Link 2 Link

So, it's a rainy Saturday afternoon and I'm feeling like it's the perfect chance to be a productive little earthling, for at least an hour or so. After all, I've got some free time and I know someone's either invited me to an exciting, exclusive event on Facebook or some sizzling hot model-type left a comment on my Myspace page, right? Admittedly, I go from trying to confirm my PayPal account for my artists' next underfunded project, to finding out I can sell my cell phone on Facebook's marketplace, to clicking "home" and seeing Danielle is no longer in a relationship, to poking Danielle and her oddly gorgeous friend, to reading Chuck Norris facts in a new application, to...wait; didn't I say "productive" little earthling?

Wherever you may be, if you feel like I have felt then you know that even after experiencing a refreshing blast of get-to-it energy, somehow you find yourself link hopping from one tangent to the next. You said you would check your email and respond to that web designer who said she could build your band website for cheap-grad student couch change prices, but that "new message" from SellAllYourMusicandMakeAKilling.com just-burglarizes your attention and has you clicking from link to link until you find yourself knee deep in some really cool tangent at least two hours later. If you can ID-fy with what I'm saying then you're probably a link hopper. If not, then you're probably lying. In fact, you probably hopped over to this blog while looking for an internship.

What I'm saying is, link hopping isn't substandard or looked down upon, but it can be a show stopper. I can recall countless times when I said I would only be on the net to look for shows, venues, and CD duplication services for an upcoming project only to land myself at YouTube watching R.Kelly's 53rd chapter of Trapped in the Closet. When I finally come to, the next day that is, my email has 117 in the inbox, my 20 item To-Do list has one thing checked off (the least important at the top of course), and that I forgot to call a handful of people by 6:30p.

Furthermore, the idea is that link hopping can place a sizable burden on your entertainment biz advances just as it can for your scholastic objectives, that is, if you let it. Consequently, the same way that club hopping can leave you with a sandy wallet, you can get burned if not careful. On the other hand, there's no doubt that the tangent path is the more exciting one, which is mostly how we find the best sites and services. I prefer it just as much as you, but we can't let it get in the way of our daily tasks.

I know there's a thousand emails from artist network sites and some overseas bank that holds 30 million euros for you from your long lost relative, but that's just it. Get through the bulk so that it won't feel like things aren't moving forward. Get that logo done so you can throw it on your 2-week order merch in time for the next show. 'Cuz if you're like me, you hate to know you missed a golden opportunity just for a chance to "win a brand new iPod after filling out this survey!"

Oh, and for those who don't know what "poking" is, get facebook already, and waste your free time like the rest of us, loon.


"Link 2 Link, B4 U Can Blink"

- Jason P.