Originally Posted by AaronAuthier
heres the theme song from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada

is that a good song in your opinions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N2tLfGUPwU&sns=em

I don't like that Muse song either, like their Uprising song the most


The link does not work. I googled and found several songs that claim to be the 2012 winter Olympic song. I had a quick listen to them. Now IMO an Olympic song amongst other things should be memorable, uplifting, arousing, inspiring, relate to the country where the event is being held and must cross all genres and cater for all ages. These songs did not meet any of that criteria.
When it comes to exposure Mike hit it on the head. Yes exposure is great but the industry is selling itself short beacuse too many people are delusional enough to think that it is worth playing for nothing to get exposure. We are in the position where if a performer refuses an unpaid gig a dozen or more others will jump in thinking that the exposure will help them. It does not. I have been singing as my sole profession for well over forty years and have found that the only one who benefits from a freebie is the promoter or the booking agent....or the charity. Whilst I will give my time free to charity I will not do it for an agent or booker.
There is however one exception and that is a showcase that we do annually in Scotland where top agents get a whole host of their best acts together over a weekend and arrange for them to perform excusively for various bookers and pub/club owners whom they invite along. It is unpaid but we view it as an audition and a chance for exposure to people who count. At the end of the night the bookers fill their diaries with the acts they want for the coming year. Miss out on the showcase and you can kiss a lot of work goodbye. The showcase is the first entry in most acts diary.....and both bookers and acts can easily fill their diaries up on one night.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=687727&songID=5238055