http://www.stylewalker.net/2006/09/25/youtube-band-contest/ Music, Lifestyle, Science Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.stylewalker.net/2006/09/25/youtube-band-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-2639 The Waving Cat » Blog Archive » YouTube “Underground” Band Contest Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:04:20 +0000 http://www.stylewalker.net/2006/09/25/youtube-band-contest/#comment-2639 [...] I guess Thomas is right when he says: “No more casting shows on TV, this genre is now officially moving to the internet.” Poor TV guys. Another genre just slipped away. Apart from that (and the “underground” part),  I have to admit that I kind of like the idea of using platforms like YouTube for these kind of contests: It’s all opt-in, so nobody gets bothered who doesn’t want to watch it; It takes places directly where the community is; And it’s much more open to more bands than it could ever be on TV. [...] [...] I guess Thomas is right when he says: “No more casting shows on TV, this genre is now officially moving to the internet.” Poor TV guys. Another genre just slipped away. Apart from that (and the “underground” part),  I have to admit that I kind of like the idea of using platforms like YouTube for these kind of contests: It’s all opt-in, so nobody gets bothered who doesn’t want to watch it; It takes places directly where the community is; And it’s much more open to more bands than it could ever be on TV. [...]

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