Can Fallon Do Digital?

So today Fallon launched an app called Skimmer. It seems to be a slimmed down version of FriendFeed. It launched and then it promptly crashed. What's the html tag for schadenfreude?

No, that's a cheap jibe. As you will see from my twitter conversation with a few people I think it's genuinely good that Fallon are doing this. The sooner everyone realises that there is no digital vs traditional the better off we will all be. I know it won't make blogs as interesting but I am sure we can all find something else to argue about.

How much would you give me for Cheryl Cole?

So the record companies have pulled music videos from YouTube. I think anyone with half a brain knows that if you want to get free music now you can and YouTube can make or break a star so it seems a little bit silly, but whatever. For me the more interesting question is why record companies think the deserve to get paid what they did before the internet.

I have often wondered why somone like Robbie Williams or Noel Gallagher, or the most annoying one from Girls Aloud feel like they deserve millions of pounds for singing a song. Probably they never dreamed they would but they got lucky and had a good manager and so if you did before, why not now?

There is nothing to suggest that these people are the 'best' at their jobs. There are better singers than Robbie, better guitarists than Noel and better karaoke singers than Cheryl Cole. The record companies seem to think that because they were able to charge 10 quid for a product that everyone knows cost about 10p to produce that they still should be able to. But the internet has changed that. 

Peoples notions of delivery and usage have clearly changed but I don't think people realise that this means there is just not the money about in music anymore. Is that so bad? (same could be said for the Automotive Indsutry)

What's a decent wage for a singer? Someone who works hard and is good at their job, actually enjoys their job. Why should it be 1 million pa. Surely 100k would be ok? No? 

Oh and just in case you were in any doubt about how passionate YouTubers are about music check out this amazing film that makes a track out of YouTube samples