the interesting thing about the article that rodney posted was that it
describes the process from the advertiser's decision to use a form of
music, not from the musician-being-used can o' worms.
eric, who doesn't bring anything up that he wouldn't debate
onnow: gerhard potuznik : concorde (cheap)
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999 Oscillate@aol.com wrote:
quoted 22 lines Thanks Robert for pointing that piece out...
>Thanks Robert for pointing that piece out...
>
>Not to get into the whole debate about artists 'selling out' by having their
>music used as beds for commercials. If the artist is okay about the usage
>and who is requesting use of their music (artists have to approve the usage),
>commercials are a way that an artist who may not sell loads of records can
>make money or recoup their account, which can kickstart or rejuvenate their
>careers.
>
>PW
>
>
>In a message dated 6/6/99 10:46:08 AM, rdperkins@earthlink.net writes:
>
><<Today's New York Times has a Simon Reynolds penned article entitled
>"Electronica Goes Straight to Ubiquity." It discusses the advertiser's trend
>of using electronic music.
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/artleisure/electronica-ads.html
>
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