I'm not a happy bunny

Begin: Rant

I bidded for a job on Odesk a few days ago, got a speedy reply from the person who posted the job. Basically what it was for was a Social Networking Marketeer for a US music artist, I thought 'Great!' such a perfect job for me as it is where all my experience lies. I've worked with loads of bands on myspace and was part of an epic promotional campaign for www.musicfinity.com which took place on social networking sites.

So to cut a long story short, I was perfect, qualificationwise for what she needed. I could've made her massive.

So I got a reply and she said I was perfect for the post. Fabulous! She proceeded to ask me questions and I replied. I gave her a list of bands I have worked with. And here they are:

Nemo
Nicolai Prowse
The Upraw
Kairos
Crone
Mowglee
Into Flight (although not directly, through Pit Viper)
Fuck Buttons
The Alive

Good bands. Yes? Well I think so. Note MY band Fuck Buttons. Fab band. (http://www.myspace.com/fuckbuttonsmusic )

So I tell her about these bands, notice that she is Christian so go into all the Christian music stuff with the Ultimate Showcase and Kairos etc. Then all my skills and knowledge of the social networking scene, the people, what I've done, how I rock etc.

I get an email back. I was quite offended, she got the completely wrong idea of me.

" I see you're agnostic. How would you be able to confidently represent an artist who is totally not that? "

I then explained my interpretation of Agnostic, basically that I believe in a god but am open minded enough to not pigeonhole myself. Maybe I was a bit politer.

She also then told me that the copy for her site and things is written to reflect her, this means now cursing etc. Fair enough, I swear in my day to day life. However... I am a professional. I replied to that little quip like so:

"When it comes to my writing and promotion I am a professional. I know target markets and I know that yours is not one that I would target the same as a punk band. I have done enough market research on the music scene to know who likes what and what sort of people respond to certain wording and literacy."

I wouldn't swear in any of her copy, it's completely different to my fashion writing. It's the same as how I wouldn't swear in my writing where I describe grammar styles yet may do in my comedy writing. Target markets!

She then writes:

"No cursing, swearing, no black websites, no violence. After looking over the mySpace pages you've done, In all honesty, I would not feel comfortable having my name or my music associated, even indirectly, with a group called Fuck Buttons or bands that do songs like You Brought a Knife to a Gunfight. Please understand I am not judging either the musicians or the music -- it's simply not the kind of energy that I want, even inadvertently, associated with me or my music."

I got her to clarify "Black" websites, she meant the colour, thankfully. I also don't know which band has that song title but it's not exactly something I agree with or practice! And the name FuckButtons, fair enough a little obscene in the swearing sense but we are the most light hearted band out of the list.

Basically after I sent my email back she replied saying that we would not be the right fit for one another. As you can see I am annoyed. She is a good artist, fantastically, relaxing and melodic but her attitude to promotion is ridiculous.

Am I being weird here? I am totally out of line letting this annoy me?

I don't get it.

I can't believe that with all my experience that 'bad energy' is my downfall.

/rant

Where my musical alligences realy lie.

Some of you may find this quite sad but, I pay all the CDs onto the computer so I can make compilations. Great, right?

Well, todays driving music is a mix of Michael Buble (Jazzy Swing Music) John Barrowman (Captain Jack/Man of musicals singing songs from Musicals and being generally a bit wonderful) Michelle Branch (American singer/Song Writer) , 1 Carpenters song (Old school awesomeness) and 1 Kelly Clarkson Song (Won American Idol? Gorgeous voice.)

So no rock, no electro nothing that's really worth boasting about liking. This is why I'm different. I'm looking forward to listening to this CD.

Screw you all with the preconceptions of what is cool. I rock. I'll turn it up to 11 and sing my little heart out. Best way to start of the day!

Of course we now need a picture of The Captain. If only I could take Torchwood to work and just watch it instead of doing anything useful.

Alas I can't. This Cd is also taking a long time to burn and I think I'm going to be late. Hmm. Must find my sunglasses so i don't get blinded. Byesee all. x

Eerie sounds

I was walking from my car to work this morning and I could hear what sounded like children shouthing and laughing. It go louder and louder the closer I got to work but not once did I see anyone and it was hard to make out what was being said. No one was around and it was windy so perhaps it was the wind blowing through the trees but anyway it was very scary.

I love eerie stuff like that but when I was alone I was somewhat scared.

On a gaming note:

I got Sonic and the Secret Rings. Very hard. Wiimote is held sidways and you tilt backwards and forwards for speed. Then wiggle it around for various moves. I've only played an hour of it and it's tough getting used to it but it looks wonderful and is very very fast. Fabulous.

And Zoo Tycoon. I'm struggling with this, those damn animals are never happy I've completed the tutorials and now two of the Scenarios. Also tough and a bit dull. Tutorials are rubbish so I'm just getting the hang of it. Obviously graphics aren't wonderful because it's on the DS but gameplay isn't that bad but the interface in quite confusing. However I played for about two hours and wasn't bored. Sim games are addictive.

On a literary note:

From Blue to Black - Joel Lane. I'm 4 chapters in and I don't know quite what to think yet. The writing is very samey when talking about the music that the band are playing just using similar adjectives and similes to describe and it's starting to annoy me somewhat. Written in first person from the POV of Daivd the bass player of the band Triangle. He's sleeping with the vocalist Karl, hottness in that sense but I'm finding it hard work. I'll let you know what I think when I finish the book. Shouldn't judge it quite yet.

It seems similar to anyone writing about made up bands in a roleplay or fanfiction. I can read that online. A book is published, surely because it's a bit different than everything else. Obviously not. Maybe it's the abusive childhood of Karl's that reminds me of all the roleplayers that have Uke characters that have been abused and cry a lot. Fucking Emo.

And naturally we have to have the new social networking site of the year on this blog.

www.musicfinity.com

Market you band via the site.
It's free. Similar to sites like Myspace and Pure Volume but with tool designed especially for bands by Record Labels.