Comments on: Amanda Palmer don’t need no stinkin’ label

By: Nancy Baym

Nancy Baym — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:22:56 +0000

Hi Ben –

Nice to see you here!

Right now this is all I’ve officially written on this:

http://www.onlinefandom.com/archives/creating-valued-relationships/

But Robert Burnett and I are slicking it up for a paper at ICA’s Affective Audiences preconference, so hopefully it’ll be out in a more citable form eventually.

By: Ben Light

Ben Light — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:11:58 +0000

I like the idea of the social-exchange relationship. Myself and a colleague (Gordon Fletcher) are writing up some stuff on our SingStar study at the moment and it struck me that there’s a kind of social-exchange going off at the ‘SingStar’ parties we engage with – someone provides the console/games/venue – others bring food and drink. This kind of emulates the more formal economic exchange in karaoke venues – you buy drinks/you get to sing. I’m being lazy here, but if you’ve published anything viz your social-exchange argument could you point me to it :O) Thanks, Ben.

By: Ben Lazar

Ben Lazar — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:57:17 +0000

It’s great that she’s doing what she’s doing, but without the major label support that Roadrunner gave to the Dresden Dolls, very few people know who she is, and what she’s doing now is simply not possible. There’s a major piece missing from articles like this, and that’s how are unknown artist without label (major or indie) support going to get their career to this kind of level.

By: Howlin' Hobbit

Howlin' Hobbit — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:05:39 +0000

I love Amanda Palmer but was very happy when someone finally pointed out one small chink in her armor.

http://youtube.com/?v=xHe2CcQVVHo

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:39:31 +0000

Brilliant — she might be the most accurate example of someone leveraging online fandom that I’ve come across. Still, she’s surely achieved this status though the usual channels of label etc. though surely?

By: Madeline Ashby

Madeline Ashby — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:29:15 +0000

I’m so glad to see you covering the Amanda Palmer phenomenon. And I really like your estimate of it — be true to to others, and they will be true to you.

By: adriana amaral

adriana amaral — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:33:47 +0000

Hi Nancy! I love amanda and the dresden dolls, saw them in boston in 2004 it was amazing! her new solo album is also very nice! i´ve been watching her blog and twitts and I think this campaign means that most of the labels doesn´t know how to use social media..