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Bum Rush The Charts - take over iTunes 3.22.07

bumrushthecharts.blogspot.com — On March 22, we ’re asking everyone to spare 99 cents to make a statement. We’re going to make an independent and podsafe artist #1 on iTunes. The effort, called Bum Rush the Charts, is designed to demonstrate to old media that podcasting has reach and more importantly, purchasing power.

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mesoed, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4A great track by a great band. Black Lab deserves all the attention they can get.
- rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -8/+28Bum Rush the Bury as Lame button instead.
- DatDudeWiggs, on 10/12/2007, -7/+11Yeah, and make someone else rich. . .hmmm. . .no.
- juanotejano, on 10/12/2007, -5/+29***** this... podcasts should be free.
- OnymousHero, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4Hmm, I didn't know there was 22nd month...
  
  Anyway, ***** DRM, ***** Apple and ***** this artist trying to make a quick buck from Digg
- shertzerj, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@onymoushero: Not all countries use a DD/MM/YY format.
- iheartartoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2@ onymoushero:
  
  Or a third month?
  Standard date and time FTW!
- ipodsweatshop, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Anything to do with iTunes is bad for musicians, it helps the RIAA and is the world's #1 DRM outlet.
  
  Try this instead: Help a band, boycott iTunes.
- Chairmclee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How about you guys actually read the ***** article and see that they are donating the money to college scholarships. Don't insult what you don't know.
ucradio, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4Great idea. I'm in.
Lifespring, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4Great idea! Let's make it happen.
danimal0416, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6I'm in. Let's do this for podcasting, for independent artists, and for college students!
- wtsteamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@danimal0416: I agree
  
  @everybody else that is complaining about this digg post:
  
  Some people are only "assuming" certain things and not reading the entire focus and message of this mission. The band hasn't generated this drive... this was done independently by Chris Penn at the Financial Aid Podcast. His sincerity is true and he is also combining the efforts to help generate some extra money for college bound students.
  
  Where is the harm in this? It helps in several ways. And, face it people... iTunes is still a way for independent artists to circumvent traditional marketing suits/big labels/RIAA that take their money. Yes, there are fees taken by Apple -- but show me where you can market your materials through third party sources and NOT pay at least some type of fee for the right to do so. iTunes is a "vehicle".
  
  Don't use it if you don't want. But don't assume conspiracy just because somebody wanted to help a band and some college kids. And... nobody is "telling you what to buy." They're asking if you would like to help.
bjkrautk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41I'm confused....what exactly is this 'statement' we're supposed to make?

Aside from making some extra Cash for this one band, I'm afraid I'm not seeing the big picture.
I'm all in favor of supporting Podcasts....but I just don't see the point here.
- FearlessFreep, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Yeah, might as well do it for my music or something...
- PapaKin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Yeah I don't see the big picture here. All this is doing is benefiting one band.
- mrfreeziexp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21It's about... you know... bum rushing.
- Beakerz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'm confused as well - i don't really see the point in this. Except to send some kids to college which is a great thing btw. But besides that i dont see the reason...DRM support?
- macmcrae, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I have a better cause! On 2.20.07 everybody donate $1 to my paypal account at mofo@yoohoo.com. Stick it to the man! Make my poor ass rich as *****! My car payment is coming up bitches!
- joshua5, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4heres a better summary of the efforts taken from the site:
  
  "March 22nd you all have an assignment. An assignment to buy a specific track from iTunes both for a good cause AND to show the power and community of new media. Full details soon. You can be damn sure you’ll be hearing more about it from me on every channel I’ve got! I’m not going to allow people to write this one off and to forget about it. The inspiration is way to important to do that!" - C.C. Chapman, Accident Hash
  
  personally i'd just like to do it to stick it to the boardroom suits and show them the old ways are dead.
KicktheDonkey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Nice idea, but isn't it kind of defeating the purpose? I think the meat-heads at the label will be able to figure out that (alot of) people only bought this track because of some kind of "iTunes-bomb" (can I copyright that term?). You're hoping to prove to the label that this new 'medium' works, and that they should embrace it with open arms, by perpetrating a scam?

One last thing before I go. To quote an excellent digg comment I saw a couple of days ago: "Okay! But only cause you told me to."
- TheKidd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"iTunes bomb" cannot be copyrighted or Apple's lawyers will bum rush you....
- Zzone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I would have no problem buying this song if it didn't suck.
- broomett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Not only that...when the sales do not increase to any significant level even WITH this conscious effort, it will have just the OPPOSITE effect of what they re trying to accomplish.
clubmasta2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Hurray, national support DRM day
I would expect better from people who rea Digg
- PureHeretic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2i know right? seriously I'm against ***** like itunes
whalefarmerjohn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Yeah sure, "make a statement". More like "make my buddy some cash on Itunes"
gnomeh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24TIRED OF BEING A TOOL OF THE "SYSTEM" AND THE "MAN" ??
BE A TOOL FOR A US INSTEAD!!!
For the payment of just one iTunes song, you too can be a tool for us!
shuffle2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10this is freaking ridiculous. Support music by dropping iTunes. Use some open software, go out and see some bands you like; buy their music.
kikuchiyo11, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Smells like advertising to me. Why should I help this one band? I think they just want tracks purchased, and are using these "let's show old media" quips to try and sell it.

Treat me like an intelligent customer and I will consider buying your stuff. Treat me like a dolt and I won't ever give you a dime.
jlunski, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Isn't this similar to the whole gas boycott email thing? "Let's all not buy gas on one day of the year", boy will that show 'The Man' that we mean business...
shinelikeitdoes, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1I don't get why everyone would want to do this just to get Jupiter Blue on the charts? But they are a great band and I do agree "Anthem For The Jaded" is an amazing song!
PleaseBeSerious, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3If you are really serious you should buy two songs! That's...like...sticking it to the music industry twice!

Watch here and as soon as I get my band's song on iTunes....er I mean....find a worthy band I'll post it! Then you can bum rush the charts... AGAIN!
Frozenpython, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Kinda sounds like a ploy to make some music sales if you ask me. How about just give out the song for free if you really want to "put it to the MAN"...
brianbennett, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4...would be better if we were to purchase the track at eMusic or allofmp3.com instead of herding the sheep, as it were.
lillepalle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I think "why?" sums up what i have to say pretty neatly.
Willie0248, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0So... Demonstrate demand by creating an artificial demand?
rodzilla, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I smell Podshow
jshapiro, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Burried as Spam... someone is trying to make money off of digg... 99 cents at a time.
halosniper7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1wtf? im sorry, i cant believe someone would ask this.

podcast are great just as they are, free.
- mesoed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This isn't about paying for a podcast. It's about purchasing a song in iTunes.
tfarrenkopf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3How about we all just donate $0.99 to some designated charity and actually make a difference?

Or, you can show that you just want to "give it to the man" and guarantee that all profits will be donated to charity.

Otherwise, all we're really doing is giving a morning coffee to you and Apple.
wang1011, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2...and somehow this makes it to the front page
soviyet, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Bum Rush the Spam!

Luckily, this will never get legs and with any luck, this band will look like a bunch of idiots when it's all over.
macmcrae, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Great marketing scam.
calyx1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Buried as lame.
brycelb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0What statement does this make? I guess it would be a good marketing idea if it wasn't presented as some sort of charity play. Seems like a fairly underhanded play.
PragmaticSense, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2We should "Bum Rush" my PayPal account. Everybody send me a dollar and we'll show the man...
Brandondork, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1allofmp3 takes card again... same song 8 cents
tombomb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Or you can buy ***** that YOU like other then what somebody else TELLS you to buy.
- wtsteamer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2They're not "TELLING" you to buy anything. They're asking if you would like to help. Big difference. Plus, I guess you missed the whole "help the college kids" part?
Zaldor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I don't think you all understand... This isn't about PodShow, it's not about giving money to the artists (if you read the web site, the proceeds are actually going to a college fund), and it's not about giving money to iTunes/Apple... It's about showing the big record labels that podcasting can bring an artist to the top of the charts - without major label support. It's about showing the recording industry that podcasting can be effective marketing of a band... it's about showing the record label which dropped Black Lab what they lost out on. Power of podcasting!
- soviyet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Yeah, but for what purpose? Who cares about any of this?
  
  I'm glad this got buried. The whole idea of it just enrages me.
- Zaldor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3For what purpose? As I said, to draw attention to the fact that podcasting CAN make a difference
- soviyet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Yeah, I heard you the first time. Please tell me why I should give a ***** that "podcasting CAN make a difference".
- Zaldor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Why would you care? I guess you wouldn't if you're happy with corporate record labels, formulized bands, bad music, and not supporting independant music.
- rodzilla, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Top of what charts? the major labels don't give a rats ass about independent artists.
- soviyet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I'm an independent musician, and I don't see how "RRRARGH THE MAN" is going to help me any. This is just stupid. You don't need a spammy "let's get VIRAL" campaign to get people to stop supporting major label artists, the people have been doing that for 10 years already.
  
  Artificially pushing one artist I've never heard of to the top of the iTunes charts isn't going to impress anyone. Your idea is about as stupid as anything the big labels have come up with in the past decade.
- soviyet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Yeah, and sending emails to your friends to come in here and digg me down is just as useless.
- mesoed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't think this designed to turn people away from major label artists. The labels are doing a good enough job at doing this themselves. I think this is going to be more of an example people can point to about the power of new media, in all it's forms.
Oculus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I dug this just because there are some great comments in here.
billyvnilly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41)they are using an artist that was dropped by two record labels (are they sucky? or TOO good?)

2)by using the above link, you'll be using 'financial aid podcast' as an iTunes affiliate. This means they get some money when you buy the track. The good news is they are donating that money to a college scholarship.

Its an ok idea, but I don't think it will have the ripples that they intend it to have. I'll make a prediction that all it will do is get record labels wanting to sign the band, but they'll have no f*cking clue about why this band is really on the charts.
- soviyet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1What they don't understand is that these things gather momentum on their own. Its usually a result of a lot of people collectively (and unconsciously) riding along on a wave that no one in particular created.
  
  What they are trying to do is say "hey, let's make a wave and ride it to VICTORY!" Which never works. You can't artificially create these sorts of things. Just ask Sony and Walmart.
zointax, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1"Greetings, friend. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So use it. And send $1 to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay; eternal happiness is just a dollar away!"
tf2t, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I would be all for buying the music from the band's site with no DRM on the file. I think that would send more of a statement then buying DRM music from iTunes. Then again how could you track it in a way that the music industry would care.
blastus7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0If you want to "stick it to the man", don't buy anything. Giving the man money is what makes him happy.

I don't think the man cares about one indie artist.
jonnyfatman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0What, praytell, is this 22nd month you speak of?
- wtsteamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@jonnyfatman
  
  Okay... I've seen this kind of comment many times in this post. Do people really just get pleasure from commenting about something that would easily be dismissed as -- "Oh, this post came from the U.S." -- or "Oh, this post is from a country outside of the U.S."? If it is obvious that the person posting has used a date format not in your "standard" then accept that they have a standard different than yours. Why make derogatory comments toward it? It is very easy for me to discern the difference between different date formats. If the middle number is larger than an obvious month -- it is posted by a U.S. person. So what?
  
  From my limited involvement on Digg I've found that most Digg comments are just people that like to complain and make negative comments about what is posted. If they truly read through -- or used some decent logic or [not so] common-sense, they wouldn't even have to put anything in.
broomett, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What is funny is that when this FAILS miserably, it will prove just the OPPPOSITE of what you are trying to do. Becuae it will show that even when you make a conscious effort to focus all the purchasing power on ONE item, it still will not make any dent in sales.
- bugaloobob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ broomett
  
  Just let these guys try to do this instead of raining on their parade. And if this effort is not as good as they hope, well, hell, they tried and will do better next time. Someone's got to take the lead. Good for them.
DaveLaMorte, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This is a cool way to hijack itunes for a day.
mesoed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Comment from the band. This was most definitely not their idea, and they are donating half the sales to the scholarship fund.
http://www.pacificcoasthellway.com/podcasts/Paul%20Durham%20BRTC.mp3
whitesnow158, on 10/24/2007, -0/+0No doubt as a reaction to all the bad press he's been giving record labels, Universal/Interscope has relieved Trent Reznor of his contractual duties.
http://mp3away.com/letters-mp3-d/
http://mp3away.com/letters-mp3-e/
http://mp3away.com/letters-mp3-f/
http://mp3away.com/letters-mp3-g/
http://mp3away.com/letters-mp3-h/
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