New rule

Here’s the deal… every fucking musical artist in existence needs to have the following information easily available on either their MySpace page or website (or, ideally, both):

  • Label contact – what label(s) they’re on and how to find them.
  • Press contact – who to contact for band interviews / reviews / photos / press.
  • Tour publicity / Booking- who’s promoting their tour and how to get ahold of them for shows, tour, press, etc.

I swear to God, some artists know what the fuck they’re doing, and it seems like others just don’t care. The Briefs have FOUR ways to contact them online, as well as an honest-to-Jebus mailing address. The Fratellis are one of the hottest acts in the country right now, and you can’t even figure out what fucking record label they’re on from their website, much less get ahold of them for anything directly.

And don’t talk to me about forums. I know most bands have links to forums off their sites, where fans can interact with other fans. To hell with that. I have no desire to go through some sort of registration, and posting to what I hope is the proper segment of the forum to find out this info, only to get a series of responses along the lines of “2 bad lol!!!!11”

All I want to do is set up an interview with the Fratellis before their show with BMRC here in Lawrence in May. It took about half an hour of hardcore Googling to discover that the Fratellis had signed to William Morris. You go to William Morris’ site, and they have three seperate offices in the states, as well as a London office. There is no way in hell I’m making an overseas call just to set up a short little interview.

Maybe it comes with paying dues. If you’ve been around a good long while, you realize the importance of press, be it large or small, good or bad. Starting out with hardly anyone knowing who you are or even caring if they do leads to wanting to get your name out there as much as possible – especially if there’s a climb involved. When every paper in the country is dropping your name, and your song’s in the heads of every iPod owner and television viewer in the country weeks before your album drops… well, an interview with some late twentysomething with delusions of grandeur probably doesn’t rank that high on your list of priorities.

3-2-1 Contact theme

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