I’m doing my best to make an honest effort in terms of advertising my music, my blogs, and my site. This typically consists of daily updates, sending tweets, the occasional YouTube Video, etc. My MySpace page has really helped me along the way since I’m reaching close to 10,000 people when I post an update. However, my MySpace page also drives me insane with the amount of nonsense that I have to deal with; why do I get over 20 comments/messages/posts a day for some “shady” party on the other side of the world, or a “dj club night” poster the size of my screen? Even better, who are the 27 random people that they manage to fit on the advertisement behind all the obnoxious type?

The best ones are “ladies night” or “techno night” where they have 19 random girls and 5 thugged out guys giving the camera their best smirk and looking as if they have just conquered the world. First; who are you? Second; what makes you think by me seeing these random people that it will entice me to show up to your venue? If anything, it tells me “not” to go there because I’ll most likely find these people there giving me the same smirk.

I understand that promoters are trying to get paid and based on how many people they get thru the door effects how much money they will be taking home. I get it. But why do such a sleazy job of advertising? As of now, its photoshop gone wrong. Why do you need all of the people in the background? Is it to show that there is a guarantee of someone else being there outside of yourself? If its your club or if you’re the photographer, do you go and hang out with your friends and say “hey Bob, you wanna get in on this flyer I’m making for MySpace? It’s for a Toga party at a pub on Tuesday night and I need you and 8 others for the background. Make sure you have a god smirk ready.”

I don’t know, maybe it’s just not my scene.

-Rob

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