Here's my second two-cents worth in conjunction with the World Congress on IT 2008 (WCIT 2008)in KL, May 19 - 21. Sellaband.com is revolutionizing the way artistes or music and singing talents become popular stars. Sellaband.com provides a platform to match aspiring singers with fans who are willing to bet on potential.
An aspiring artist puts his demo songs on the sellaband.com website and offer 5,000 "parts" for sale. Fans and artist and repertoire (A & R) wannabes shop on the site for songs they like. When they find something worthy, they invest in the artist by purchasing one or more parts, at USD10 each. Upon raising USD50,000, the artist is assigned an experienced A & R person and producer, and goes to the studio to record an album. Believers (the investors) get a limited edition of the CD.
Three songs are given FOC on sellaband.com website. The rest are downloadable at USD0.50. Believers, sellaband.com and the artist get portions of net profits from the downloads and from the advertising revenue.
The artist can also order his own CD at cost and sell it - Believers share USD2 per CD. Believers can also set up shop on sellaband.com, selling related products from their artistes. So, MCMC, who needs all those dumb copycat reality shows on local TV? Wake up, MCMC, the revolution has left you far behind.
MCMC, your website, www.skmm.gov.my, has not changed a bit after 10 years. That means you're 100 years behind the revolution. Your MyICMS 886 strategy, in its 14MB 2nd edition, clogs our creative networks. Your Networked Content Development Grant can be better used to open up our education system that continues to suppress creative innovation. Look, even RTM uses YouTube when it should be at the forefront of innovation in both delivery and content after being in existence for many decades. The minds in RTM are as old as those in MCMC, backward, stale, non-progressive.
It's not the broadband, stupid!
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