Archive for July, 2008
Rock The Net for Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality is the principle that preserves an open internet. It’s all about choice, freedom of expression and access to information. It’s also how many of us discover new music. But if big telecommunications and cable companies have their way, you may only be able to hear what they want you to hear.
That’s why net neutrality is so important to musicians, fans and the independent sector. Many of today’s most talented artists are demonstrating their support of an open Internet where all users can access the lawful content of their choice without corporate interference. Future of Music Coalition and Thirsty Ear Recordings have brought 15 top-notch acts together for the “Rock The Net: Musicians for Net Neutrality” CD.
Wilco, Bright Eyes, They Might Be Giants, Portastatic, Aimee Mann, Guster, Matthew Shipp, Palomar, The Wrens, DJ Spooky, BC Camplight, David Bazan, David Miller, Free Form Funky Freqs The Classic Brown and blink. have all donated an original track to the compilation.
FMC’s Rock The Net campaign was established to increase musicians awareness about the importance of net neutrality. Certain Telecommunications and Cable Companies would like to charge content providers higher fees for the faster loading of their sites, which could alter the way we access the web. The result would be an internet where those who couldn’t afford to- or didn’t want to- pay a toll would be stuck in the slow lane. This would be a tremendous blow to musicians, who depend on open internet for freedom of choice.
Why you shouldn’t run ads on your site…
I think Hypebot proved this point very effectively. They ran an anti-record label ad on a label website that has ads on its site:
http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/07/hypebot-infiltr.html
What really bothers me is that the labels would put ads on their sites. I know this is in a lot of blogs right now, but this has been going on for quite some time. Most of their artists’ sites also post ads.
Just know, we at Sunrise have always vowed to never run ads on our sites or those we make for our artists. No ads on our street teams or websites or mailing lists. None. Nada. Never.
New blog is up
If you haven’t noticed, we’ve put up our new Wordpress blog. It also serves as a sneak peek to how our new website is going to look. We’re still working on the website and getting the Wordpress templates in place to make it match this blog.
Hope you like the new look and feel of the site!
You can still access the old site here: http://www.sunrise-promotions.com/site
Take FanRising for a Test Drive
Our wonderful programmer, Nathan, has set up a Demo Site for our FanRising street team solution. You can check out the demo here.
“Water” Signs Publishing Deal
Ice Water Entertainment’s Korrenti “Water” Mayweather has signed a Producer/ Publishing agreement with Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and EMI. Read the full story. Ice Water Entertainment is a Sunrise client.