- Firstly, the Super Site represents a totally new model for connencting with fans and distributing music pioneered by the band and their label. The band themselves invested their own money into it.
- Simply put, it is a Flash virtual world / website.
- This isn’t a Habbo Hotel clone. Instead it is a custom-built virtual world into which the boys having actually been green-screened (they were filmed from all angles and their likeness is in the site – it’s not actually Honey, I Shrunk The Kids).
- Everyone will be able to access the site and engage with the band, in some way, free of charge.
- However a subscription will give you full access to the site. Including the boys’ bedrooms. Now I don’t know about you, but we’d happily spend all our riches (not much) for the chance to spend a night in Dougie’s room.
- More seriously (boooooo) full access includes the ability to download all the band’s music, demos and unmixed tracks, as well as other audio, and access video content and web chats.
- We saw things like how-to guitar lessons with Danny, plus there was the mention of rarities and never-heard-before tracks and even music by the band’s family, friends and producers (guess who?) and their own side projects all part of the subscription… [it goes on].
- This fan community will reward people for supporting the band and contributing to the website’s Super Site’s community using a points mechanism. Although we’re not sure how that links into your subscription and the $$$ you pay up.
- Rewards include discounts to gigs and priority tickets, the chance for meet and greets (and hugs), freebies, and even one-on-one webchats (which sadly would probably be a lot more wholesome than it sounds) amongst various other things.
- A bit like twitcam and other ‘webchats’, you will be able to communicate with the band, but better than that it includes a custom-built vote functionality that allows people to pick A,B,C or D and help the band make decisions whilst ensuring everyone is heard. Presumably the ‘ignoring’ comes when you all pick the worst track on the album to be released.
- EXCITING – importantly the Super Site should see the band release their music GLOBALLY at the same time. Good news for the fans in South America everywhere outside the UK at last!
- It’s basically a well-executed in4merz (and other similar points-for-promotion type sites), pumped up on protein shakes, steroids and a military work out, with a bit of subscription thrown in.
- It’s definitely a needs-to-be-seen-to-be-believed type thing. We’ve seen (and planned out) some rather impressive websites in our time, as well as good old teentoday.co.uk, but it was obvious this isn’t a website-in-a-box type experience. Our lowly expectations were quickly surpassed and we reckon yours will be too.
- The EXACT detail of what was on offer is yet to be 100% confirmed and committed to but we did the right thing for our beloved TTers and spoke with Fletch about the importance of ensuring that this wasn’t one of those generic fanclub sites that promise the world and then just send you a lollipop on your birthday. WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK MARIAH. This definitely isn’t the case.
- If you want our 100% honest opinion as to whether this is a cruel attempt by the band to exploit their fanbase and land a massive pay day the answer is NO. Actually it feels like a genuine idea to create a global community of McFly fans and distribute music to them in the fairest way possible. And it’s great to see a relatively young group lead and pioneer this type this new way of thinking. Good work Tom, Harry, Dougie and Danny!
Source: teentoday
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