Well, now that the hangovers have subsided, the pressure to do a best-of list has evaporated into too-late apathy, and I’ve finally moved all of my stuff into a new apartment, it’s time to let you know what our resolution for 2008 is here at Resonator. As the Recording Industry Association of America becomes more and more Draconian, we have made the decision to not cover, in any way, any artist that RIAA Radar has slapped a warning label on.
Since we’re obvious supporters of reform, casting our own New Year’s Resolution, we will use the data for the most recent release of an artist to determine if they are safe or not. We’re not going to punish people who have reformed and are on better labels or going the road themselves, even if they were on the worst of the big boys before.
Our reasons for doing this are many, but the overriding factor is that we believe that the only way to prove, once and for all, that blog and music site coverage is actually a boon to an artist rather than a hindrance is to take that coverage away. We invite and support all other sites to do the same this year, to take away the free marketing and advertising for which we are scolded, threatened, and even sued and fined. If you’re going to join us, drop us a line in the comments and we’ll make sure to add you to our blog roll of RIAA-free sites.
Here is to a New Year and to supporting those artists and labels who are operating outside of the RIAA. May it be the best year for music yet!
I’m definitely going to think about doing this too. Just not sure about how accurate it is..
cool cool.
good call :)