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many scholarly analyses can be picked out of this, i swear
Lupercal:
Our Summer Ball at University is looking so dreary that people are seriously considering getting Rebecca Black in for the headline spot. The headline as of now is McFly. I mean an institution where the average age of people living and studying there is 21, and they give us a pre-teen girls dream band.
So what does the other $13k go towards?
Barmymoo:
I've just watched the video again and it kind of makes me nostalgic, but not for my own being-thirteen, for my brother's. He wouldn't have done anything half so tacky but he does/did have the kind of friends who would have been in a music video with him if he'd asked. (I didn't.)
Oh and also, this video is also an ARK auto-tuned song, but I quite like it. I guess Rebecca gets more views because she is so awful.
Jeez. The other videos are much more interesting than Friday. For example, this girl wants to be an ordinary pop star. Well, sorry honey, you are not any kind of pop star.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Jace on 14 Mar 2011, 06:29 ---Okay well if he was just sitting in his room recording Elliot Smith covers, instead of shitty pop, most of the internet (these parts) would be all over how good he is.
--- End quote ---
I think I'm doing something wrong here, where's my diehard internet love
Jimor:
Just speculating, but the way these things usually go is first there's the initial "signing". That's probably where the $5k number comes from. They might do a demo song for that, or it might be extra. The music video is what will kick the total up to $20,000 pretty easily, particularly since they're doing it all in LA, and while they aren't very imaginative, they do have pretty decent production values. A scam like this relies on always having a next level to go to. A full album is a likely product they sell as well.
The problem they face now is The Producers dilemma. As long as all these kids were mired in obscurity the company could milk their parents for quite a lot with "success" always right around the corner. Now that they have all this attention, people will be looking for the kinds of results I don't think they can deliver. Their out is probably that the contract has a really horrible management clause that gives the producers money even if these kids sign elsewhere.
Which is what they should do if their parents have any clue whatsoever. The psychology of scams like this really put a focus on loyalty, and any wavering or defection is usually met with some pretty nasty attacks as a way of both rallying those who stay with the company, as well as make them afraid to seek out alternatives.
Elizzybeth:
Am I crazy in thinking that $20,000 is actually a very reasonable figure? I mean, that's only about what parents pay for a year of art school (or dance school or whatever), and having the experience of being in one of these videos is probably as valuable. And even if the videos hadn't blown up/gone viral, having a high production value video that you can show people is better than a bunch of headshots.
It's still crazy to me that parents have that kind of money to just drop on this sort of thing, but... if they do, why not?
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