Are you commercial?

The other day I saw a funny little discussion somewhere on the internet. Some people got into a serious fight about bands being commercial or not, and of course they were not really arguing, but only bashing each other. Now I wonder is there something as a non-commercial band at all? Lets take 2 bands as an example... Jon Bovi on the one hand and Dummi Burger on the other (lol, yes, I know, those names sound kinda familiar, I don't mean to talk about those bands themselves, I just take them as examples for very different genres). While Jon Bovi plays melodic (Hard) Rock, Dummi Burger plays Black Metal, so is Jon Bovi more commercial? Or are both bands commercial, after all both signed a record deal... isn't this "being commercial" by definition? If you sign a deal with a record company it means you want to sell albums, that's pretty commercial, isn't it? And is Jon Bovi more commercial, because he uses make up and hairspray? Or is corpse paint and fake blood the same, just a tool to attract a certain group of people? While Jon Bovi is aiming at 14 year old girls, that are supposed to find him "sooo sweet", is Dummi Burger aiming at the 14 year old boys that are supposed to find them "sooo cool"? Does all this matter at all? Isn't it better to just focus on the songs and forget about image and all that stuff? I don't really care if a band is commercial or not, or what it looks like, I want to listen to a good song, that's all that matters to me. And just to make this clear, yes, I think both bands, Dummi Burger and Jon Bovi, have good songs ;-)

New challenges

The evening at Giga TV was a lot of fun (thanks to everybody involved) but now the next couple of challenges are already waiting for us. Next on the list is a motion capturing session for our appearance in Sacred II, something that is completely new for us and that I am really looking forward to, should be very interesting. Something else that I am looking forward to a lot is the festival that we will play with Kiss. It will be on June 21 in Bilbao, Spain, and for an old Kiss fan like me it will be a hell of a trip I guess :-)

Giga TV

Now that I am almost done with moving, the next adventure is almost there. On Friday we will be on Giga TV, talking about my fave hobby... World of Warcraft :-) I am not really sure if this is gonna be recorded or broadcasted live (I think it is live), but if you want to check this out just tune in this Friday night.

Moving sucks

Is anyone of you moving in the moment? I am... and I hate it! Moving just sucks, I hate painting walls, I hate drilling holes, I hate messing around with everything that comes along... but I know I will love our new place as soon as we are done so there is a light at the end of the tunnel ;-)

First lesson

I just uploaded my first lesson on GMC, it should be online and active by tomorrow, so feel free to check it out, more will follow :-)