A Gen-Y Rock Star is the offspring of the DIY musicians. Taking punk rock ethos, great ideas, tomorrow's artistic vision and the power of the internet to facilitate a the modern day's rock star lifestlye.
Gen-Y Rock Stars know that a record deal is a dead end.
Gen-Y Rock Stars know that record sales are no longer the statistics that matter.
Gen-Y Rock Stars are new media marketers first, musicians second.
Gen-Y Rock Stars were brought up on Myspace for music discovery.
Gen-Y Rock Stars carry laptops right next to microphones, and cameras next to guitar picks.
Gen-Y Rock Stars know online playlists are more important that offline payola.
Gen-Y Rock Stars read TechCrunch over Rolling Stone and Mashable over Spin.
Gen-Y Rock Stars are building careers AND community.
Welcome to the next generation of musicians.
This site is geared towards THAT musician. The indie rocker with more YouTube videos than recorded songs. The band in the van with no album but thousands of streaming fans on UStream. The rapper recording songs and podcasting them on iTunes every night.
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-Greg Rollett
