Anti-Social-Media Trends

@jaymathesmusic: Is it possible? I think it is: the successful, anti-social-media band. Only time will tell. Consider this a prediction.”

So, I know this is probably going to come as a complete surprise to many of you… I have a very strong feeling about this, though, and because I have been accused at times of saying “I knew that was going to happen” well after the fact, I’ll say it here, right now.

A day is coming when the cool thing is nowhere found online. It only exists in a secret, old-fashioned, *actual* word-of-mouth world. I predict that one day in the not-so-distant future bands will “emerge” and become popular, not as a result of social networking websites, but as a result of anti-media. Does any band or artist dare to test the waters? I don’t think so. Not yet. But the one who figures out how to do this first will be the one who benefits the most (or at least gets the credit for implementing this “cutting edge” “marketing” strategy.

So how far in the future do I see this happening? We’re probably a ways off yet. I’d say you won’t hear about the first, best-kept-secret, off-media band/artist until 2024.

Have You Ever Wondered?

Have you ever wondered why, as a little kid in elementary school, everyone told you that you could save the environment by cutting the plastic rings on a 6-pack of soda? Yeah, it has always bothered me – even then – and I finally figured out why… So here was their rationale: cutting the rings meant that no bird or fish could get caught in one of the rings. And now I am asking you, right here, right now, why would this piece of plastic ever end up in a body of water where this sort of thing would even be possible!?!?!!?!??!?!?!?!? That’s right. I guess people back then were actually okay with our trash getting dumped in to oceans and lakes and rivers and streams. They must have figured that, at the very least, if they couldn’t prevent it, maybe they could try to minimize the damage(?). I don’t know. How Ridiculous!