The majors are peeking into the 21st Century...(via The NY Post)
...the record industry, for the first time, will hold upfront presentations next week before an audience that will include executives from many of corporate America's largest companies.
Executives from all five of the major music companies will present albums and new artists that they plan to release over the next 12-18 months, to attract branding deals from major corporations...
Don't quote me because the thoughts are still swirling in my head but the music business is dead. Long live the entertainment industry! Artist's are already getting paid for product placement in songs...everyday a band member asks me if I can help them get in the movies...yeah, the music business that I started in is dead, and you that may not be a bad thing...
G-Man bought up an interesting point:
Turn on any rap, urban or hip hop station and you can start counting the product mentions in the lyrics, some paid-for, some just happenstance. In the electronic-pop field, I have done it myself. On my "Electro Bop" album are songs such as "Paranormal Radio" (which begins as a documentary about American Technology Corporation's HyperSonic Sound system), "Sheena Sez" (about talk radio host Sheena Metal), and "Check the Tech" (about the joys of watching the TechTV channel).
Has this advertainment hurt acceptance of the album? Not that I've noticed. Many e-mails from around the world cite "Paranormal Radio" as their favorite track. Not one person has complained about the ad messages, I assume because the audience for my dance-oriented music is pleased to receive information about technology and a far-out rock-talk jock such as Ms. Metal.
So the latest Corvette Ad was pulled after leaders of seven auto safety groups wrote Tuesday to GM chairman Rick Wagoner to protest the television spot, saying it sent a dangerous message.
