Comments on: 360 Deals: The Musical Merry-Go-Round

By: Is Playing Music on the Radio A Form of Piracy? | Medialoper

Is Playing Music on the Radio A Form of Piracy? | Medialoper — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:14:00 +0000

[...] You know why? Because being played on the radio is universally recognized as a good thing. You know why? Because it means that more people are hearing their music. Which almost always translates into more sales. Even now. Just ask Paramore. [...]

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Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:19:35 +0000

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By: The (Bi-)Weekly ‘Loper - November 18, 2007 | Medialoper

The (Bi-)Weekly ‘Loper - November 18, 2007 | Medialoper — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:21:26 +0000

[...] 360 Deals: The Musical Merry-Go-Round – The music industry finds newer and deeper ways to screw up-and-coming artists who are willing to gamble on losing their long-term viability for some short-term success. Unless, of course, I’m wrong and Paramore is the biggest band of 2012. [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:14:00 +0000

Oh, one more thing:

You get the idea that they got their name because somebody else had already copyrighted “Paramour” . . .

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:12:33 +0000

FWIW,

Paramore — essentially emo with a twist: a girl is singing! — has been played extensively on KROQ here in L.A., and I assume like-minded stations across the country.

And they are getting the full promotional benefit — in studio appearances, slots on the seasonal multi-artist shows, etc.

FWIW, the album got up to #15 on the Billboard charts and is currently hovering in the low 50s, just ahead of Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake both of whom charted at #1 and have been on the charts longer — Timberlake for over a year now.

So, right now, to the band, I’m sure the deal feels very much worth it.

The question is, of course, what happens when they wake up in three years with the next album going nowhere and the manufactured audience gone gone gone.