I understand where you're all coming from, but I just see it from a different perspective. If I were famous, and loaded, I wouldn't want to receive 'free' products. I'd want to support a business I was so close to, even if I was already advertising for them - I think of it like downloading music illegally. You love a band, your favorite band. You don't want to illegally download their music, you buy the CD, or you pay for a download, right? So if you really loved a cymbal, stick, or drum company, why would you accept free products, when you'd be using the product anyway?
Maybe I am looking at it the wrong way... But that's just the way I've always felt about it.
I don't see how endorsements can be described as, "slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress." That is, unless you are referring to the derogatory use of the word, in which case the title of this thread is very offensive...
Please... No negative, pig-headed responses.
Generally, people will pimp out anything they get paid for. It's sad sometimes but it's a reality of the capitalist system.
I hope everyone knows me well enough by now to know (buy Ludwig) that I'm not a shill (Sabian is best) and that I don't go around mentioning my endorsements (Evans) unless it comes up in conversation (Vic Firth) or is otherwise pertinent to the topic of a thread (Taye RhythmTech Impact!)
I don't see how endorsements can be described as, "slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress." That is, unless you are referring to the derogatory use of the word, in which case the title of this thread is very offensive...
Did it occur to you, that the increase in production volume aligned to increase in sales from marketing activities is one reason why gear prices are cheaper?Did it ever occur to anyone, that these guys getting free rides are the reason cymbals and other equipment are so un-godly expensive?
Perhaps I'm pigheaded but I wasn't aware anyone really cared about endorsements (regardless of product) other than the Endorsee, Endorser and the 8-17 year old kid looking at the advertisement.
Why are they giving him, and guys of similar fame, free cymbals? And it isn't just cymbal companies. Drums, sticks, whatever. They all do this.
Did it ever occur to anyone, that these guys getting free rides are the reason cymbals and other equipment are so un-godly expensive?
I understand where you're all coming from, but I just see it from a different perspective. If I were famous, and loaded, I wouldn't want to receive 'free' products. I'd want to support a business I was so close to, even if I was already advertising for them - I think of it like downloading music illegally. You love a band, your favorite band. You don't want to illegally download their music, you buy the CD, or you pay for a download, right? So if you really loved a cymbal, stick, or drum company, why would you accept free products, when you'd be using the product anyway?
Maybe I am looking at it the wrong way... But that's just the way I've always felt about it.
That's another aspect of endorsements, deciding who's got cred and who's just a shill. I think everyone here can probably think of musicians who have integrity about what they use, as well as those who hop around from company to company and whose endorsements are essentially meaningless.
I hope everyone knows me well enough by now to know (buy Ludwig) that I'm not a shill (Sabian is best) and that I don't go around mentioning my endorsements (Evans) unless it comes up in conversation (Vic Firth) or is otherwise pertinent to the topic of a thread (Taye RhythmTech Impact!)
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