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There’s nothing like the moment when the lights go out, the audience roars, the shadowy figures appear on stage, and then there’s the opening note. Ah, there’s nothing like that euphoric concert.
Most bands have it, others don’t. Pearl Jam defiantly has it.
So, what makes them such a great band, to the point where people have separate bank accounts for Pearl Jam shows?
This is a guest post from Paul Fenlon, a gifted web developer, drummer, and friend of evolvor.com. Thanks Paul for this wonderful lil’ tool that will make browsing MySpace way less frustrating in the future!
If you’re anything like me, then you probably find yourself swearing at MySpace and the designers that pollute it. For the most part, MySpace pages are cluttered and media-rich, resulting in slow load times or maybe even a browser crash.
I don’t know about you, but the only reason I’m on MySpace is to keep track of bands and find out about new music. So, when I go to MySpace I really only need to see the music player.
We all love Rock Band and Guitar Hero, and for fans of acts like Aerosmith, Metallica, Van Halen and The Beatles, it doesn’t get much sweeter.
However, Pearl Jam are shaking up the format a bit.
Instead of fans being presented an already formatted package, the fans will actually be making their own Pearl Jam Rock Band.
While details are a bit foggy at this point, we do know a couple of things. The game will be released in 2010 and fans will be choosing the set-list!
It’s May, which can only mean one thing…a month long dedication to the Pearl Jam!
This year we’ve decided to have a little theme within our Pearl Jam love. That theme would be how Pearl Jam is one of the most fan friendly bands out there.
Since we started a little late this year, I’ll stop my yapping and get the ball rolling by talking about the Ten Club.
The Ten Club has pretty much been around to assist fans for almost the band’s entire career. While there have been changes, like mailing ticket orders to now doing it online, to flaws, like not really being updated on news, the Ten Club is still a great thing for the fans.
Digital music is not the future; it is the now, with record sales numbers for paid downloads and the continued rise of file sharing.
Musicians have tools at their disposal to create music at their keyboards and make it available online in seconds for fans to stream, purchase or download for free. The quality of the music in digital downloads is more important than ever where files can lose audio properties even after being added to a media player playlist. Is your music prepared for this digital world?
For those who aren’t too web savvy, do you know why Google blew up a few years back?
It was because of their pay-per-click ad service called AdWords and it makes them a f%$#load of money.
The service is based around businesses that target specific keywords and purchase links that run along the right hand side of search results, and they only pay when someone clicks on an ad.
This is good for businesses, because they don’t have to waste time on trying to sell to people who are not even slightly interested in their product.
It’s been too long since I’ve spent an afternoon in an actual record store. There’s something about it, besides nostalgia, that just feels good – wandering around to look at all the album artwork and inspect the grooves on the used vinyls before asking the dude up front if I can listen before I buy anything.
Whatever happened to those days?
Well, the fact that there is only one true record store within 120 miles of my house is a clue… and it’s not just because CDs became more popular. People just don’t want to find music that way anymore. It takes too much work. And now, as the primary method of music distribution shifts away from physical media altogether, they don’t have to.
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