http://www.musicspazz.com/marketing/spazzcast-4-doby-watson-the-social-media-non-marketer Everything DIY music business and technology. Musicians, sit down and take notes. Wed, 19 May 2010 15:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.musicspazz.com/marketing/spazzcast-4-doby-watson-the-social-media-non-marketer/comment-page-1#comment-66 Aaron Harlow Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:47:44 +0000 http://www.musicspazz.com/?p=374#comment-66 Austin - good thoughts. It definitely can be done in a pushy way, which is disconcerting, I agree. However, the majority of people are lazy and want "the good stuff" hand fed to them, they aren't willing to work to find it. If you're making music for yourself, then by all means, stay in living rooms with your guitar. If you want to dedicate enough time to your art that you don't have time for a job, then you are going to either have to come into some money or sell your art. Selling your art requires, at least, some compromise. I believe you can make yourself available for those who care without whoring yourself out to the digital man. Austin – good thoughts. It definitely can be done in a pushy way, which is disconcerting, I agree. However, the majority of people are lazy and want “the good stuff” hand fed to them, they aren’t willing to work to find it. If you’re making music for yourself, then by all means, stay in living rooms with your guitar. If you want to dedicate enough time to your art that you don’t have time for a job, then you are going to either have to come into some money or sell your art. Selling your art requires, at least, some compromise. I believe you can make yourself available for those who care without whoring yourself out to the digital man.

]]> http://www.musicspazz.com/marketing/spazzcast-4-doby-watson-the-social-media-non-marketer/comment-page-1#comment-65 austin swearengin Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:52:18 +0000 http://www.musicspazz.com/?p=374#comment-65 i don't think he should have to use any social media. If anything, that degrades my perception of the quality of the type of work he is making. I am glad to hear someone who actually respects himself as an artist, and not as a mere entertainer, exploited for the sake of others. If music was looked at, more like visual arts, it is taken as a grain of salt, those who love it, will listen, and those who don't will walk past. You don't need to shove yourself in peoples faces, it gets annoying. i don’t think he should have to use any social media. If anything, that degrades my perception of the quality of the type of work he is making. I am glad to hear someone who actually respects himself as an artist, and not as a mere entertainer, exploited for the sake of others. If music was looked at, more like visual arts, it is taken as a grain of salt, those who love it, will listen, and those who don’t will walk past. You don’t need to shove yourself in peoples faces, it gets annoying.

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