Motley Who?

[jackofallgeeks]

Motley Crue and Def Leppard release new singles Via
Video Games this month. It's a really interesting idea, and I think I
really like it if I'm reading it right. Def Leppard and Motley Crue have
new singles that they're putting out, and they're releasing them onto the
popular rhythm games Guitar Hero III (Def Leppard) and Rock Band (Motley
Crue). Now, as the article at Ars Technica notes, these bands are fairly
well past their prime and probably have little to lose, though I'll not that
by selling the game expansions at the same price as an iTunes purchace they
aren't really risking much of anything at all. What they ARE getting is
exposure to two or three subsets of society that probably wouldn't have
thought twice about them three weeks ago (I didn't even know they were still
MAKING music, let alone selling any). The thing is, also noted in the
article, having your song in one of these games is already shown to boosts
sales. If people are smart, they'll figure out that artists should probably
be PAYING to have their songs in the game, not charging for it.