(antiMusic) Serj Tankian has a "crazy" idea to help save the planet. He told Billboard that he would like to skip touring and provide fans with virtual concerts instead. "I've had an idea for a long time, which might sound a little crazy, but I really want to look into holographic touring," Tankian told Billboard. "I think we could reduce our need to travel if we could project ourselves into meetings and concerts. We have the technology, and we're not using it right now." So you won't emit carbon but your fans will when they drive to these "virtual" concerts or meetings. He could simply help stop his carbon emitting fans from polluting by releasing a DVD instead. Just a thought.Keri Kelly of Alice Cooper's band dropped us a quick update about one of his other projects. Here ya go: The Saints Of The Underground CD will be available on Tuesday, April 22ND at all your Walmart, Best Buy music retailers (to name a few) as well as online giants iTunes, Amazon, etc. This project also features Lane(Warrant), Bobby Blotzer(Ratt) and Robbie Crane(Ratt).
Billboard.biz had an interesting article about the increase in "music sponsorship": North American-based companies will spend an estimated $1.04 billion to sponsor music venues, festivals, tours and concerts this year, a four percent increase from $1 billion in '07, according to research by Chicago-based IEG Sponsorship Report, which tracks sponsorship spending. read the full article
Portland, Oregon-based rustic pop/Americana outfit Amelia has supportive fans. Such supportive fans, that one fan in particular made music videos for all fourteen tracks on their forthcoming, third studio full-length, "A Long, Lovely List of Repairs". - more on this story
