handle the promos they receive. Sometimes I wonder if there should some kind of "No Promos" seal that bloggers can use. Perhaps we just need some transparency.<BR/><BR/>The media (and some bloggers) need to stop putting forth the collective myth that music blogging is just of bunch of fans writing about the music they are currently excited about. Those days are over. These people are getting music directly from labels. They are put on guest lists. They get free concert tickets. They are invited to listening parties. They are now part of the machine. It's often impossible to tell if they really like the music, or if they're posting because they think others might like it, and they just want to be the first to post about it. I guess my point is that, as a reader, you have no way anymore to tell how comprimised any given blogger might be. Maybe they're afraid of getting cut off from the freebie wagon. Maybe they just feel guilty if they don't post at least some of the stuff they get. Or maybe they need those promos to have enough material to post five times a day. My point is that you just don't know. As far as blogs go, as reader I want to read about someone's genuine music experience -- that's the value of music blogs for me, personally. <BR/><BR/>If bloggers start posting music they got from promos , eventually that pushes out indies with fewer resources and, once again, the companies with the most money win. Right back where we were before music blogs.<BR/><BR/>Maybe market forces will prevail and some bloggers will lose the trust of their readers. We can hope, but maybe that dream is just as idealistic as my own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com