Shilling for your Corporate over-lords
Age old question - selling out - or buying in?
The Top music used in Advertisements of 2006.
My cynical side says people who claim they'd never sell their music to commerical use are people who have never seen a check made out in their name with more than 3 zeros on it.
Then again - there's always an exception.
Of particular interest to me - #2 on the list
2. Can You Hear Them Now? 2006 was the year for music in cell phone commercials. The reason: every cellphone carrier introduced new cell phones this past year capable of downloading and playing music. There were so many different cellphone commercials in 2006 featuring music, we couldn't possibly list them all here. The diverse group of artists lending songs to the ads included: The Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Nelly Furtado, Christina Aguleria, Jamiroquai, Shakira, Sean Paul, Persephone's Bees, John Legend, The Icicles, Keith Urban, Paola, Hooverphonic, Urban Delights, Foreigner, Death From Above 1979, Lady Sovereign and last, but certainly not least, Goldfrapp.
To be clear - the artists didn't LEND their music. They licensed it. Important distinction.
Anyway - to each his own.
I play solo bass so it's highly doubtful I'll ever have to grapple with questions of "selling out".
Or buying in.
;-)