The independent label community has been slamming MySpace Music for not offering them an equity share like the major labels have. But about a week ago, I noticed that some of the loudest critics are still
updating their MySpace pages and wrote about it.
A reader called me on it using a this analogy:
"i’ve had sex with girls i didn’t
like. it’s not that wrong to update your myspace and still be unhappy
with the operation. it may seem like a passive aggressive approach, but
sometimes people keep a profile active in a service to continue
promoting their band…regardless of how self serving the platform has
become. it’s hard to deny the strong presence of myspace….it reminds me of ex-girlfriends i had that
were so hot i couldn’t stop sleeping with them even after i broke up
with them because they were so scandalous. it was hard to leave"
That’s a great
analogy. But the complaing labels that are continuing to have sex with their
ex-girlfriend (MySpace) are screwing themselves out of the best part – the
orgasm ($$$’s) – by not signing the deal that MySpace is offering them.
I can’t convince myself that’s smart… – Bruce Houghton
