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Pangbianr. Livinglovingmaid | Live music reviews. NeochaEDGE /// Celebrating Chinese Creativity. 垃圾杂志. LIVE BEIJING MUSIC. JWC Home. China Music Radar. Andy Best. Image: click for large version I've already written a piece on local advertisers and their role in the scene here, focusing on Vice/Virtue and it's an issue close to my heart. But then something coincidental happened. After reblogging a point made by Twin Horizon and using Jlangmead's cartoon (pictured), my band received an offer to participate in exactly the same kind of thing. Recap: a disturbing new trend around the world is the use of design competitions to not pay artists.

So. On Saturday, my band Astrofuck played our first long set. And then ... We went out back to discuss the details and exchange contacts but another story unfolded. Where to start? Let's be clear: the free stuff posted at their Weibo is being used by them for a professional, big-money-making, fully sponsored event. I suppose what really makes this behavior sting is how it's always wrapped up in the language of respect.

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