Comments on: Derek Webb – Stockholm Syndrome – Marketing Genius

By: Derek Webb: Stockholm Syndrome « Magnolia Mountain

Derek Webb: Stockholm Syndrome « Magnolia Mountain — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:58:42 +0000

[...] an adept, and bold marketer who targets niches. If you think I’m taking this too far, just check out the crazy morse code videos he released in anticipation of Stockholm [...]

By: Michael McCleary

Michael McCleary — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:59:41 +0000

Sadly, for me anyway, the whole bit of him whining over the something as childish as this, has kinda killed my desire to run out and get it.

Wondered if lawyers were called, and how many Africans could have lived off those fees.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:33:41 +0000

Webb just released the album for pre-order yesterday and I jumped on it since it came with the instant digital download (man, were the servers ever jammed!). Anyway, as I suspected, the main reason DWebb ran this “marketing campaign” is not, in fact, to sell albums. Well, I take that back. It is designed to sell albums…because this stuff needs to be heard. I really came to this site looking for some lyrics, but since it is the first day, there are really none to be found. I think the lyrics are probably some of his most important, but I get caught up in listening to the music, but not really listening to the words. Thus, the quest for lyrics.

Anyway, I suspect the controversy is real (the song “What Matters More” definitely includes the S-word). On top of that, he is releasing both an “explicit” album and a “clean” album in September. I think he is a marketing genius, but for reasons other than making money. Remember, this is one of the first and biggest artists to put music on NoiseTrade. Brilliant marketing, but for the purpose of getting a message out there. “The Spirit vs. The Kick Drum” is probably my favorite right now, both musically and lyrically. Granted, I had a little more advanced listening on that one

Check it out at http://www.derekwebb.com and get the songs. Then maybe somebody can get me some lyrics!

By: Raymon McPherson

Raymon McPherson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:43:36 +0000

If you want to know the rest of the story, go here:
http://guido27.xanga.com/706396388/the-end-is-the-beginning-is-the-end/

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:38:14 +0000

Thanks Raymond,

There is another movie called “ok” on the same site, haven’t decoded the morse yet.
http://www.ssyndrome.info/ok.mov

http://www.ssyndrome.info/giveup.mov

and here’s the link to the Rutledge
http://www.therutledgelmv.com/

By: Raymond McPherson

Raymond McPherson — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:11:40 +0000

If you go to http://www.derekwebb.com/ and click “all,” “need to,” “be,” or “there,” there is a new link when you click the 7th line from the right. It takes you to a video titled “giveup” which shows The Rutledge where he’ll be playing a show on the 3rd of July.

Also, on http://twitter.com/ssyndrome it shows that all five Chicago artifacts have been found and a new stem is up on http://www.paradiseisaparkinglot.com/ which includes a picture of Joel Osteen and the sound files titled “$70 worth,” “4, 1974,” “Bank at 1450,” “been of poor,” and “jailed SLA.”

By: Raymond McPherson

Raymond McPherson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:57:57 +0000

I should have just came here before I looked all over this morning. I found out everything you talked about in this article just a few hours ago. I did discover one thing on my own, however!

The release date of the album is 09/01/09. If you want proof and want to see the album cover (which is the black eye picture), or if you just want to preorder it, you can go here:

http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=CD46902&item_code=WW&netp_id=636121&event=ESRCN&view=covers

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:46:32 +0000

I think the black eye lyrics say “Black eye from staring through a keyhole at my lover…”

By: admin

admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:56:10 +0000

re: Allison the ellipses link takes you to http://www.derekwebb.com/ssyndrome.php and enter Kickdrum to see the picture of Derek with a black eye

By: allison

allison — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:48:31 +0000

Oh, and I sent my boyfriend on a trip to go get the artifact at a cafe. Supposedly he won concert tickets by emailing Derek with the code in the usb stick he was given with the stems. I guess there is a tour (I forget the name of the tour, I’m so sorry) that isn’t officially announced, but it’s coming soon. Maybe tickets will be available on 7/3? I have no idea.