So who ARE that insufferable indie couple in the new Hyundai TV ads?

his is my cousin and his wife

― plax (ico), Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they are v strong ppl bc some terrible things have happened to them over the last couple years i wont go into here so i doubt they really care abt internet backlash

― plax (ico), Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

completely missed that

lol

http://blog.omusicawards.com/2013/05/pomplamooses-jack-conte-launches-crowdfunding-startup/

Patreon — which is set to launch on May 7 — was born out of Conte’s belief that there are some inherent problems with the way YouTubers get paid and how they fund their projects. According the musician, ad revenue doesn’t really amount to too much for YouTubers who don’t have scads of subscribers, and raising cash on Kickstarter doesn’t really work either because they’re not looking to fund a huge project — they’re just aiming to keep creating.

“I just feel like there’s something broken there and there should be a way that someone with 10,000 readers or viewers can be making more money and make a living on what they’re doing,” Conte says.

In an effort to solve this issue, Conte teamed up with his old college roommate, developer Sam Yam, to bootstrap together a new kind of platform that echoes the role of patrons of old.

Patreon works thusly: When you sign up for the service, you will be able to become a patron of a particular artist — for example, Conte himself. Instead of pledging money to a single project — or subscribing to the service on a monthly basis — you pledge to give, say, one dollar to Conte for each video he uploads. The artist then rewards his/her patrons for how much they give. In Conte’s case, if you give $1 per video, you get access to a special stream with Conte where he gives tutorials and whatnot. If you give $5 or more, you get the stream, as well as a monthly Google hangout during which Conte will perform and answer questions. No matter how much you give, however, the initial content will not be exclusive — anyone can watch/read/listen to it.

“The point of this whole thing is that it’s not exclusive,” Conte stresses. “The idea is basically that content is free and we almost have to act as if recorded media isn’t around anymore. Before recorded media was around, how did artists make money? They had these wealthy patrons — the Medici family and Pope Julius. I feel like it can still work that way. Especially now that you can diffuse the patronage over the crowd, instead of it just being one wealthy person.” Patreon, in turn, takes 5% of money given to artists for operational expenses.

At launch, the site will feature a limited number of artists with more being added as the days wear on. (Conte says artists will be handpicked from submissions for the time being.) Conte himself will have an offer up on the site to promote his new EP, which will be free at launch on his page.

doesn't sound like a terrible idea tbh

doesn't sound so great, either.....
what about artists who are good at making music/videos but are crap at tutorials/whatnot/q&a?
more importantly, what about consumers who enjoy music/videos but could give a rats about tutorials/hangouts/whatnot?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm3ZEMQf98k#t=46

baldness and other incurable diseases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIRiVk32Ak
"me niether."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7X8ZnmLfM0

whiney, your nightmares called, they've started a crowdfunding thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K_5qPLJIoY

NOOOOOOOOPE

playretro!5 hours ago

This is simply legend ..... wait for it ....... dary !!!
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Omg of course Smooth McGroove is on the front page of Patreon...barff

"Whoooo!!! Who's the ugly bald guy who can't rap at the end?"

that "cut the rap" bit reminds me of tynan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lemr4jykSI

yay, we're white and affluent!

what the hell was on the record? was he storing them in sawdust?

This happened:
http://boingboing.net/2014/04/15/pomplamooses-i-feel-good.html

can't say I think much of that. And I like some of their covers.

Just found Pomplamoose is coming to the Beachland in Cleveland on Sept. 19. The temptation to go ironically is great.

An odd comparison just came to me: the deconstructed synth-pop covers with deadpan female vocals thing that Pomplamoose traffic in reminded me of Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyHkXpA9Z2o

I'm not sure why I like their stuff and find Pomplamoose so incredibly irritating, though.

sup y'all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7VEutmO6cY

it's all been leading up to this

No matter how much time and effort they put into their videos they still have no charisma at all.

I don't know why all music videos don't end with two minutes of the artists just straight-up talking into the camera thanking people and plugging their tour dates.

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1648861_o.gif

Looks like a few of you have a case of the hyundais

http://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz

aw, cmon
http://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz

https://gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz

http://share.gifyoutube.com/A2m9rz.gif

worth it imo

just a sprinkling of anaconda

bold new direction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDXzZ1Gc2I

everyone eventually ends up at krautrock once they completely run out of other ideas

is this supposed to be their statement on gamergate or something

Honestly, I like this band.

*backs away slowly*

*Kicks Eyeball Kicks in eyeball*

While I don't exactly *like* them, in the sense that I never find myself actively wanting to listen to them other than in the context of "what the fuck are they up to this time," they are kind of ingenious. I can't help but admire them a little in spite of all their insufferability.

I mean honestly if everything they did wasn't so completely consumed by forced, painful smirkiness, they could be good imo.

She has a certain way of looking at the camera which is unaccountably irritating. Without that, they'd just be innocuous.

Actually I find the guy's goofball antics to be even more annoying. But those 'tudes bleed a little into the music too.

They actually remind me a lot of this, which I like

http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/pop-candy/2010/03/08/birdx-large.jpg

They still have this giddy freshmen staying up too late in the dorm lounge thing that I wish they would grow out of. I really think musically they are amazing at times, and very clever with their videos and such.

oh heh, guess we discussed B&B multiple times upthread, including me specifically discussing how I did NOT like that record at the time. Memory is frail.

*Kicks Eyeball Kicks in eyeball*

I mean, it's not like I would buy their records, but over the years I've grown to look forward to this thread getting bumped. I find them irritating in many ways, but it's a very pleasant form of irritation.

I like the music he makes in that video, but she is as irritating as ever.

These two make the current wave of indietronica (i.e. "Hip™ for basics") being discussed in the "high-selling singles" thread seem gritty and likable and REAL

when they weren't twee-ifying r&b, they weren't bad live