territa wrote:What if a band's "official" website had the capability of letting its members upload their own videos, fuzzy or otherwise, for the enjoyment of other members?
Assuming this were possible, and being done with the band's blessing, I would think it would be a big draw for the band, as well as the website.
Well, given the limited constituency, it's hard to find fault with that. Only trouble is, whats to prevent someone transferring THESE to YOuTube?
On the "promo" argument put forward by DZM I have mixed feelings. For many years our record company/ies argued that Promo Videos were a useful marketing tool, but there is scant evidence they were correct. They were almost invariably costly (to us), time consuming (and usually on our only day off in weeks) and, when finished we had to batttle with various censors about their content before they could be shown on TV (particularly in the case of "Pair Of Brown Eyes" and "Fiesta"). With the exception perhaps of "Fairytale Of New York", they were all a massive waste of time and money and energy, and perhaps I only say that because I managed to escape that particul shoot.
There's something to be said - maybe - for the Radiators from Space making avaiable a TV clip or so, as it took 3 minutes to film and as long, I suppose, to upload. But the Radiators from Space are one of the world's great Mysteries, a druidic entity known only by The Few.
Scuse typing. Am in a wholly uncooperative interweb machine in Los Angeles Airport.
didn't know Rhino was going to release them) -my third purchase of each album, as I originally bought
